The Bilingual University--General Reflections on Its Origins, Mission, and Functioning.

Purser, Lewis

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Publication Date: 2000

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The Bilingual University--General Reflections on Its Origins, Mission, and Functioning.

Purser, Lewis

Higher Education in Europe, v25 n4 p451-59 2000

Explores bilingual universities, including their origins (mostly political), missions (to promote participation, coherence, a wider outlook for the university and its graduates, bilingualism as an objective rather than condition, and student retention), and functioning (different organizational, teaching, and learning cultures; financial aspects; and ownership). (EV)

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Schools, Educational Administration, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, History, Institutional Mission, Universities

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: Special section: "The Bilingual University." Based on the final report of the UNESCO-CEPES Seminar on Bilingual Universities (Bucharest, Romania, March 16-17, 2000).