The response of higher education institutions to regional needs

The response of higher education institutions to regional needs

The agenda of universities has moved on from a desire to simply increase the general education level of the population and the output of scientific research; there is now a greater concern to harness university education and research to specific economic and social objectives. Nowhere is this demand...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (author)
Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author (author), Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (-), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [1999]
Subjects:
Education, Higher > OECD countries.
Regional planning > OECD countries.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705200906719
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Context.
  • Approach to the report
  • Chapter 2. Higher Education Institutions and Territoriality
  • Problematising territoriality
  • Reconceptualising territorial development and governance
  • Chapter 3. Characteristics of the National Systems
  • National systems of higher education
  • Regional higher education systems in a national context
  • Chapter 4. Characteristics of the Region
  • The nature of the region and the regional stakeholders
  • New forms of regional governance and policy
  • Chapter 5. Institutional Management for Regional Engagement
  • Evaluating and mapping the impact of the regional HE system
  • Capacity building for regional co-operation
  • Creating a new organisational culture
  • Mechanisms to promote university-regional involvement
  • Promoting regional dialogue
  • Financial management
  • Chapter 6. Teaching Management
  • Student recruitment  
  • Students and regional employment
  • Localising the learning process
  • Promoting lifelong learning, continuing professional development and training
  • Changing forms of educational provision
  • Enhancing the regional learning system
  • Chapter 7. Research Management
  • The changing nature of research and knowledge production
  • Regionally based research
  • Research interfaces
  • Chapter 8. Community Service Management
  • HEIs and the "third role"
  • The civic and leadership role of HEIs
  • HEIs and community service
  • HEIs and regional resources
  • Chapter 9. Conclusions
  • Drivers/barriers to regional engagement
  • Drivers for adoption of regional development role
  • Barriers to adoption of a regional development role
  • Emerging institutional forms
  • Chapter 10. Recommendations
  • To national governments
  • To local and regional authorities
  • To HEIs
  • Appendix 1 . List of HEIs from which material was drawn
  • Appendix 2 . Reviews of selected national systems of higher education
  • Bibliography

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