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Higher education and research in the post-knowledge society : scenarios for a future world / Merle Jacob, Mary-Louise Kearney, and V. Lynn Meek, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Research.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Methodology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (298 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2022]
- Summary:
- How will higher education and research evolve in the future to produce the high-level knowledge and skilled human capital which underpin sustainable societies? This book explores challenges for the post-knowledge society and economy where major socio-economic change is occurring in tandem with advances in digital technologies. It brings together international authors to discuss scenarios against a background of transformation, including the fourth wave of globalization, demographic shifts, socio-economic inequality, and climate change. Policy-makers, institutional leaders, the academy, students, employers and society at large will find this book topical and thoughtful.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
- Chapter 10
- Chapter 11
- Chapter 12
- Chapter 13
- Chapter 14
- Epilogue
- Contributors
- Acronyms.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5275-8139-X
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