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Higher Education: An International Perspective
Higher education is a very important component of most countries' education systems. In most developed countries, over a third of young adults in the typical higher education age range are students. Modern societies now demand large numbers of graduates with knowledge and skills typically developed in higher education institutions, and they compensate those graduates more than in the past for the acquisition of those skills. Indeed, in the most developed countries, higher education has replaced secondary education as the focal point of access to rewarding careers. What has been said of U.S. job seekers is also true for those in most other developed countries: given current technologies in transportation, communication, and trade, if a worker's skills are no better than those of poorly educated, low-paid workers in less-developed countries, that worker is likely to face tough economic pressure.
The purpose of this report is to provide a review of higher education systems in selected developed countries and to compare higher education in the United States and other countries.
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