The report has three main chapters. Chapter two examines the financing situation of the Kenyan higher education system, presents the results of a scenario-building exercise to explore the financial impact of various expansion paths, and proposes a strategy to achieve financial sustainability.
... See More + Chapter three focuses on the quality and relevance of existing institutions and programs. It starts with an assessment of the present state of Kenyan higher education institutions. It continues with a review of options to strengthen the QA system at the national and institutional levels. Finally, it proposes a road map for developing a well-functioning Labor Market Observatory. Chapter four is a technical note focusing on international developments in the use of technology to increase access and improve quality in higher education. It makes concrete recommendations on how the Kenyan government and university leaders could harness technology in innovative ways.
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Collaboration is vital to scientific innovation, as it facilitates the exchange of ideas and expands the range of perspectives on a given subject.South Asian economies and societies are rapidly evolving, and knowledge production, innovation, and technological adaptation are becoming increasingly vital to the sustained growth and competitiveness of firms and sectors across the region.
... See More + South Asia’s regional economy may still depend on low-skilled, labor-intensive production, but high-tech, knowledge-intensive industrial and service sectors are also emerging. Meanwhile, developing countries worldwide compete for shares of the global production, technology, and value chains.Scholarly research is at the leading edge of national efforts to sharpen competitive advantages and explore emerging fields and sectors, but exploiting the benefits of new technologies requires an enabling environment for innovation and adaptation to be created, which in turn demands research and development (R&D) capacity that may exceed the domestic resources of developing countries. The extent to which developing countries succeed in supporting technological innovation has critical implications for employment and income dynamics, as the pace of innovation will determine whether new sectors or tasks emerge to counterbalance the decline of old sectors and routine jobs as technology costs decline.In this context, international scholarly collaboration can greatly benefit countries with lower levels of gross domestic product (GDP) and gross expenditure on research and development (GERD), by enabling them to leverage and complement the resources of countries with more developed research bases. International research collaboration is increasingly common worldwide, as reflected in the rising number of collaborative publications involving authors from multiple countries. Analyzing trends in the co-authorship of scholarly publications can shed light on the volume and focus of research collaboration, facilitating comparisons between countries and regions. This report measures scholarly output between 2012 and 2016 in terms of the total number of peer-reviewed scholarly publications (including research papers,systematic reviews, and conference proceedings) compiled in the Scopus database. Scholarly output for each country is defined as the number of published papers with at least one author from that country. Papers produced through international collaboration count toward the total output of each country, as well as the output of the region as a whole.
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The objective of the Higher Education Research for Innovation and Competitiveness Project for Montenegro is to strengthen the quality and relevance of higher education and research in Montenegro through reforming the higher education finance and quality assurance systems and by strengthening research and development capabilities.
... See More + This restructuring proposes extension of the Closing Date of the project from December 31, 2018 to June 30, 2019 to: i) allow for completion of key activities that would support the full achievement of the PDO and enhance project sustainability, namely: capacity building of the Agency for Control and Quality Assurance of Higher Education; evaluation of scholarship program for master, PhD and postdoctoral studies; full establishment of the Center of Excellence (CoE) and carrying out the final assessment of pilot CoE experience, and development of a framework for future CoE; and ii) reallocate project funds between disbursement categories, to support the above listed activities, as well as ensure utilization of the project’s savings for additional, related activities, primarily the development of the design for Science Technology Park in Podgorica. Now, 469.000 EUR (541.000 USD equivalent) of non-contracted funds in category two will be moved to category one. This is the second restructuring of the project. The first restructuring took place in July 2016 and entailed an extension of the project closing date by twenty-one months, from March 30, 2017 to December 31, 2018.
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Key education strategies are in place, but their implementation has been slow. Since 2015–2016, the Romanian government has been making progress in adopting a set of education strategies to reduce early school leaving, improve quality and efficiencies in tertiary education, vocational education, and lifelong learning, and expand measures for the inclusion of disadvantaged groups, especially Roma persons.
... See More + More recently, a strategy for modernizing education infrastructure has also been finalized. However, the slow implementation pace of these strategies and the constant underfinancing of the education sector will have long term implications for the country’s human capital and economic development.
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This document is an executive summary of a report on strengthening higher education in Bulgaria. It begins with an overview of major developments in higher education in Bulgaria.
... See More + Despite the quantitative achievements during the past two decades, higher education in Bulgaria continues to face challenges with regard to quality, efficiency, and accountability for results. It then discusses four outstanding challenges in higher education and options for reforms: Accreditation and quality assurance, governance, financing higher education, and efficiency. For each of these challenges, it presents the challenge itself and the options for reform.
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Working Paper 70280 SEP 01, 2012
Danchev, Plamen; Bassett, Roberta Malee; Salmi, JamilBulgarianDisclosed
This document is an executive summary of a report on strengthening higher education in Bulgaria. It begins with an overview of major developments in higher education in Bulgaria.
... See More + Despite the quantitative achievements during the past two decades, higher education in Bulgaria continues to face challenges with regard to quality, efficiency, and accountability for results. It then discusses four outstanding challenges in higher education and options for reforms: Accreditation and quality assurance, governance, financing higher education, and efficiency. For each of these challenges, it presents the challenge itself and the options for reform.
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Working Paper 70280 SEP 01, 2012
Danchev, Plamen; Bassett, Roberta Malee; Salmi, JamilEnglishDisclosed
