University of the World : A Case for a World University System

In this book, Dieter Lenzen analyzes the worlds three major educational systems: the Continental-European, the Atlantic (Anglo-American) and the East Asian. Distancing himself from the current trend towards the economically driven Anglo-American system of education, the author proposes an alternative model, "a university of the world".

Contents:

- Three concepts of the university in the globalization process

- The dynamics of global social systems

- Global challenges in the post-secondary educational sector as springboard for comparing systems

- Convergence and divergence: current system dynamics in the post-secondary sector

- Can there be fair chances in a world university system?

- Conclusion

Target readers:

- Theorists of higher education

- Administrators of higher education

- Social scientists

The author:

Professor Dr. Dieter Lenzen is the president of Universitنt Hamburg, vice president of the German Rectors Conference (HRK) in Germany and the German universities spokesperson for the HRK.