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Asymmetry and Symmetry in Transnational Higher-Education Partnerships

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The start of the twenty-first century is defined by yawning gaps and divides: South and North, wealthy and poor, citizen and undocumented, obese and emaciated, healthy and chronically ill, connected and disconnected, Internet savvy and digitally naive. The trajectories of global asymmetry are multiple, overlapping, and interwoven.

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© 2014 Peter H. Koehn and Milton O. Obamba

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Koehn, P.H., Obamba, M.O. (2014). Asymmetry and Symmetry in Transnational Higher-Education Partnerships. In: The Transnationally Partnered University. International and Development Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137481757_4

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