The Trend of Higher Education Systems. Analysis of Global Education Developments

Academic Paper from the year 2014 in the subject Sociology - Work, Profession, Education, Organisation, grade: "B", Atlantic International University (SOCIAL AND HUMAN STUDIES), course: EDUCATION, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this work is to examine higher education in a global perspective basically looking into the factors contributing to well performing and poorly performing countries. This study further, touches mostly on the education strategies applied in the African, Arabs, Asian and European countries compared to American higher education institutions.Recently, higher education wide-reaching has undergone through exceptional growth and transition including advancement of new institutions, administrative organizations and educational delivery systems. Increasingly, nations and regions are recognizing that their very economic development and national survival is associated with strong educational plans. To this extend, a couple of nations have been actively increasing their investment in education. These changes are evident not only in emerging and developing countries but also in developed counties trying to foster educational relationships.