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. |
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academic activities addition Africa areas centres challenges changing CHAPTER close collaboration community colleges companies compared competitive continuing cooperation countries creating demand economic development EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC effective efforts engineering enhance enrolment equity established example expansion expenditure factor faculty financing Finland Finnish funding graduates higher education institutions higher education system human implications important improving increased industry initiatives innovation innovation system investment knowledge labour market LINKING HIGHER EDUCATION major Ministry NCSU needs North Carolina OECD opportunities participation particularly partnerships planning play polytechnics possible private sector productive Professor programmes promote rates regional regional development relating relationship research institutes respect responsible result role Second secondary skills social South Korea specific strategies strengthen strong successful tertiary education United universities vocational workforce