Higher Education for and beyond the Sustainable Development Goals
This book analyses the role of the university in working towards the Sustainable Development Goals. In contrast to the previous Millennium Development Goals, higher education is seen to have a crucial role in this new agenda. Yet how can the university fu
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Higher Education for and beyond the Sustainable Development Goals Tristan McCowan
Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education
Series Editors Roger King School of Management University of Bath Bath, UK Jenny Lee Centre for the Study of Higher Education University of Arizona Tucson, AZ, USA Simon Marginson University of Oxford Oxford, UK Rajani Naidoo School of Management University of Bath Bath, UK
This series aims to explore the globalization of higher education and the impact this has had on education systems around the world including East Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the US. Analyzing HE systems and policy this series will provide a comprehensive overview of how HE within different nations and/or regions is responding to the new age of universal mass higher education. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14624
Tristan McCowan
Higher Education for and beyond the Sustainable Development Goals
Tristan McCowan UCL Institute of Education London, UK
ISSN 2662-4214 ISSN 2662-4222 (electronic) Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education ISBN 978-3-030-19596-0 ISBN 978-3-030-19597-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19597-7 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Acknowledgements
I am indebted to many people, in many different ways, for the completion of this book. I have collaborated with researchers over the years on projects that have fed into the ideas presented here, including Elaine Unterhalter, Ibrahim Oanda, Rebecca Schendel, Moses Oketch, Vincent Carpentier, Cristina Perales, Kelly Teamey, Udi Mandel, Gunther Dietz, Simon M
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