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Tertiary education for the knowledge society / Paulo Santiago ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Santiago, Paulo | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Publisher: Paris : OECD, c2008Description: 2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.ISBN: 9789264046528; 9264046526; 9789264046528; 9264046526.Subject(s): Education, Higher -- International cooperation | Education, Higher -- Evaluation | Higher education and stateDDC classification: 378.01 Online resources: Connect to online resource via SourceOECD Available both in print and online.
Contents:
v. 1. Special features: governance, funding, quality. Setting the stage : impact, trends and challenges of tertiary education -- Setting the right course : steering tertiary education -- Matching funding strategies with national priorities -- Assuring and improving quality -- v. 2. Special features: equity, innovation, labour market, internationalisation. Achieving equity -- Enhancing the role of tertiary education in research and innovation -- The academic career : adapting to change -- Strengthening ties with the labour market -- Internationalisation : shaping strategies in the national context -- What next? : the challenges of policy implementation.
Summary: This book provides an international investigation of tertiary education policy across its many facets -- governance, funding, quality assurance, equity, research and innovation, academic career, links to the labor market and internationalization. It presents an analysis of the trends and developments in tertiary education; a synthesis of research-based evidence on the impact of tertiary-education policies; innovative and successful policies and practices that countries have implemented; and tertiary-education policy options. The report draws on the results of a major OECD review of tertiary education policy -- the OECD Thematic Review of Tertiary Education -- conducted over the 2004-08 period in collaboration with 24 countries around the world.--Publisher's description.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU St Angela's McKeown Library Main Lending Collection 378.01 SAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T33648
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This book provides an international investigation of tertiary education policy across its many facets -- governance, funding, quality assurance, equity, research and innovation, academic career, links to the labor market and internationalization. It presents an analysis of the trends and developments in tertiary education; a synthesis of research-based evidence on the impact of tertiary-education policies; innovative and successful policies and practices that countries have implemented; and tertiary-education policy options. The report draws on the results of a major OECD review of tertiary education policy -- the OECD Thematic Review of Tertiary Education -- conducted over the 2004-08 period in collaboration with 24 countries around the world.--Publisher's description.

v. 1. Special features: governance, funding, quality. Setting the stage : impact, trends and challenges of tertiary education -- Setting the right course : steering tertiary education -- Matching funding strategies with national priorities -- Assuring and improving quality -- v. 2. Special features: equity, innovation, labour market, internationalisation. Achieving equity -- Enhancing the role of tertiary education in research and innovation -- The academic career : adapting to change -- Strengthening ties with the labour market -- Internationalisation : shaping strategies in the national context -- What next? : the challenges of policy implementation.

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