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Human history becomes more and more a race between education and
catastrophe
H.G. Wells, The Outline of History
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Higher Education in Developing Countries:
The Task Force on
Higher Education and Society
Peril and Promise
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Central questions
• What is the role of higher education in supporting and enhancing the process of economic and social development?
• What are the major obstacles that higher education faces in developing countries?
• How can these obstacles best be overcome?
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Five areas of inquiry
• the public interest
• systems of higher education
• governance
• science and technology
• general education curricula
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Longstanding problems
• funding
• faculty quality
• student conditions and preparedness
• curriculum
• teaching methods
• research capacity
• vision
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New realities
• rapidly changing world• increasing use of information technology• growing income inequality• knowledge capital replacing physical capital
as source of wealth• higher education becoming more important
and in greater demand• resulting expansion: rapid, chaotic, and
unplanned
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Public interest
• high private and social returns
• build knowledge capital resource
• address topics with long-term value to society
• promote equal opportunity
• venue for free and open discourse of ideas and values
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Government as supervisor
• deter abuses of private education
• encourage autonomy
• ensure coherence and coordination
• ensure cooperation and openness
• encourage competition
• encourage connections to broader economy and society
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Governance – some problems
• governments often closely involved in running of universities
• universities are hostage to changes in political weather
• lack of open dialogue about reform
• corruption
• active student political life
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Science now
• accelerating pace of scientific progress
• link between scientific capacity and economic performance
• higher education essential for strong science
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Science and the developing world
• large and growing scientific gap between developed and developing countries
• brain drain
• scientific advance and global public goods
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General education
• develops the whole individual• interactive teaching methods over a broad
range of subjects • promotes citizenship, ethics, and ambition• encourages broad-mindedness, critical
thinking and communication skills• provides adaptable leaders, and is a good
grounding for specialists• contributes to national development
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire
W. B. Yeats