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HIGHER EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN,
RUSSIA AND USA
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World Declaration on Higher Education....................................................... 5
Higher Education in Great Britain................................................................ 6
Oxbridge..................................................................................................... 13
Higher Education in Russia......................................................................... 19
The Murmansk State Technical University................................................. 26
Higher Education in the USA...................................................................... 33
Yale University........................................................................................... 43
Role Play..................................................................................................... 45
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WORLD DECLARATION ON HIGHER EDUCATION
"Everyone has the right to education"
"Higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of individual capacity"
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1. Read the extract from the declaration made by the participants of the World Conference on Higher Education, assembled at UNESCO [*] Headquarters in Paris. Before reading, study the following vocabulary:
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WORLD DECLARATION ON HIGHER EDUCATION
FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: VISION AND ACTION
Nowadays there is an unprecedented demand for and a great diversification in higher education, as well as an increased awareness of its vital importance for sociocultural and economic development, and for building the future, for which the younger generations will need to be equipped with new skills, knowledge and ideals. Higher education includes 'all types of studies, training or training for research at the post-secondary level, provided by universities or other educational establishments that are approved as institutions of higher education by the competent State authorities'.
Everywhere higher education is faced with great challenges and difficulties related to financing, equity of conditions at access into and during the course of studies, improved staff development, skills-based training, enhancement and preservation of quality in teaching, research and services, relevance of programmes, employability of graduates, establishment of efficient co-operation agreements and equitable access to the benefits of international co-operation. At the same time, higher education is being challenged by new opportunities relating to technologies that are improving the ways in which knowledge can be produced, managed, disseminated, accessed and controlled. Equitable access to these technologies should be ensured at all levels of education systems.
Express your point of view about missions, functions and problems of higher education in modern world.
In the profile given below you will read about the systems of higher education in Great Britain, Russia and the USA. You will find the information about educational institutions and subjects studied by students, you will learn about degree levels and ways of students' life. Also you will get acquainted with the most famous universities of these countries.
