Soaring student numbers pose funding and quality challenges for universities in OECD countries

With more and more high-school graduates going on to university, governments face tough decisions on funding and quality standards to ensure that their education systems respond adequately to booming demand for degrees, a new OECD publication shows.

Drivers for Reform Strategies – Learning and Innovation

Keynote address by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the Conference marking the 40th Anniversary of OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) on “Learning in the 21st Century: Research, Innovation and Policy”.

Education in Non-Member Economies

Information page for the Directorate for Education's Programme on Co-operation with Non-member Economies

Roundtable on Developing University-Industry Technology Transfer, 12-13 October 2006, Tomsk, Russia - Summary

Summary of a joint workshop sponsored by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), and Tomsk State University, and held in cooperation with the Russian Ministry of Science and Education and the Tomsk regional government.

The Changing Labour Market and the Future of Higher Education

Social Outcomes of Learning

This project, supported by 12 countries, aims to explore the causal links between education and major social domains such as health (mental and physical) and civic engagement.

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