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Pinheiro, Romulo, Ed.; Benneworth, Paul, Ed.; Jones, Glen A., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Universities are under increasing pressure to help promote socio-economic growth in their local communities. However until now, no systematic, critical attention has been paid to the factors and mechanisms that currently make this process so daunting. In Universities and Regional Development, scholars from Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Role of Education, International Education
Barnsley, John H. – World Future Society Bulletin, 1983
Today, citizens of developed countries tend to have a pessimistic outlook on the future. Examined are future visions held by people in earlier times--ancient Greece, Rome, and Israel, Renaissance, Enlightenment, and Victorian England--that may help us find reassurance and support in devising positive future visions. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Ancient History, European History, Futures (of Society), Greek Civilization