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Direct linkde Langen, F. H. T.; Bitter-Rijkema, M. E. – European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2012
The enabling power of technology, especially information technology and social software, prompts a radical shift in economic and social interactions in societies around the globe. Existing traditional school based, formalized learning formats are unable to accommodate specific new learning needs. Hence, customized to the respective purposes of…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Influence of Technology, Business, Models
Atkinson, Robert D.; Stewart, Luke A. – Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 2011
Research and development drives innovation and innovation drives long-run economic growth, creating jobs and improving living standards in the process. University-based research is of particular importance to innovation, as the early-stage research that is typically performed at universities serves to expand the knowledge pool from which the…
Descriptors: Government School Relationship, Private Sector, Research and Development, Economic Progress
Araya, Daniel – Policy Futures in Education, 2010
The influence of globalization on institutions of higher education is one of the leading topics in educational policy today. As the nexus of innovation increasingly moves from labor-intensive "smokestack industries" to "mind work," education is becoming critical to policy discussions on economic growth. Tracing current discourse on the…
Descriptors: Colleges, Social Influences, Global Approach, Educational Change
Altbach, Philip G.; Reisberg, Liz; Rumbley, Laura E. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2010
A global revolution has been taking place in higher education during the past half-century. In the educators' view, four fundamental and interrelated forces have impelled the current academic revolution: the "massification" of higher education, globalization, the advent of the knowledge society and the importance of research universities…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Higher Education, Human Capital, Privatization
Brown, Phillip; Lauder, Hugh; Ashton, David – European Educational Research Journal, 2008
The dominant view today is of a global knowledge-based economy, driven by the application of new technologies, accelerating the shift to high-skilled, high-waged European economies. This view is reflected in the expansion of higher education and the key role of higher education in national and European economic policy. The Lisbon agenda seeks to…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Higher Education, Human Capital, Global Approach
Coleman, J. – Industry and Higher Education, 2003
Perceived as important contributors to economic growth, network and cluster groups are currently receiving much attention. The same may be said of SMEs. But practical and theoretical perspectives indicate that SMEs, and particularly the owner-managers, place little value on networks and have only limited networking resources. Consequently, they do…
Descriptors: Networks, Economic Progress, Internet, Economic Development
Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario, 2006
Ontario's economic productivity, competitiveness and growth in the 21st century depend on investments in three critical areas: highly qualified people, ideas (research and development), and the adoption and diffusion of new technologies. Compared to many other jurisdictions, Ontario is underutilizing its college system's potential to contribute to…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities, Economic Development
Tight, Malcolm, Ed.; Mok, Ka Ho, Ed.; Huisman, Jeroen, Ed.; Morphew, Christopher, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
This volume is a detailed and up-to-date reference work providing an authoritative overview of the main issues in higher education around the world today. Consisting of newly commissioned chapters and impressive journal articles, it surveys the state of the discipline and includes the examination and discussion of emerging, controversial and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Progress, Higher Education, Political Science
