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The task force on higher education and society

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In this article, l'analyse de trois specialistes de l'enseignement superieur concernant le rapport du groupe de travail sur LRS and la societe is presented.
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L'article propose l'analyse de trois specialistes de l'enseignement superieur concernant le rapport du groupe de travail sur l'enseignement superieur et la societe, rapport qui peut potentiellement bouleverser les politiques d'aide aux pays en developpement concernant l'enseignement superieur...

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Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic Revolution: A Report Prepared for the UNESCO 2009 World Conference on Higher Education

TL;DR: In this paper, the main engines of change and their impact on higher education are examined, including globalisation, inequalities in access, increasing student mobility, teaching, learning and curricula, quality assurance, accountability and qualifications frameworks; financing and the public good-private good debate; the growth of private higher education; the academic profession; the research environment; information and communications technology; and the impact of demographics and the economic crisis on the development and reform of higher education in the immediate future.
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Challenges Facing African Universities: Selected Issues

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors insist on the irreducible responsibility of the state for the maintenance of the higher education system and the need for a proper focus on the public purposes of higher education.
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The History and Problems in the Making of Education Policy at the World Bank, 1960–2000

TL;DR: The World Bank has become the single largest source of development capital in the field of international education as mentioned in this paper, with about three billion dollars per year in new loan commitments, and it is also the object of considerable criticism.