Global Perspectives on Higher Education Development

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Patrick Blessinger
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About the Editor

Series Editor

Patrick Blessinger, EdD, is an adjunct associate professor of education at St. John's University, an educator with the New York State Education Department, and chief research scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (in consultative status with the United Nations).

Dr Blessinger is the editor and author of many books and articles, and he is an educational policy analyst and contributing writer with UNESCO's Inclusive Policy Lab, University World News, The Hechinger Report, The Guardian, and Higher Education Tomorrow, among others.

Dr Blessinger teaches courses in education, leadership, and research methods, he serves on doctoral dissertation committees and on accreditation certification committees for various universities and schools. Dr Blessinger founded and leads a global network of educators focused on improving teaching and learning around the world and he is an expert in leadership, democracy, rights, and sustainability.

Dr Blessinger is an adviser to leaders in education on a wide range of issues affecting basic and higher education. Dr Blessinger has received several educational awards, including Fulbright Senior Scholar to Denmark (Department of State, USA), Governor’s Teaching Fellow (Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, USA), and Certified Educator (National Geographic Society, USA).

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Aims and scope

Change in higher education around the world has been occurring at an unprecedented rate. This rapid change is primarily the result of macro-level political economic social technological and environmental forces.

These forces have led to a drastic increase in the demand for higher education around the world and has led to the universal massification of higher education and within this context higher education institutions have struggled to understand how best to develop their institutions to respond to these changes in the face of limited resources and institutional capacity.

Responding to this need, this series covers topics in the area of higher education development including teaching, research service and their intersections in support of political, economic, social, technological and environmental development. Understanding that developing countries and emerging democracies now look to higher education to serve as a vehicle for promoting and fostering basic elements of political stability, economic growth and technological innovation, this series provides a unique and comprehensive resource for educators in higher education across all disciplines.

This series addresses the following fundamental questions: How do educators (leaders faculty and other higher education stakeholders) best develop higher education institutions at all levels and in all areas in order to develop not only their individual students but also develop (politically economically socially technologically and environmentally) the broader communities they serve (locally regionally nationally and globally)? What is and should be higher education´s contribution to community development? How are higher education institutions helping to promote political stability (e.g. justice rights) economic prosperity (e.g. poverty reduction social mobility) social progress (e.g. social mobility freedom) technological innovation (infrastructure modernization) and environmental protection?

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