Slowey, A., & Schuetze, H. (Eds.). Global perspectives on higher education and lifelong learners. Routledge, New York, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-415-67508-6. Pages: 300.

Global perspectives on higher education and lifelong learning discusses higher education in the context of lifelong learning for non-traditional students. The authors adopt a comparative and international longitudinal perspective by building on the cases of a core group of ten (mainly developed) OECD countries. The book further investigates ways in which developments impacting higher education form around the lifelong learning agenda, including:

• new technology and open source resources;
• the changing role of the state and market in higher education;
• the blurring of public and private boundaries;
• issues of equity and access in a time of global economic turmoil;
• the increased emphasis on research and international league tables;
• the changing nature of the education; and,
• the complex interaction of international, national and regional expectations. 

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