COLLEGE TOWN: CONCEPTS AND REALITIES

COLLEGE TOWN: CONCEPTS AND REALITIES

Le Dong Phuong phuongld@vnies.edu.vn The Vietnam National Institute of Educational Sciences 101 Tran Hung Dao, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam
Summary: 
The college town is a new concept in the development of higher education in Vietnam. Creating new college town has been part of the policy making as way to improve the space for higher education. However, the concepts of college town are not consistent in Vietnam. This article looks at the various ways to define college towns as well as the reality of college towns in developed countries in redefining the understanding of college town and based upon to draw some recommendations for building college towns in Vietnam.
Keywords: 
higher education
college town
university - locality relationships
urban functions of universities
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