Constructing knowledge societies :

Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Washington, DC : World Bank, c2002Description: xxxi, 204 pages : illustrationsISBN: 0821351435Subject(s): Education, Higher | Educational assistanceDDC classification: 378
Contents:
Overview and main findings -- The state of tertiary education in developing and transition countries -- Purposes of this report -- Tertiary education policy in the context of overall World Bank strategy -- Outline and principal messages of the report -- 1. The changing global environment -- The information and communication revolution -- The global labor market -- Political and social change -- 2. Contribution of tertiary education to economic and social development -- Changing education and training needs -- The changing tertiary education landscape -- New modes of organization and operation -- Demise or renewal of traditional tertiary institutions? -- 3. Confronting the old challenges: the continuing crisis of tertiary education in developing and transition countries -- The need to expand tertiary education -- Persisting inequalities -- Problems of quality and relevance -- Change-resistant governance structures and rigid management practices -- 4. The changing nexus: tertiary education institutions, the marketplace and the state -- The rise of market forces in tertiary education -- Rationale for state intervention -- The evolving role of the state: guidance through an enabling framework and appropriate incentives -- 5. World Bank support for tertiary education -- Assessment of recent World Bank experience in tertiary education, 1995-2001 -- Directions for future bank support.
Summary: This text's main focus is the exploration of the role of tertiary education in the development of a country's capacity to better integrate higher education with the world's increasingly knowledge-based economy. It also examines policy options that have the potential to enchance economic growth
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Overview and main findings --
The state of tertiary education in developing and transition countries --
Purposes of this report --
Tertiary education policy in the context of overall World Bank strategy --
Outline and principal messages of the report --
1. The changing global environment --
The information and communication revolution --
The global labor market --
Political and social change --
2. Contribution of tertiary education to economic and social development --
Changing education and training needs --
The changing tertiary education landscape --
New modes of organization and operation --
Demise or renewal of traditional tertiary institutions? --
3. Confronting the old challenges: the continuing crisis of tertiary education in developing and transition countries --
The need to expand tertiary education --
Persisting inequalities --
Problems of quality and relevance --
Change-resistant governance structures and rigid management practices --
4. The changing nexus: tertiary education institutions, the marketplace and the state --
The rise of market forces in tertiary education --
Rationale for state intervention --
The evolving role of the state: guidance through an enabling framework and appropriate incentives --
5. World Bank support for tertiary education --
Assessment of recent World Bank experience in tertiary education, 1995-2001 --
Directions for future bank support.

This text's main focus is the exploration of the role of tertiary education in the development of a country's capacity to better integrate higher education with the world's increasingly knowledge-based economy. It also examines policy options that have the potential to enchance economic growth

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