Chapter 1: Introduction; Gabriele Capelli, David Mitch -- Part I: Global religious activity and schooling.-Chapter 2: Religion, colonialism and missions in Africa; Felix Meier zu Selhausen -- Chapter 3: The long legacy of missions in Latin America; Felipe Valencia -- Part II: Colonial legacies,...

This edited collection explores the historical determinants of the rise of mass schooling and human capital accumulation based on a global, long-run perspective, focusing on a variety of countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the Americas. The authors analyze the increasing...

Ulrich Bremer examines the internationalization process of German public research universities, extracts multiple expected factors of impact from existing theory, tests them against data and thus delivers implications for research and practice. Strategy-based international partnerships,...

Governing multi-level education systems requires governance models that balance responsiveness to local diversity with the ability to ensure national objectives. This delicate equilibrium is difficult to achieve given the complexity of many education systems. Countries are therefore increasingly...

Überlegungen zur Anerkennungsfähigkeit beruflicher Kompetenzen im Rahmen dualer Studiengänge -- Verfahren zur Dokumentation und Anerkennung informellen Lernens im Prozess der Erwerbsarbeit -- Kompetenzerwerb zwischen Hochschule und Betrieb — Kompetenzdiagnostik und -entwicklung in dualen...