Latin America’s New Knowledge Economy: Higher Education, Government, and International Collaboration chronicles the rapid economic growth and social changes that have taken place across the region in recent years, and examines these developments through the lens of higher education. In the book, leading scholars from Latin America and the U.S. explore factors that have been catalysts for higher education reforms such as increased access and equity, emphasis on international study, and investment by foreign universities and corporations. Chapters include: Training the 21st Century Knowledge Workers: Higher Education and Workforce Development in Latin America Building Knowledge-based Economies in Latin America: The Role of National Study Abroad Scholarship Programs Trends in Student and Academic Mobility: From "Brain Drain" to "Brain Gain" in Latin America Toward 100,000 Strong: Western Hemisphere Academic Exchanges Academic Research and Advanced Training: Building up Research Universities in Brazil Learn more about the book here: www.iie.org/en/Research-and-Publications/Publications-and-Reports/IIE-Bookstore/Latin-Americas-New-Knowledge-Economy . Latin America’s New Knowledge Economy is the seventh book in the Global Education Research Reports series from IIE and the AIFS Foundation
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Based on an initial biomedical focus – an area that UMD and UNN continue to refine and expand - USRIC will serve as a platform connecting Russian research universities and entrepreneurs with their US counterparts while engaging appropriate state and regional governmental structures
The network is a community that strives to identify, develop, and sustain innovative programs. This is done through the sharing of information obtained through environmental scanning, benchmarking, and institutional research to inform creative approaches to program design and management
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However, it is relevant to the enrollment management process that higher education has built, especially in continuing education and online learning units. UPCEA recently conducted a survey of members and found that one-in-five institutions have no enrollment management plan and 24% have disjointed processes
This is the same study that was presented in Miami, but enhanced a bit in a webinar over the summer...Jim Fong UPCEA Center for Research and Consulting
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March 18, 2013 Online Certificate Programs at Colleges and Universities Gain Popularity By ELIZABETH OLSON AS employers demand skills and more skills, many people are turning to online certificate programs to acquire a specific expertise that can lead them to a job or a promotion — or, sometimes, simply to ensure that they hang on to their current position. Although less well known than “massive open online courses,” known as MOOCs, online certificates are “part of the unbundling of education that is happening now,” said Joel Shapiro, associate dean of academics at Northwestern University’s School of Continuing Studies
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/809605566 Over the last several years higher education has been looking to businesses for more than just continuing education students and research funding. If academic institutions can find ways to serve corporate training and learning needs, then companies may provide an additional source of revenue