Linking Higher Education and Economic Development: Implications for Africa from Three Successful Systems - Softcover

Pillay, Pundy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1920355448 ISBN 13: 9781920355449

Publisher: African Minds, 2010

Synopsis

Finland, 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: African Minds
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1920355448
• ISBN 13: 9781920355449
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 118