Download or read book The Social Role of Higher Education written by Ken Kempner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1996 The Social Role of Higher Education is an anthology of nine papers, it presents cases studies showing how culture influences the social role of higher education in various nations. It examines how environments get defined and how they shape universities, and how knowledge and academic work interact in national contexts. This book focuses on how both developed and developing countries' systems of higher education are affected by their own culture and their place within the larger global context.