Global Perspectives On Higher Education Development

Change in higher education around the world has been occurring at an unprecedented rate. This rapid change is primarily the result of macro-level political economic social technological and environmental forces. These forces have led to a drastic increase in the demand for higher education around the world and has led to the universal massification of higher education and within this context higher education institutions have struggled to understand how best to develop their institutions to respond to these changes in the face of limited resources and institutional capacity.

Responding to this need this series will cover topics in the area of higher education development including such topics as teaching research service and their intersections in support of political economic social technological and environmental development. Understanding that developing countries and emerging democracies now look to higher education to serve as a vehicle for promoting and fostering basic elements of political stability economic growth and technological innovation this series will provide a unique and comprehensive resource for educators in higher education across all disciplines.

This series will address the following fundamental questions:

How do educators (leaders faculty and other higher education stakeholders) best develop higher education institutions at all levels and in all areas in order to develop not only their individual students but also develop (politically economically socially technologically and environmentally) the broader communities they serve (locally regionally nationally and globally)?
What is and should be higher education´s contribution to community development?
How are higher education institutions helping to promote political stability (e.g. justice rights) economic prosperity (e.g. poverty reduction social mobility) social progress (e.g. social mobility freedom) technological innovation (infrastructure modernization) and environmental protection?