Constructing Knowledge Societies : New Challenges for Tertiary Education

This report describes how tertiary education contributes to building up a country's capacity for participation in an increasingly knowledge-based world economy and investigates policy options for tertiary education that have the potential to enhance economic growth and reduce poverty. It examines the following questions: What is the importance of tertiary education for economic and social development? How should developing and transition countries position themselves to take full advantage of the potential contribution of tertiary education? How can the World Bank and other development agencies assist in this process? The report draws on ongoing Bank research and analysis on the dynamics of knowledge economies and on science and technology development. Using this background, it explores how countries can adapt and shape their tertiary education systems to confront successfully the combination of new and old challenges in the context of the rising significance for tertiary education of internal and international market forces. It examines the justification for continuing public support of tertiary education and the appropriate role of the state in support of knowledge-driven economic growth. Finally, it reviews the lessons from recent World Bank experience with support of tertiary education, including ways of minimizing the negative political impact of reforms, and makes recommendations for future Bank involvement.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2002
Subjects:	ACCREDITATION, ADDITION, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, BASIC EDUCATION, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM DESIGN, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, DISTANCE EDUCATION, DONOR AGENCIES, DRAWING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION, EDUCATION BUDGET, EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL LEVELS, EMPLOYMENT, ENROLLMENT, EQUITY, ETHICS, EXERCISES, FAMILIES, GENDER DISPARITY, GROSS ENROLLMENT, GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HOLISTIC APPROACH, HUMANITIES, INNOVATION, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, KEY ROLE, KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LEARNING, LEARNING CENTERS, LEARNING PRACTICES, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVING STANDARDS, MANAGERS, MEDICAL EDUCATION, NURSES, NURSING, OPEN UNIVERSITY, POTENTIAL BENEFITS, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRINCIPALS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, PUBLIC FUNDING, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SECTOR, QUALIFIED TEACHERS, QUALITY OF LIFE, SCHOLARSHIPS, SCHOOLS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY LEVEL, SOCIAL COHESION, SOCIAL SCIENCES, STRATEGIC PLANNING, STUDENT LOANS, STUDENT MOBILITY, TEACHER, TEACHER DEPLOYMENT, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TECHNICAL TRAINING, TERTIARY EDUCATION, TERTIARY EDUCATION REFORM, TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEMS, TRAINING OF TEACHERS, TUITION FEES, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, UNIVERSITIES, WORKERS HIGHER EDUCATION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION, INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, LABOR MARKETS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, MARKET FORCES, STATE INTERVENTION, GOVERNMENT ROLE, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, EQUITY IN EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL FINANCING, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION, TRADITIONAL EDUCATION, EDUCATION PROJECTS, EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, LEARNING PROCESSES, LEARNING STRATEGIES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/2034209/constructing-knowledge-societies-new-challenges-tertiary-education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15224
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