{"product_id":"global-perspectives-on-higher-education-hans-schuetze-9780415675086","title":"Global Perspectives on Higher Education and Lifelong Learners","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe global expansion of participation rates in higher education continue more or less unabated. However, while the concept of \u003cem\u003elifelong learning\u003c\/em\u003e has figured prominently in national and international educational policy discourse for more than three decades, its implications for the field of higher education has remained relatively underdeveloped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book focuses on a particular dimension of the lifelong learning: higher education for those who have not progressed directly from school to higher education. Some will embark on undergraduate programmes as mature students, part-time and\/or distance students; others wish to return to higher education after having completed (or not completed) a previous academic programme, while increasing numbers participate in postgraduate and continuing studies for a complex mix of professional and personal reasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdopting a comparative and international longitudinal perspective which goes beyond a snapshot view by building on the cases of a core group of ten OECD countries, this timely book investigates the ways in which important new developments impacting on higher education crystallise around the lifelong learning agenda: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003enew technology and open source resources;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe changing role of the state and market in higher education;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe blurring of public and private boundaries;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eissues of equity and access in a time of global economic turmoil;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe increased emphasis on research and international league tables;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe changing nature of the education; and, \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe complex interaction of international, national and regional expectations which governments and other stakeholders have of universities and other public and private institutions of higher education.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile focussing on the situation in Canada, USA, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and a wide variety of European countries, the book also assesses the issues from the perspective of developing countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hans Schuetze\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415675081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415675086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.66d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hans Schuetze","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919729459455,"sku":"9780415675086","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1f85e801-70c1-4764-a176-ab60e774666d.jpg?v=1680811571","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/global-perspectives-on-higher-education-hans-schuetze-9780415675086","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}