Higher Education in Regional and City Development
Subtitle: Southern Arizona, United States 2011
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: Higher education in regional and city development; Higher Education in Regional and City Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9789264028036
Subjects: Education; Rural and Regional Development Urban
Table of contents: title: Acronyms; title: Assessment and recommendations; title: Chapter 1. National and regional context; title: -1.1 Geography and population; title: 1.2 Regional economy; title: 1.3 Tertiary education in the United States; title: 1.4 Tertiary educational attainment in Arizona; title: 1.5 Tertiary education institutions in Southern Arizona; title: 1.6 Governance and funding of tertiary education in Arizona; title: 1.7 Contribution of tertiary education to the regional development; title: References; title: Annex 1.A1 PISA 2009 results; title: Chapter 2. Contribution of tertiary education to human capital development; title: -Introduction; title: 2.1 Widening access; title: 2.2 Improving the balance between labour market supply and demand; title: 2.3 Lifelong learning and distance education; title: 2.4 Strategic co-ordination of the regional human capital system; title: 2.5 Elaborating a financially sustainable expansion model; title: Conclusions and recommendations; title: References; title: Chapter 3. Contribution of tertiary education institutions to regional innovation; title: -Introduction; title: 3.1 Policy framework and regional actors in the US and Southern Arizona; title: 3.2 Southern Arizona – moving towards a high wage economy; title: 3.3 Responding to regional needs and demands; title: Conclusions and recommendations; title: Chapter 4. Social, cultural and environmental development; title: 4.1. Environmental sustainability and "green" industries; title: 4.2 Demographic change and ethnic diversity; title: Conclusions and recommendations; title: References; title: Annex 4.A1 Victoria University access and success programme; title: Chapter 5. Capacity building for regional co-operation; title: -Introduction; title: 5.1 Maintaining the region’s attractiveness; title: 5.2 Challenges; title: 5.3 Supporting regional innovation and capacity building for regional cooperation; title: 5.4. A way forward; title: References; title: Annex A. OECD review team; title: Annex B. Programme of the review visit