Trends in global higher education, privatization and the impact of information and communication technologies are among the topics covered in a series of background documents prepared for the World Conference on Higher Education opening on 5 July 2009 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.  

All the documents can be downloaded by clicking on the following links:

Reports and Background Documents

Working, Reference and Information Documents

Communiqué of the World Conference on Higher Education 2009 

Oral Reports