Trends in governance and management of higher education institutions

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development
Mission, Money, Management International
Conference on Higher Education Beijing,
China OECD work on education 11 May 2005
Jacqueline Smith
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• Context for Tertiary Education
• OECD work on education
• Trends in education some findings
• Key IMHE actvities
• Activities in China

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Changing International Context

• Massification.
• Globalisation
• Decreasing public funding
• Expanding autonomy
• Increasing demands for accountability
• create new pressures on institutions

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Challenges for Governments

• making equitable, effective and efficient
  provision to meet national aims
• Managing diversity without reinforcing hierarchy
• Ensuring quality without over-regulation
• Improving the transmission of information between
  the labour market, individuals and the
  institutions
• Supporting innovation and research
• Determining the balance of public and private
  sector involvement
• Promoting lifelong learning

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Challenges for institutions

• Balancing the conflicting claims of the regional,
  national and international agendas
• Getting the balance right between initial
  education, continuing education and research
• Reaching out to work environment and society in
  general
• Meeting stakeholders demands for accountability

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Responding to Challenges OECD work

• Improving systems outputs and outcomes
• Analysing trends
• Considering possible futures
• Improving institutions functionning
• Performance, quality assurance and accountability

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More people are completing tertiary education
than ever before

• in some countries, growth has been spectacular
• but others have fallen behind.

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Trends Completion of tertiary-type A education
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Trends Current entry rates suggestthat the
growth will continue
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Relative average earnings of 30-44 year-olds
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Analysing Trends

• At national system levels
• Reviews of national policies for education
• Reviews of specific fields
• Thematic reviews
• Assessment PISA and Indicators
• At regional level
• Specific projects
• At institutional level
• Internationalisation Quality Review

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Thematic Review of Tertiary Education

• Economic and social objectives of TE system,
• How can countries make sure that their TE system
• Is economically sustainable
• Has an appropriate structure
• Has effective links between component parts
• Has adequate mechanisms to ensure its quality
• How to mobilise adequate resources?
• What mechanisms and policies at national level
  can ensure effective governance of the system as
  a whole

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Recognition of Informal/ Non-formal learning
Credit Recognition and Transfer Potential
mechanismsto promote lifelong learning

• To develop evidence-based policy options to
  promote LLL through mechanisms such as
  recognition of informal and non-formal learning
  and credit recognition and transfer

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Key IMHE activities

• Research management
• Governance and finance of HEIs
• HEIs and regional development
• Building capacity in institutions
• Developing the knowledge base

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Activities with China Statistics and Indicators

• World Education Indicators (WEI)
• Financing Education Investments and Returns
  2002
• Programme for International Student Assessment
  (PISA)
• Hong Kong
• Macau

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Activities with ChinaReviews

• The OECD report provides an assessment of the
  Chinese higher education reform programme using
  10 analytical criteria
• Political foundation and support
• Equity in access, attainment and achievement
• Flexibility in planning and implementation
• Support for an interactive planning model

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Activities with ChinaReviews (2)

• Inter- and intra-sectorial co-ordination
• Regional, national and international emphases
• Affordability
• Sustainability
• Efficiency
• Encouragement of supplementary resource
  mobilisation

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Activities with China Reviews (3)

• Financing and Quality Assurance Reforms in Higher
  Education Analysis of Chinas Higher Education
  Reform Programme
• Policy alternatives
• Quality/Accreditation
• Tuition-Loan Scheme
• An efficiency based Management Information System

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Thank you

• OECD www.oecd.org
• Education Directorate www.oecd.org/edu
• IMHE www.oecd.org/edu/higher
• CNM www.oecd.org/edu/nonmembereducation