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05-Jan-2010
A team of OECD experts endorsed proposals in the Czech Republic Government’s White Paper on Tertiary Education to impose tertiary fees in tandem with a system of study grants, student loans, and targeted means-tested assistance in order put the long-term financing of tertiary education on a more sustainable basis, while also making access more equitable. The experts recognised that ‘there is a low probability of a significant increase in state spending for tertiary education in the near or moderate-term future” and thus saw the need for greater reliance on household spending.
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21-Dec-2009
Following the report the quality of teaching in higher education (phase 1 of the project), IMHE is introducing a second phase which is aimed at helping institutions explore their institutional engagement into quality teaching through individual reviews built on case studies. http://www.oecd.org/edu/imhe/qualityteaching/Phase2
Contact: fabrice.henard@oecd.org
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18-Dec-2009
Get the latest news from the Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education. This issue focuses on higher education in the context of globalisation and includes updates on quality teaching in higher education, the international assessment of higher education learning outcomes (AHELO) and the reviews on higher education in regional and city development.
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15-Dec-2009
The final version of the self-evaluation report for the Southern Arizona region is now available. The report was prepared with the support of the Lumina Foundation for Education in collaboration with a number of higher education institutions in the region.
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08-Dec-2009
The final version of the self-evaluation report for the Paso del Norte region (US/MX) is now available. The report was prepared by the Paso del Norte Group in collaboration with a number of higher education institutions in the region.
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27-Nov-2009
The final versions of the Self-evaluation reports for the review visits to the City regions of Amsterdam and Rotterdam are now available. These extensive reports were prepared by the SEO Economisch Onderzoek, Amsterdam and the Economic Development Board Rotterdam (EDBR) respectively in collaboration with a number of higher education institutions.
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27-Oct-2009
This issue includes reports of the reviews visits to Amsterdam and Southern Arizona; a report on the successful roundtable meeting and news of the first region, Free State in South Africa, who will be joining the Rolling Programme.
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06-Oct-2009
The Self-evaluation Report of the Bio Bio Region is now available. The extensive report reflects the joint efforts of HEIs and stakeholders. The report was drafted by a team of researchers from three universities in the Bío Bío region led by Dr. Jorge DRESDNER (Universidad de Concepción).
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25-Sep-2009
Welcoming the adoption of the Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth by G20 leaders gathered in Pittsburgh for the G20 summit, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said new sources of jobs and growth needed for the global economy to effect a sustained recovery, will only emerge if the right structural policies are adopted by the world’s leading global economies.
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