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Opportunities for education in the years after compulsory schooling are expanding. In part this is linked to the emergence of the knowledge economy, which is making higher education more central to economic success and putting a fresh focus on how adult learning can help people adjust to the changing world of work. Find out more.
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23-Jun-2009
This collaborative space offers you evidence and analysis on the impact of the crisis on education, concrete examples of how governments and institutions in different countries are coping, information on high priority issues such as education budgets, stimulus packages, the effects of unemployment on motivation and learning attitudes, and much more. Register now and contribute to this information sharing platform with other members of the fast-growing OECD social network.
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06-Jul-2009
Introductory Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General delivered at UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education - 5 July 2009 UNESCO, Paris
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30-Apr-2009
OECD’s Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education announces plans for a conference on the impact of the economic crisis on higher education institutions on 29-30 June hosted by the Copenhagen Business School in co-operation with OECD/IMHE.
The conference will debate questions of supply and demand, costs and income in higher education and will analyse the role and responsibility of higher education institutions and how to transform these challenges into opportunities.
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02-Apr-2009
Get the latest news from the Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education. This issue contains updates on the quality and teaching project; progress on the international assessment of higher education learning outcomes (AHELO) and the reviews on higher education in regional and city development.
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10-Mar-2009
In some respects, Spain has joined the ranks of countries with a modern, responsive and creative system of tertiary education. But the tertiary system must accelerate the pace of reform to respond to the social and economic pressures facing Spain.
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05-Mar-2009
In recent years, Japan has made significant progress in modernising its tertiary education system but reforms of the system must continue to respond to current social and economic pressures in Japan.
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05-Mar-2009
05/03/2009 – Like many other countries, China faces the dilemma of expanding its tertiary education system within a tight fiscal constraint. Special challenges in China include the unprecedented scale in student numbers and the rapidly rising aspirations of students and parents for upward social mobility through education.
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18-Dec-2008
Read the latest news information of the Institutional Management in higher education programme. This issue deals with "Breaking ranks: assessing quality in higher education"...
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03-Mar-2009
Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources. The Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) free report published in English in 2007, and which has already been translated into Catalan, Japanese,and Swedish, is now available in Spanish: El conociomiento libre y los recursos educativos abiertos.
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28-Nov-2008
OECD countries have commended Portugal for progress made towards modernising its tertiary education system. Over the past three years, the Portuguese government has implemented reforms to encourage institutions to be more responsive to the needs of society and the economy. These give institutions more autonomy and room for manoeuvre but require them, in return, to be more clearly accountable to society.
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01-Dec-2008
Higher education institutions can make an important contribution to economic, social and cultural development in their cities and regions. In early 2008, OECD/IMHE issued a call for regions interested in the 2nd round of reviews of HEIs in regional and city development. By mid-November 2008, the following regions had fully committed to the review: City of Berlin (Germany), the state of Veracruz (Mexico), the Galilee (Israel), Bío Bío Region (Chile) and The Paso del Norte region (US-Mexico).
For more information, see the website , and contact: jaana.puukka@oecd.org
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24-Nov-2008
University league tables are fashionable, but should not be taken as accurate measures of the quality of education. The OECD is investigating other tools to measure performance. This was what participants, including policymakers and educators, heard at the recent IMHE General Conference. These issues and more are explored in a recent article from the OECD Observer magazine. Read more..
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09-Apr-2009
By joining IMHE you will immediately profit from being linked to an internationally recognised network and kept up to date with the latest innovations in education and in managing higher education institutions. Your priviledged connection to the OECD will engage you directly in helping in influencing this international organisation on how to tackle key policy issues to improve institutional leadership management and governance in higher education.
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16-Sep-2008
In today’s knowledge-driven global economy, countries need to build on tertiary education to generate innovation, sustain competitiveness and boost economic growth. A new OECD report, Tertiary Education for the Knowledge Society, offers policy recommendations to help meet these goals.
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17-Mar-2008
Following its successful PISA programme for testing the educational attainments of 15-year old high-school students, OECD is launching a challenging new project to assess the knowledge and skills of adults.
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