University of the World: A Case for a World University System

By Dieter Lenzen

In this book, Dieter Lenzen analyzes the world's three major educational systems: the Continental-European, the Atlantic (Anglo-American) and the East Asian. Distancing himself from the current trend towards the economically driven Anglo-American system of education, the author proposes an alternative model, "a university of the world".

Contents:

- Three concepts of the university in the globalization process

- The dynamics of global social systems

- Global challenges in the post-secondary educational sector as springboard for comparing systems

- Convergence and divergence: current system dynamics in the post-secondary sector

- Can there be fair chances in a world university system?

- Conclusion

Target readers:

- Theorists of higher education

- Policy makers of higher education

- Administrators of higher education

- Social scientists

The author:

Professor Dr. Dieter Lenzen is the president of Universit?t Hamburg, vice president of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) in Germany and the German universities' spokesperson for the HRK.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331913454X
• ISBN13: 9783319134543
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"