TY - CHAP
T1 - Introduction
T2 - Transnational Higher-Education Partnerships for Research and Sustainable Development
AU - Koehn, Peter H.
AU - Obamba, Milton O.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Peter H. Koehn and Milton O. Obamba.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Higher-education institutions around the world are engaged in multiple and diverse transnational collaborations. Commercial undertakings dedicated to international-student recruitment, the establishment of overseas campuses, and globally available electronic-course offerings capture the predominant share of media, scholarly, and campus attention. Although they are manifold, robust, vital, and costly, transnational research and development initiatives devoted to addressing contemporary societal challenges of sustainability, poverty alleviation, environmental protection, and conflict resolution are underexplored among those concerned with the interconnected future of universities. This volume aims to bring transnational research and sustainable-development collaborations out of the shadows and sharpen their focus for the higher-education community and beyond. The backdrop for this discussion is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)-led Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005–2014) and its inspirational objective of promoting “education as a basis for a more sustainable human society” (Bourn and Morgan 2010, pp. 272–273).
AB - Higher-education institutions around the world are engaged in multiple and diverse transnational collaborations. Commercial undertakings dedicated to international-student recruitment, the establishment of overseas campuses, and globally available electronic-course offerings capture the predominant share of media, scholarly, and campus attention. Although they are manifold, robust, vital, and costly, transnational research and development initiatives devoted to addressing contemporary societal challenges of sustainability, poverty alleviation, environmental protection, and conflict resolution are underexplored among those concerned with the interconnected future of universities. This volume aims to bring transnational research and sustainable-development collaborations out of the shadows and sharpen their focus for the higher-education community and beyond. The backdrop for this discussion is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)-led Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005–2014) and its inspirational objective of promoting “education as a basis for a more sustainable human society” (Bourn and Morgan 2010, pp. 272–273).
KW - Development Challenge
KW - High Education
KW - Poverty Reduction
KW - Public Engagement
KW - Sustainable Development
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85145384902
U2 - 10.1057/9781137481757_1
DO - 10.1057/9781137481757_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85145384902
T3 - International and Development Education
SP - 1
EP - 26
BT - International and Development Education
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
ER -
