Unesco Has Lofty Aims for Higher-Education Conference, but Critics Doubt Its Value

By BURTON BOLLAG

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization will convene the first World Conference on Higher Education next month in Paris. The purpose? To map out "the fundamental principles of a far-reaching reform of higher education worldwide," according to Unesco. But even before the meeting begins, some critics are saying that the declaration that is

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