The Externalities Influencing Higher Education

Autor/in	Ford, Marcus
Titel	The Externalities Influencing Higher Education
Quelle	In: Planning for Higher Education, 35 (2007) 4, S.5-11 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0736-0983
Schlagwörter	Strategic Planning; Higher Education; Terrorism; Climate; Educational Environment; Educational History; Educational Change; Educational Trends; Futures (of Society); Global Approach; Energy; Fuels; Environmental Influences; Physical Environment; Universities; Economic Factors; Politics of Education; Educational Planning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Terrorismus; Klima; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsreform; Bildungsentwicklung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Globales Denken; Energie; Treibstoff; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Natürliche Umwelt; University; Universität; Ökonomischer Faktor; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsplanung
Abstract	Modern universities fully recognize the importance of strategic planning, but such planning tends to be short term (five years out). As a result, there is a tendency to assume that the future will greatly resemble the immediate present. While this is rational thinking, institutions do change quite dramatically because the alternative is to cease to exist altogether. The history of the university illustrates both tendencies--the tendency to remain more or less the same over long periods of time and the tendency to, on occasion, shift radically. This article offers a review of the history of the university in general. This look at the long-term impact of trends on the future of higher education suggests that climate change, access to energy post-peak oil production, as well as globalism and international terrorism are the major externalities to be considered in strategic planning. (Contains 2 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10