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Education and Social Structure

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Higher Education in a Sustainable Society

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In this chapter Education and Social Structure, Jon P. Knudsen argues that the role and effect of education is strongly integrated with social and cultural structures. In order to understand how education works, one has to understand how it interrelates with the norms and structure of the cultural environment it plays into. The chapter calls for a balanced development strategy, where new initiatives are discussed in relation to the social and historical environment it is part of. The focus moves from the university to the region. Of course we cannot assume that all universities are seen as part of regions. Some draw on students and subject matter from a wider world. However, even the regional role of the university, and implications for sustainability, should be explored.

The writing of this article has been made possible by a grant from the Research Council of Norway to the project “Learning Regions”.

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  1. Department of Working Life and Innovation, University of Agder, Jon Lilletuns vei 9, NO-4879, Grimstad, Norway

    Jon P. Knudsen

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    Hans Chr. Garmann Johnsen

  2. Department of Economics, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway

    Stina Torjesen

  3. Department of Working Life & Innovation, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway

    Richard Ennals

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Knudsen, J.P. (2015). Education and Social Structure. In: Johnsen, H., Torjesen, S., Ennals, R. (eds) Higher Education in a Sustainable Society. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5_3

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