{"product_id":"higher-education-across-the-circumpolar-north-a-circle-of-learning-paperback","title":"Higher Education Across the Circumpolar North: A Circle of Learning - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eD. Nord\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eG. Weller\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to analyze the role of the new circumpolar universities in northern development. Since 1960, over twenty new universities have been built in the northern regions of Canada, Russia, the United States, the Nordic countries and Japan. This book analyzes and compares the reasons for their establishment, the impact they have had in providing greater access to advanced education, and the effect they have had on economic, social, cultural and political development of these various northern regions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSHIGEO ARAMATA President of Kushiro Public University of Economics, Japan PETER ARBO Assistant Professor, Department of Planning and Community Studies, University of Tromsø, Norway INGO RUNAR EDVARDSSON Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, University of Akureyri, Iceland NARVE FULSÅS Professor of History, University of Tromsø THORSTEINN GUNNARSSON Rector, University of Akureyri, Iceland DIDDY M. HITCHINS Professor of Political Science and Director of Canadian Studis Program, University of Alaska PER LANGGÅRD Prorector, University of Greenland KJELL LUNDMARK Professor of Political Science, University of Umeå, Sweden ESKO RIEPULA Rector, University of Lapland, Finland NICOLAI TOIVONEN Vice-Rector, Petrozavodsk State University, Republic of Karelia, Russia VICTOR VASILIEV Rector, Petrozavodsk State University, Republic of Karelia, Russia\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 203\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52987729936691,"sku":"9781349423316","price":185.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/c929NJvy949781349423316.webp?v=1769068690","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/higher-education-across-the-circumpolar-north-a-circle-of-learning-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}