Linking Higher Education and Economic Development: Implications for Africa from Three Successful SystemsFinland, South Korea and the state of North Carolina in the United States are three systems that successfully have harnessed higher education in their economic development initiatives. Common to the success of all these systems is, amongst others, the link between economic and education planning, quality public schooling, high tertiary participation rates with institutional differentiation, labour market demand, cooperation and networks, and consensus about the importance of higher education for development. Linking higher education and economic development: Implications for Africa from three successful systems draws together evidence on the three systems, synthesises the key findings, and distils the implications for African countries. The project on which the book is based forms part of a larger study on Universities and Economic Development in Africa, undertaken by the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (HERANA). HERANA is co-ordinated by the Centre for Higher Education Transformation in South Africa. |
Contents
CHAPTER 1 Synthesis | 1 |
CHAPTER 2 Finland | 33 |
CHAPTER 3 North Carolina | 55 |
CHAPTER 4 South Korea | 71 |
References | 97 |
List of interviewees | 98 |
Recommendations of the UNC Tomorrow Commission | 100 |
Back Cover | 109 |
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academic Academy of Finland Africa African countries centres challenges CHAPTER colleges and universities competitive cooperation degree demand economic development economic growth EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC education and training engineering enhance enrolment equity expenditure expertise faculty financing Finnish innovation system funding global Grubb high-quality higher education institutions higher education system human capital human resources implications for African important improving increased industrialisation innovation system KAIST knowledge economy knowledge-based economy Korea LINKING HIGHER labour market linkages LINKING HIGHER EDUCATION Ministry of Education NCCCS NCSU needs Nokia non-woven textiles North Carolina OECD organisations overall partnerships play possible implications private sector productive programmes promote rates regional development Regional Innovation research institutes role of higher Science and Technology Seoul Seoul National University skills social South Korea LINKING Synthesis LINKING HIGHER Tekes tertiary education UNC Tomorrow Commission universities and polytechnics vocational education workforce development