Higher Education in Regional and City Development: Antioquia, Colombia 2012

Antioquia is one of Colombia’s economic engines, but suffers from low skills, poverty, inequity and poor labour market outcomes. How can Antioquia create a more inclusive labour market and education system? How can it improve the quality and relevance of education? How can it turn the potential of i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autor Corporativo: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 2012.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Higher Education in Regional and City Development,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Acronyms
  • Assessment and recommendations Chapter 1: Antioquia’s tertiary education in context
  •  1.1. The national context
  •  1.2. Antioquia
  •  1.3. Education in Colombia
  •  1.4. Education in Antioquia
  •  1.5. Regional development and tertiary education Chapter 2: Human capital and skills development
  •  Introduction
  •  2.1. Human capital development in Colombia
  •  2.2. Regional demographics and the labour market
  •  2.3. The supply of tertiary education in Antioquia
  •  2.4. The transition from secondary to tertiary education
  •  2.5. Improving access and retention in tertiary education
  •  2.6. Aligning tertiary education to regional labour markets
  •  Conclusions and recommendations Chapter 3: Research, development and innovation 
  •  Introduction
  •  3.1. The concept of innovation
  •  3.2. Science, technology and innovation policy in Colombia
  •  3.3. The regional system of innovation of Antioquia
  •  3.4. Intermediate organisations for knowledge transfer and exchange 
  •  3.5. Tertiary education and research
  •  3.6. Universities and knowledge transfer and exchange
  •  Conclusions and recommendations Chapter 4: Social, cultural and environmental development
  •  Introduction
  •  4.1  Principal social and educational challenges in Antioquia
  •  4.2. Widening access and community well-being
  •  4.3. Rural development
  •  4.4. Public and community health
  •  4.5. Environmental and sustainable development
  •  4.6. Cultural development
  •  Conclusions and recommendations Chapter 5: Capacity building for regional co-operation
  •  Introduction
  •  5.1. Governance of Colombia and Antioquia
  •  5.2. Tertiary education steering, governance, autonomy and accountability
  •  5.3. Strategy for regional development
  •  5.4. Tertiary education institutions
  •  5.5. Collaboration for regional and local development
  •  Conclusions and recommendations Annex A. Review team members
  • Annex B. Review visit agenda
  • Annex C. Regional Steering Committee