Higher Education Across the Circumpolar North: A Circle of Learning [Hardcover]

This 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.Introduction; G.R.Weller Universities in Northern Finland; E.Riepula Universities in Northern Sweden; K.Lundmark The University of Troms?, Norway; P.Arbo & N.Fuls?s The Role of the University of Akureyri, Iceland, in Northern Development; I.R.Edvardsson & T.Gunnarsson Greenland and the University; P.Langg?rd Universities in Northern Canada; G.R.Weller The Role of the University of Alaska in Northern Development; D.M.Hitchins Universities in the European North of Russia; V.Vasiliev & N.Toivonen Universities in Northern Japan; S.Aramata Conclusions: The Role of Universities in Northern Development: A Comparative Perspective; D.C.Nord BibliographySHIGEO ARAMATA President of Kushiro Public University of Economics, JapanPETER ARBO Assistant Professor, Department of Planning and Community Studies, University of Troms?, NorwayINGO RUNAR EDVARDSSON Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, University of Akureyri, IcelandNARVE FULS?S Professor of History, University of Troms?THORSTEINN GUNNARSSON Rector, University of Akureyri, IcelandDIDDY M. HITCHINS Professor of Political Science and Director of Canadian Studis Program, University of AlaskaPER LANGG?RD Prorector, University of GreenlandKJELL LUNDMARK Professor of Political Science, University of Ume?, SwedenESKO RIEPULA Rector, University of Lapland, FinlandNICOLAI TOIVONEN Vice-Rector, Petrozavodsk State University, Republic of Karelia, RussiaVICTOR VASILIEV Rector, Petrozavodsk State Unló3