This annual report explores in depth the key issues facing Higher Education institutions in the twenty-first century including perspectives from the five continents, with special emphasis on the theme of the social commitment of universities. It includes papers from eminent scholars, a Delphi poll from over 70 key experts/practitioners on the subject under discussion, and extensive supporting statistics and analytical maps. Its publication coincides with the annual International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education.
About the Author: EDUARDO APONTE UNESCO Chair in Higher Education at the Higher Education Research Centre, University of Puerto Rico and Advisor to the Puerto Rican Council on Education AKIRA ARIMOTO Professor, Sociology of Education, Comparative Higher Education and Sociology of Science, Research Institute for Higher Education, Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan FAHIMA CHARAFEDDINE Professor of Philosophy at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lebanon, Beirut and Secretary General of the Arabic Association of Sociology AXEL DIDRIKSON Director of the Centre of Studies about the University (CESU), Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico MIGUEL ÁNGEL ESCOTET Director of the Institute of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education at University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain SONIA FERNANDEZ LAURO Chief of the Information and Documentation Service of UNESCO (Education Sector) CARMEN GARCÍA-GUADILLA Professor and Director at the Centre for Development Studies, Venezuelan Central University GEORGES HADDAD Director of the Higher Education Division, UNESCO ARTHUR M. HAUPTMAN Consultant who has published extensively on Higher Education Finance ALMA HERRERA Professor at CESU, Universidad Autònoma de México (UNAM), Mexico BRUCE JOHNSTONE University Professor of Higher and Comparative Education at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA JANE KNIGHT Adjunct Professor at the Comparative International Development Education Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada FRANCISCO LÓPEZ-SEGRERA Author and Former Director of UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC) ALMA MALDONADO Assistant Professor at the Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Arizona, USA MICHAELA MARTIN Programme Specialist in Higher Education Policy, Planning and Management at UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning JESÚS M. de MIGUEL Professor at the University of Barcelona, Spain JAN SADLAK Director of UNESCO-European Centre for Higher Education (UNESCO-CEPES) in Bucharest, Romania JAMIL SALMI Deputy Director of the World Bank's Education Department and Co-ordinator of the World Bank's network of tertiary education professionals BIKAS SANYAL formerly Director of Programmes on Higher Education, International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) of UNESCO in Paris, France DAMTEW TEFERRA Assistant Professor (Research) of Higher Education at the Centre for International Higher Education, Lynch School of Education, Boston College, USA JANDHYALA B. G. TILAK Senior Fellow and Head of the Educational Finance Unit, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi JOAQUIM TRES Executive Director of GUNI ALEX USHER Vice-President (Research) and Director (Canada) of the Educational Policy Institute (EPI) MAUREEN WOODHALL Emeritus Reader in Educational Finance, Institute of Education, University of London, UK, and Visiting Fellow of the School of Education, University of Sussex and the School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK