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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author BARROWS, Leland Conley
Title Higher education institutions and their regions : linking the local and the global
Publication year 2001
Source/Footnote In: Higher education in Europe. - 26 (2001) 3, S. 305 - 314
Inventory number 15641
Keywords Hochschule und Region ; Hochschule und Gesellschaft
Abstract This article is based on the Final Report of the "International Seminar on the 'Emergence of Universities: New Higher Education Institutions and their Role in Local and Regional Development'," held in Zielona Góra, Poland, in May 2001. A first set of presentations argued strongly that the presence of higher education institutions in given regions is increasingly important for the continued development of these regions. However, for the presence of higher education institutions to be effective in regard to their regions, universities may have to be reorganized and smaller institutions merged. A second set of presentations detailed specific ways in which universities can be of service to their regions, as, for instance, in providing linguistic services and in furthering inter-ethnic and cultural understanding. A third set commented upon the converging roles of public and private institutions and discussed the challenges facing higher education in general. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)