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Download full textHussaini, Nilofer – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
South Asian economies has witnessed very slow growth over the years and the gap has widened manifold between other nations of Asia particularly East Asian nations and South Asian nations. This paper examines co-integration between the economic growth and reach of higher education in South Asian nations explaining this disparity. The research…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Developing Nations, Higher Education, Correlation
Peer reviewedGamage, D. Thenuwara – Comparative Education, 1983
Covers the history of higher education in Sri Lanka under British colonial rule and after 1948, including establishment of universities and struggles for administrative control of universities by government ministries. (MH)
Descriptors: College Administration, Colonialism, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
de Silva, K. M., Ed.; Peiris, G. H., Ed. – 1995
This book reviews the history of university education in Sri Lanka, paying special attention to the University of Peradeniya, originally the University of Ceylon. The book focuses on how an institution of higher learning, modeled initially on the older universities of Britain, has been influenced by the challenges and constraints of continuing…
Descriptors: Agriculture, College Role, Dental Schools, Developing Nations
Cooke, Anthony, Ed.; MacSween, Ann, Ed. – 2000
This book, which focuses on the relationship between adult education institutions and social movements, contains 31 papers originally presented at a 1998 conference on the history of adult education. Following an Introduction (Cooke), the papers are: Mobilisation, Popular Participation and Sustainable Development: Themes in the Recent History of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Agents, Community Cooperation, Context Effect
