Higher Education and Regions [electronic resource]: Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2007.
This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms. Drawing from an extensive review of 14 regions across 12 countries as well as OECD territorial reviews, it considers the regional engagement of higher education regarding teaching, research and service to the community. It offers answers to the following questions: What is higher education’s regional engagement all about? What are its drivers and barriers? What does regional engagement mean for the governance and management of higher education institutions, for regions and for nations? And how does regional engagement fit in with the pursuit of world class academic excellence?
Also available in French under the title: Enseignement supérieur et régions : concurrence mondiale, engagement local.
Also available in Spanish under the title: La educación superior y las regiones : globalmente competitivas, localmente comprometidas.
Access to online version restricted to subscribers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-238).
Building Capacity for Co-operation between Higher Education and Regions -- Pointers for Future Development -- Annex A and B -- Contribution of Higher Education to Social, Cultural and Environmental Development: Overcoming the Barriers -- Contribution of Higher Education to Regional Human Capital Formation: Overcoming the Barriers -- Contribution of Higher Education to Regional Business Innovation: Overcoming the Barriers -- The Regions and their Higher Education Institutions -- Barriers to Regional Engagement of Higher Education -- Drivers for Regional Engagement -- Introductory Remarks -- Executive Summary.
This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms. Drawing from an extensive review of 14 regions across 12 countries as well as OECD territorial reviews, it considers the regional engagement of higher education regarding teaching, research and service to the community. It offers answers to the following questions: What is higher education’s regional engagement all about? What are its drivers and barriers? What does regional engagement mean for the governance and management of higher education institutions, for regions and for nations? And how does regional engagement fit in with the pursuit of world class academic excellence?
Education, Higher
Higher education and state.
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