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The Promise of Higher Education : Essays in Honour of 70 Years of IAU by Hilligje van't Land, Andreas Corcoran, Diana-Camelia Iancu (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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This book is a collection of short essays, accessible through open access, which takes the interested reader on a tour across the global higher education landscape. It addresses pertinent themes and challenges in higher education. To mark the 70 th anniversary of the International Association of Universities (IAU) and its role in higher education since 1950, experts from around the world share their insights into higher education’s recent past, present and future. The book is divided into six parts: Part I – “70 years of Higher Education Cooperation and Advocacy” looks back at key events in IAU’s history, its mission and significant activities over time, and remarks on the current global context informing its quest to promote academic partnerships and solidarity on a global scale. Part II – “Facilitating International Cooperation” provides for different perspectives on the transformation of the internationalisation of higher education and the contribution of higher education to international cooperation. Part III – “Coding the Values” debates the values upon which higher education was, is and will have to be built to provide for a democratic and inclusive society. Part IV –
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- Author
- Hilligje van't Land, Andreas Corcoran, Diana-Camelia Iancu (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783030672478
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Education, Higher & Further Education
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