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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author
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KUKLINSKI, Antoni
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Title
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The role of universities in stimulating regional development and educating global elites |
Publication year
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2001 |
Source/Footnote
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In: Higher education in Europe. - 26 (2001) 3, S. 437 - 445
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Inventory number
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15732 |
Keywords
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Ausland : Europa : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Ausland : Europa : Auslandsbeziehungen ; Hochschule : gegenwärtige Situation |
Abstract
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At the start of the Twenty-First Century, European universities must play a number of roles in terms of social and economic development. In particular, they must increasingly serve as engines for local and regional development, thus filling a niche that only seems logical for them. At the same time, universities will form elites, particularly local elites; however, those universities that are world-class institutions will and should educate global elites. In performing the latter role, European universities in the Twenty-First Century will reassume a role, seized by American universities in the Twentieth Century, which they had successfully played in the Nineteenth Century. (HRK / Abstract übernommen) |