ERIC Number: ED536161
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jun
Pages: 81
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ISBN: 978-4-9028-0865-0
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Diversifying Higher Education Systems in the International and Comparative Perspectives. Report of the International Workshop on University Reform, 2010. RIHE International Seminar Reports. No.16
Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University
Through special funding by the Ministry of Education and Science in 2008, the Research Institute for Higher Education (RIHE) at Hiroshima University has been able to implement a new research project on the reform of higher education in the knowledge-based society of the 21st century. RIHE hosted the third International Workshop on the Higher Education System under the theme of "Diversifying Higher Education Systems in the International and Comparative Perspectives," which was followed by the 38th Annual Study Meeting on the same topic. The following papers are presented at the conference: (1) Higher Educational Diversification in the United States (D. Bruce Johnstone); (2) Functional Differentiation or Hierarchical Differentiation?: The Case of Japan (Aya Yoshida); (3) The Diversification of China's Higher Education and Its Challenges (Weihe Xie); (4) Higher Education Diversification in Europe (Peter Maassen); and (5) Massification and the Growing Diversity of Higher Education (Futao Huang). Appended are: (1) Conference Program; and (2) List of Participants. Individual papers contain figures, tables, references and footnotes.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Workshops, Conferences (Gatherings), Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, International Education, Institutional Characteristics, Case Studies, Educational Development, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Access to Education, Conference Papers, Systems Analysis, Systems Approach, Performance Factors, Politics of Education
Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University. 1-2-2 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima City, 739-8512, Japan. Tel: +81-82-424-6240; Fax: +81-82-422-7104; e-mail: k-kokyo@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp; Web site: https://rihe.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/publications/en/
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Hiroshima University, Research Institute for Higher Education (Japan)
Identifiers - Location: China; Japan; Japan (Hiroshima); United States
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