The Bulgarian Higher Education and the Economic Determinants of XXI Century

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Keywords
global changes, higher education, economic development

Summary
The present treatment goes into some of the main changes which occur in economy in the conditions of globalization and their influence over the system of higher education. The higher education is taken in as a complex which has the leading role for increasing the quality of human capital.

Investigated problem is interpreted on two levels. In the first place, object of analysis is the determinant function of the global changes in economy with regard to system of higher education. On the second place it studies the changes inside the system of higher education in the context of globalization.

JEL: E24, I21, O15
Pages: 10
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