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van der Wende, Marijk – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2009
The growing global competition in which knowledge is a prime factor for economic growth is increasingly shaping policies and setting the agenda for the future of European higher education. With its aim to become the world's leading knowledge economy, the European Union is concerned about its performance in the knowledge sector, in particular in…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Higher Education, Private Sector, Global Approach
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Glazer-Raymo, Judith, Ed – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2005
By 2001, 15.9 million students were enrolled in 4,074 American colleges and universities; 2.2 million were enrolled in graduate and first-professional programs, more than half of them--1.4 million--at the master's level. Graduate enrollments rose about 38% between 1985 and 2001; first-professional enrollments increased 13% between 1990 and 2001…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Graduate Study, Colleges, Liberal Arts