The Future of Higher Education

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Running head: THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

The Future of Higher Education in a Global Economy

Tamara L. Marlar #0905

Bethel College

SUCCESS Program

February 5, 2007

Business, Government & the International Economy

MOD 430

Bob Owens

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Introduction

Achieving and sustaining quality in higher education is a tough challenge. A new stakeholder contract may be needed, and better performance measures would help light the way forward. It is a national imperative that we join together to transform the American higher education system for the 21st century. It is a state responsibility to design the goals and strategies to accomplish that. The cost of doing nothing affects not only students, but also families, our states, and our country.

Global Education

Higher education is attracting unprecedented public attention across the globe. In Germany a competition to create universities of excellence is fuelling debate; in France discussions continue about struggling mainstream universities versus more well-endowed grandes йcoles; in the UK there is a debate about education as a public good versus faculties as market-oriented enterprises; and in the US public focus continues on accessibility,