Higher Education Across the Circumpolar North
. Ed(S): Nord, D.; Weller, G.
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Description for Higher Education Across the Circumpolar North
Paperback. Editor(s): Nord, D.; Weller, G. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JHB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
This is the first book to analyze the role of the new circumpolar universities in northern development. Since 1960, over twenty new universities have been built in the northern regions of Canada, Russia, the United States, the Nordic countries and Japan. This book analyzes and compares the reasons for their establishment, the impact they have had in providing greater access to advanced education, and the effect they have had on economic, social, cultural and political development of these various northern regions.
This is the first book to analyze the role of the new circumpolar universities in northern development. Since 1960, over twenty new universities have been built in the northern regions of Canada, Russia, the United States, the Nordic countries and Japan. This book analyzes and compares the reasons for their establishment, the impact they have had in providing greater access to advanced education, and the effect they have had on economic, social, cultural and political development of these various northern regions.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
Number of Pages
203
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349423316
SKU
V9781349423316
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Nord, D.; Weller, G.
SHIGEO ARAMATA President of Kushiro Public University of Economics, Japan PETER ARBO Assistant Professor, Department of Planning and Community Studies, University of Tromsø, Norway INGO RUNAR EDVARDSSON Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, University of Akureyri, Iceland NARVE FULSÅS Professor of History, University of Tromsø THORSTEINN GUNNARSSON Rector, University of Akureyri, Iceland DIDDY M. HITCHINS Professor of Political Science and ... Read more
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