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Adult, Higher and Vocational Education

Putting higher education to work: Skills and research for growth in East Asia
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September 25, 2015

This book seeks to understand the economic context in East Asia, as a means to understanding the need for an improved higher education system. The book begins with a diagnosis of the current state of higher education in East Asia. Although higher education provides several noneconomic benefits, such as nation building and socialization, the book focuses on the economic benefits of higher education… Read more

Higher Education, research, Skills
Governance reforms in higher education: A study of selected countries in Africa
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September 21, 2015

This paper attempts to elaborate on changes in the way the higher education system in Africa is governed, and institutions are managed, based on the case studies carried out in some of the countries in the region. The paper discusses the global changes in higher education and their effects on the expansion of higher education…. Read more

Africa, Education Governance, Higher Education
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‘Now I am free’—education and human resource development in Eritrea: contradictions in the lives of Eritrean women in higher education
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September 17, 2015

Human resource development as an objective of education policy in developing countries is increasingly narrowed down to its human capital component. In Eritrea, the objective of a highly centralized human resource development strategy is to produce human capital for the advancement of the nation. This instrumentalist view ignores the fact that education is not only… Read more

eritrea, Higher Education, Women
Higher education and women’s empowerment in Pakistan
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September 17, 2015

This paper summarises the findings of a 2005 doctoral study which explored to what extent participation in higher education offers empowerment to women in Pakistan. A survey instrument was used to question female faculty members and female students from 10 public universities in Pakistan; 1290 students and 290 faculty members responded. Subsequently, semi-structured interviews were… Read more

Higher Education, Pakistan, women empowerment
Accelerating catch-up: tertiary education for growth in sub-Saharan Africa
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September 17, 2015

This volume spells out the case for more knowledge-intensive growth in Africa, which demands increasing attention to secondary and, most important, postsecondary education. Despite rising enrollment in tertiary-level institutions, the numbers of students graduating are pitifully small. And despite reform efforts, the quality remains well below par. However, change for the better is in the air,… Read more

Africa, economic growth, Tertiary Education
Universities and economic development in Africa
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September 17, 2015

This study attempts to address the gaps in research on the characteristics and dynamics of the relationship between higher education and development, and the contextual and institutional factors that facilitate or inhibit these relationships. The study, with a focus on Africa, utilises theoretical perspectives offered by the fields of higher education studies, institutional theory and… Read more

Africa, economic growth, Higher Education
Higher education and economic development in Africa
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September 17, 2015

This paper challenges beliefs in the international development community that tertiary education has little role in promoting poverty alleviation. It reviews evidence about the impact that tertiary education can have on economic growth and poverty reduction, with a focus on the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. Because of a belief that primary and secondary schooling are more… Read more

Africa, economic development, Higher Education
Higher Education and Economic Growth in Africa
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September 17, 2015

This paper uses panel data over the 1960–2000 period, a modified neoclassical growth equation, and a dynamic panel estimator to investigate the effect of higher education human capital on economic growth in African countries. We find that all levels of education human capital, including higher education human capital, have positive and statistically significant effect on… Read more

Africa, economic growth, Higher Education
Reforming higher education: access, equity, and financing in Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and Tunisia
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September 17, 2015

This chapter in the 2011 Africa Competitiveness Report analyses systems of higher education in Africa using five African countries— Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and Tunisia— as case studies. Specifically, the chapter analyzes current enrolment 
trends, accessibility and equity, governance, quality and relevance, financing, university-industry linkages (UILs),
and entrepreneurship education in tertiary education curricula. The idea is… Read more

developing countries, Higher Education
Higher Education in South East Asia
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September 16, 2015

Higher education in South East Asia stems from different historical backgrounds and has undergone various kinds of challenges and various stages of development. The rapid expansion of student enrolment, the knowledge explosion, advances in information and communication technology, globalization, economic restructuring, and financial constraints have all contributed to higher education reforms in these countries and… Read more

south east asia, Tertiary Education
The Rationale for Higher Education Investments
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September 10, 2015

 This working paper contributes to the debate around the financing of higher education and calls for a fair distribution of the costs of higher education between the private sector (including students and their families) and the public sector, allocated according to the ratio of private and public benefits and externalities that it generates. In particular,… Read more

Education financing, Higher Education
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