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ERIC Number: EJ588494
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Global Trends in Lifelong Learning and the Response of the Universities.
Jarvis, Peter
Comparative Education, v35 n2 p249-57 Jun 1999
Argues that globalization is standardizing the way that higher education responds to the pressures of the international division of labor, but because Western countries have more knowledge workers, they will point the way for the development of higher education in developing nations. Discusses implications for undergraduate and postgraduate education. Contains 24 references. (Author/SV)
Descriptors: College Environment, College Role, Corporate Education, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Demand, Educational Trends, Global Approach, Higher Education, International Trade, Lifelong Learning
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Globalization; Transnational Corporations
Note: Theme issue (Special Number 21) with title: "Lifelong Learning and the Education of Mature Adults."