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In a similar vein, OECD’s Thematic Review of Higher Education covering higher education policies in 24 countries identified one of the central challenges facing higher education as achieving an appropriate balance between the “priorities of individual institutions with the nation’s economic and social goals” (OECD, 2008, p. 2).
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Vries, W.D., Slowey, M. (2012). Concluding Reflections. Between Humboldt and Newman. In: Schuetze, H.G., Mendiola, G.Á., Conrad, D. (eds) State and Market in Higher Education Reforms. Comparative and International Education, vol 13. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-800-1_15
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