Higher Education Co-operation and Western Dominance of Knowledge Creation and Flows in Third World Countries.

Selvaratnam, Viswanathan

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ERIC Number: EJ369171

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Publication Date: 1988

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Higher Education Co-operation and Western Dominance of Knowledge Creation and Flows in Third World Countries.

Selvaratnam, Viswanathan

Higher Education, v17 n1 p41-68 1988

Third World adoption of the Western university and the accompanying Eurocentric system of information flow is criticized as sometimes being counterproductive and alien to developing nations. The potential for a self-reliant, interdependent higher education system among Third World countries is discussed. (MSE)

Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Higher Education, Information Dissemination, International Cooperation, International Education, Power Structure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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