scholarly journals Peril and Promise: a Decade Later

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamil Salmi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Scaling Up ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Donor Agencies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Distinguished Group

This paper examines the impact of the path-breaking 2000 report entitled “Higher Education in Developing Countries: Peril and Promise,” which called for scaling up investment in tertiary education and research as a key vehicle to equip developing countries with the knowledge and qualified manpower needed to fight poverty and accelerate economic growth. Written by a distinguished group of independent experts with financial support from several donor agencies, the report had a major influence on the policies of developing countries and the type of interventions that donor agencies fund to accompany the tertiary education development of these nations. The article also reviews major global changes in the context and content of higher education, the “quiet revolution” of quality assurance, the impact of disruptive factors such as the financial crisis, the technological revolution, the “excellence initiatives” in several countries, and gives recommendations on how to move forward.---Cet article examine l’impact du rapport révolutionnaire publié en 2000 et intitulé « L’Enseignement supérieur dans les pays en voie de développement : Péril et promesse », qui préconisait un accroissement de l’investissement dans l’enseignement supérieur et la recherche comme vecteur essentiel pour munir les pays en voie de développement du savoir et de la main d’œuvre qualifiée nécessaires pour lutter contre la pauvreté et accélérer la croissance économique. Rédigé par un groupe distingué d’experts indépendants, avec le soutien financier de plusieurs organismes donateurs, le rapport eut une influence majeure sur les politiques des pays en voie de développement et le type d’interventions que les organismes donateurs financent pour accompagner le développement de l’enseignement supérieur de ces nations. Cet article passe en outre en revue les principaux changements mondiaux dans le contexte ainsi que dans le contenu de l’enseignement supérieur - la « révolution tranquille » de l’assurance qualité, l’impact de facteurs disruptifs tels que la crise financière, la révolution technologique, les « initiatives d’excellence » dans plusieurs pays - et donne des recommandations sur comment aller de l’avant.

scholarly journals Higher Education Finance in Ghana

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Atuahene
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Development ◽  
National Development ◽  
Higher Education Finance ◽  
Trust Fund ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Staff Support ◽  
National Union ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The diminishing financial resources and the growing demand for participation remain the biggest threat to higher education in Ghana. Cognizant of these quagmires and realizing the impact of higher education on national development, the National Union of Ghanaian Students proposed and the government established a special education trust fund called the Ghana Education Trust Fund bill (GETFund) in 2000. Despite these challenges, the GETFund is making significant contributions toward higher education development in Ghana in infrastructure, student development, faculty research, and staff support.

scholarly journals Global Changes in Higher Education: Post-Covid Times

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-70
Author(s):  
J. P. Bayer ◽  
N. A. Churaev
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Global Education ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Education Development ◽  
International Context ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Coronavirus Infection

In this article we talk about education as a global phenomenon that includes many actors with their own political interests. In this regard, the question of the anthropological component of modern education, including in the international context, arises extremely sharply: what kind of person is formed by the new global education, to whom it applies, and what values it forms. Main trends in global education policy are defined. The formation of a global educational policy has not yet been completed, and the pandemic of coronavirus infection has brought both positive and negative aspects. We name both of them: the advantages and disadvantages of pandemic situation that shifted the global higher education into the different format. Also, we make the forecast on further higher education development.

Informational Competencies Entrepreneurship and Integral Values in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 541-562
Author(s):  
José Manuel Saiz-Alvarez ◽  
Edgar Muñiz-Ávila ◽  
Delia Lizette Huezo-Ponce
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
Business Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Universities play a key role in modern societies inserted into a globalized economic world. This chapter studies how informational competencies, entrepreneurship, and integral values in higher education are necessary to foster economic growth and fight corruption. The authors especially are focused on distance education as it can be a tool to fight poverty by diminishing high illiteracy rates, mainly existing in developing countries. The purpose of the chapter is two-fold: 1) to study the impact of informational competencies in both education and entrepreneurship, and 2) to emphasize the importance of acquiring integral values by learners to be applied into educational processes based on emotional intelligence. As a result, students will be defined as prospective entrepreneurs endowed with the ability to recognize, internalize and understand emotions to be adjusted into relations and business behavior to impulse their goals. And in this sense, online education has an important role to play, especially in postgraduate studies, as in the case of MOOCs that are also analyzed.

Informational Competencies Entrepreneurship and Integral Values in Higher Education

2017 ◽  
pp. 79-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Manuel Saiz-Alvarez ◽  
Edgar Muñiz-Ávila ◽  
Delia Lizette Huezo-Ponce
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Economic Growth ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
Business Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Universities play a key role in modern societies inserted into a globalized economic world. This chapter studies how informational competencies, entrepreneurship, and integral values in higher education are necessary to foster economic growth and fight corruption. The authors especially are focused on distance education as it can be a tool to fight poverty by diminishing high illiteracy rates, mainly existing in developing countries. The purpose of the chapter is two-fold: 1) to study the impact of informational competencies in both education and entrepreneurship, and 2) to emphasize the importance of acquiring integral values by learners to be applied into educational processes based on emotional intelligence. As a result, students will be defined as prospective entrepreneurs endowed with the ability to recognize, internalize and understand emotions to be adjusted into relations and business behavior to impulse their goals. And in this sense, online education has an important role to play, especially in postgraduate studies, as in the case of MOOCs that are also analyzed.

scholarly journals Indicators of Regional Innovation Clusters’ Effectiveness in the Higher Education System

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Iryna Lysenko ◽  
Serhii Stepenko ◽  
Hanna Dyvnych
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Statistical Correlation ◽  
The State ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
State Education ◽  
Innovation Clusters ◽  
The Impact

Under globalization conditions, the main priority of the state education policy in many countries of the world is to ensure higher education quality. This is possible through close and efficient cooperation between the state, higher education institutions, future specialists, employers and innovative structures (clusters). This study focuses on the development of indicators that can comprehensively assess the effectiveness of regional innovation clusters in the higher education system. The main attention is given to the analysis of innovations, business, education development and competitiveness, as indicators of the effectiveness of regional innovation clusters in the higher education system. The following methods have been used within the research: content analysis, statistical, correlation and regression analysis, econometric modeling and the graphical method. As a result of the research, indicators of the effectiveness of regional innovation clusters have been identified and the impact of these indicators on the higher education system has been evaluated. The authors have shown that there is a close relationship between the level of development of regional innovation clusters, indicators of business and innovations development, and the level of competitiveness. The direct impact of those on the higher education system has been established and confirmed by the provided calculations.

scholarly journals Globalization and Higher Education: the Polish Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-31
Author(s):  
Anna Krajewska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Specific Location ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Global Arena ◽  
Polish Higher Education ◽  
The Impact

The impact of the process of globalization on higher education institutions and policies is profound, but also diverse, depending on the specific location on the global arena (Marginson & Van der Wende, 2007; Ball, 2012). This paper focuses on relations between globalization and higher education from the perspective of Poland. It analyses various concepts of globalization and economic and socio-cultural aspects of globalization that seem to considerably affect higher education institutions. Then, the major effects of globalization on higher education in Poland are discussed, and some implications for Polish higher education institutions are presented in order to help them better cope with rapid global changes and meet international standards.

scholarly journals New trends and competition in the market of higher education services in the context of digitalization

2021 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 01024
Author(s):  
Galina V. Astratova ◽  
Tatyana K. Rutkauskas ◽  
Natalya V. Parushina ◽  
Natalya A. Suchkova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Education Services ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Impact

The aim of the study was to analyze new trends, competition and structural changes in higher education in the context of digitalization. The main directions of higher education development in the XXI century are identified. It is shown that by 2020, new trends in the market of higher education services have appeared and fully manifested themselves, due to three key factors: 1) increased global competition; 2) the active introduction of digital technologies in higher education; 3) the impact of the global COVID pandemic on educational technologies. It is shown that the coronavirus pandemic was a powerful incentive for the transition to digital technologies in higher education. Thanks to digitalization, the structure of the market has changed, and the number of players has increased significantly, and the market consists of private and public institutions, ministries of education and government agencies, educational, consulting and test (rating) companies, etc. Moreover, the global competition of universities for quality is becoming more organized and technically equipped; it increasingly relies on impersonal methods of assessing quality using digital technologies. At the same time, the authors draw a number of conclusions about the negative consequences of distance education. It is shown that competitiveness and accessibility of educational services for different categories of citizens in the difficult conditions of global challenges and threats, the wave pandemic, is ensured through high-quality interaction of all participants in the process, the activity of scientists and practitioners around the world, and state support for teaching initiatives in all regions of the country.

scholarly journals The impact of regional demographics on Higher Education Policy. An example from Silesia, Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-22
Author(s):  
Robert Krzysztofik ◽  
Agata Zagórowska ◽  
Iwona Kantor-Pietraga ◽  
Dominika Malchar-Michalska ◽  
Marzena Lamparska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Demographic Situation ◽  
Student Opinions ◽  
Demographic Challenges ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The determinants of higher education policy have their sources in various spheres, such as economic, social, educational, national policy, administrative, and demographic. Problems for the development of higher education also stem from these spheres. One of them is the challenging demographic situation that is a significant element of developing higher education in southern Poland (particuarly in the Silesia region). Given this context, this article aims to indicate the policies of the universities in the region which respond to the existing demographic threats. This relationship is to confront student opinions regarding their vision for their education and future career within the current demographic situation. Using research-based on an analysis of university and regional local government strategic documents and surveys carried out among students, we conclude that higher education development policy is responding to the demographic transformation. Meanwhile, students’ attitudes to the challenges of the demographic situation is quite “flexible” and relatively ambivalent. This article presents the contrast between the increasingly tricky demographic situation in Silesia, Poland, and the limited response in the two main groups of stakeholders – academic authorities and students – that require shaping higher education ipolicy towards future demographic challenges.

scholarly journals The Impact of Covid-19 on Higher Education: A Review on the Moroccan Case

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Belhassan Khaoula ◽  
Azegagh Jalal
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Normal Functioning ◽  
Research Mission ◽  
Skilled Workforce ◽  
The Impact

The period 1999-2009 was considered as “the decade of education” in Morocco because of the main projects of the overhaul of the education system launched during this period. This period has seen profound reforms which affected the organization, pedagogy, and financial management of Moroccan universities to improve their performances and to offer the market a skilled workforce. In March 2020, Morocco recorded the first positive cases of Covid-19. Following this situation and in interaction with the international circumstances, the country has embarked on an anticipatory strategy to limit the spread of this new virus through confinement that lasted from March 20 to July 10, 2020, influencing the normal functioning of most sectors and disrupting the strategies of all sectors of activity. The higher education sector has not escaped the effects of the pandemic. Through this article, we wonder about the impact of covid-19 on Moroccan higher education, scientific research, and currents project launched in this sector. We found that the learning process in universities was the most negatively impacted by the pandemic, at the same time, the scientific research mission saw improvements in publications and research funding during the crisis. Finally, the article highlights lessons from this pandemic for the Moroccan higher education sector, which could be illustrative for other developing countries.

scholarly journals Review on the Impact of World Higher Education Rankings: Institutional Competitive Competence and Institutional Competence

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Zoljargal Dembereldorj
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
University Rankings ◽  
Advanced Economy ◽  
Global University ◽  
World Class ◽  
Higher Education Rankings ◽  
The Impact

This paper discusses the relevant literature on higher education rankings and its impact on higher education institutions across the globe. The literature suggests that global university rankings impact higher education institutions both in advanced economy and developing countries to build competence to race and exist. Universities in an advanced economy are building institutional competitive competence to race in the global university rankings under the umbrella term of ‘World Class University,’ whereas universities in developing countries are building institutional competence by pursuing to build research intensive universities. The essay argues that global university rankings are shaping the field of higher education institutions, and the capacity of resources dictates universities the type of competence to build to exist: institutional competitive competence and institutional competence.   

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