July 7, 2009

Experts Assess Consequences of Global Surge in Demand for Higher Education

By Aisha Labi

Paris

Higher-education systems around the world have experienced tremendous growth in recent years, in a phenomenon a new report calls an unprecedented global “academic revolution.” But despite the enrollment of nearly 153 million students at universities worldwide—a figure that represents a 53-percent increase in just nine years—fundamental challenges remain in ensuring the quality and accessibility of higher education, participants at an

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