The changing role of higher education

12 July 2017

 

Higher education is rapidly expanding, diversifying, and attracting more students than ever before. At the same time, only 1 per cent of the poorest are spending more than four years in higher education, compared to 20 per cent of the richest, according to a recent analysis by IIEP and UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring Report. This edition of The IIEP Letter explores what is needed to enable higher education to fully play its central new role in the Sustainable Development agenda. 

 

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IN THIS ISSUE...

 

EDITORIAL

The changing role of higher education

By Suzanne Grant Lewis, IIEP Director


Higher education on the road to 2030 

By Michaela Martin


Meeting the challenges of a green future

By Taya Owens, UNESCO Education Monitoring Report

 

How does internal quality assurance impact quality and employability

By Michaela Martin and Christine Emeran, IIEP-UNESCO

 

BREAKING BARRIERS IN EDUCATION 

Higher education can inspire the next generation of change-makers 

 

Overcoming corruption and academic fraud in higher education

By Muriel Poisson, IIEP-UNESCO


The difficulties of reforming higher education in Chile

By Maria José Lemaitre, Centro Interuniversitario de Dessarollo (CINDA)

Reviving higher education in India

By N.V. Varghese, National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA)


New professional paths needed for students in Mauritania

By Oliver Pieume and Koffi Segniagbeto, IIEP-Pôle de Dakar


PERSPECTIVES

How does the cost of higher education impact your studies?

HIGHLIGHTS

Achieving equity in higher education
By Juana Barragan Diaz, IIEP-UNESCO

 

TRAINING PROGRAMMES

Monitoring and evaluating education's response to Hiv and Aids
By Stephanie Dolata, IIEP-UNESCO

 

IIEP PUBLICATIONS

A talk with the author professor N.V. Varghese

 

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