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Inequality, Innovation and Reform in Higher Education: Challenges of Migration and Ageing Populations (Lifelong Learning Book Series, 25) by Maria Slowey (editor), Hans G. Schuetze (editor), Tanya Zubrzycki (editor) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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An important backdrop to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals involves consideration of the impact of a ‘new demographics’ derived from the interaction of two global developments. First, high levels of internal and cross-border mass migration, stimulated by climate change, violence and disparities in wealth and social stability within and between different countries and the global South and North. Second, the phenomenon of increasing longevity and rapidly ageing populations, especially in the developed world. This book explores the central role that socially engaged higher education might potentially play in helping address these challenges, enhancing lifelong learning opportunities and facilitating more positive outcomes for both individuals and societies. The contributors to this book are scholars of higher education and lifelong learning based in twelve countries from Europe (Germany, Ireland, Slovenia, Sweden and the United Kingdom),the Americas (Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the USA), Japan, Australia and New Zealand. “This is an extremely timely and important collection focusing on growing migration and an increase in ageing populations, two major social trends th
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- Author
- Maria Slowey (editor), Hans G. Schuetze (editor), Tanya Zubrzycki (editor)
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783030282271
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Education
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