Product Description: What does "community" mean in the context of higher education? How is it changing, as colleges and universities are "opened up" to influences in their environment and have to respond? What might the future look like, especially given developments in information and communications technology? Universities and colleges have long been seen as academic communities...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The contributors to this volume focus on postgraduate education and training, and explore their relation to lifeling learning and graduate employment. The book addresses key questions such as: what are the major trends and develoments in graduate education worldwide; in what ways are graduate education and training structured and delivered; how are quality issues handled in graduate education worldwide; what are the major issues in graduate employment and in lifelong learning; and what are the links between postgraduate education, lifelong learning and student careers...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)