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The final chapter summarises the main arguments made in the book, in light of the cataclysmic prospects facing humanity in the twenty-first century. Heterogeneity in higher education is desirable, yet this diversity can cohere around a common set of principles including a commitment to human understanding through open-ended enquiry, fair access, a dialogue of knowledges, non-commodification and public good. Some proposals for change are put forward at the institutional, national and global levels.
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McCowan, T. (2019). Back from the Brink. In: Higher Education for and beyond the Sustainable Development Goals. Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19597-7_11
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