The Challenge to European Universities in the Emerging Global Marketplace

Howard Newby, Liverpool University
2008

Although the topic for this paper implies a focus on Europe, the issues I want to address are by no means  limited to that continent. Without wishing to minimize the significance of national differences  and continental contexts, it is possible to discern a set of generic issues facing higher education systems  around the world which bear a distinct similarity. My justification for this bold statement rests upon