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

By (author) Dieter Lenzen

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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: Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Three concepts of the university in the globalization process Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The dynamics of global social systems Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Global challenges in the post-secondary educational sector as springboard for comparing systems Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Convergence and divergence: current system dynamics in the post-secondary sector Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Can there be fair chances in a world university system? Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Conclusion Target readers: Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Theorists of higher education Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Policy makers of higher education Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Administrators of higher education Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Social scientists The author: Professor Dr. Dieter Lenzen is the president of UniversitÃ¤t Hamburg, vice president of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) in Germany and the German universities' spokesperson for the HRK.