The OECD charges for their statistical publications, but sometimes you can find a browsable 'Read It' version (sort of try before you buy?). In any event, I found a freebie copy of a 168 page PDF of their Focus on Higher Education document for 2005-2006.
I'm looking for numbers for enrollment, hopefully a time series. However, as I browse through I will put other relevant information here in bullet points. Bear with me--this is a work in progress.
- There are more than 17,000 higher education institutions in the world.
- 'In the past three decades, the proportion of young people enrolled in higher education has risen from 20% of the population to just over 50% on average in the OECD.(Angel Gurria, Secretary General of the OECD.)
- In 2002, approximately 3.6 million researchers were engaged in R&D in the OECD (p. 46)
- In 2003, 2.12 million students were enrolled in universities outside their country of origin (93% in the OECD) (p. 64). This has increased by 50% since 1998.
And that's all. Big disappointment. I have seen elsewhere the figure of 88 million university students worldwide--it was from a UNESCO high muckamuck, and I'll link to it when I re-find it. But what I need are annual figures... for the world... going back 1,000 years, if possible--hey, you could send me a link...
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