Does Education Matter?
Myths About Education and Economic Growth
Education, education, education has become an obsession for politicians and the public alike. It is seen as an economic panacea: an engine for growth and prosperity. But is there a link between increased spending on higher eductaion and economicgrowth? Professor Alison Wolf takes a critical look at successive governments' education policy and challenges many of the tenets of received wisdom: there are no economic reasons for spending more on higher education in order to stimulate growth. The conclusion of this devastating book is that a large proportion of the billions poured into vocational training and university provision might be better s…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-14-193566-9
- EAN: 9780141935669
- Produktnummer: 17834258
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'178 KB
Über den Autor
Alison Wolf is Chair of Education at the Institute of Education in London and Programme Director at the Centre for the Economics of Education. She lives in Dulwich, London.
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