| Description |
1 online resource (179 pages) |
| Series |
Reviews of national policies for education, 1990-0198 |
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Reviews of national policies for education.
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| Contents |
Contents note continued: Options for diversifying provision -- Internationalisation strategy -- Summary -- ch. 7 Sustainable Financing -- Resource mobilisation -- Resource allocation -- Resource utilisation -- Equity -- Summary -- ch. 8 Scientific Research, Technology and Innovation -- Legal framework -- The Strategic Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation -- The current stage of science, technology and innovation in the Dominican Republic -- Science production -- Human resources -- Applied research activities -- Industrial innovation -- Policy instruments -- Human resources: support for study abroad -- Assessment of requirements -- Summary -- ch. 9 System Steering and Institutional Governance -- Introduction -- System level steering in the Dominican Republic -- Institutional level governance -- Governance of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) -- Other institutional governance models -- Role of the Ministry -- Reform of the UASD -- Summary -- |
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Contents note continued: The Dominican labour market -- The informal economy -- Achieving more pro-poor growth: advice from the World Bank -- Changes in educational attainment -- Higher education graduates in the labour market -- Private returns to higher education -- Completion of higher education -- Graduation ratios -- Employer views of higher education -- The quality of higher education -- The programme of five-yearly evaluation of higher education institutions -- Planned initiatives to improve higher education quality -- Summary -- ch. 5 Future Demand for Higher Education -- The relative attractiveness of higher education -- Social norms and pressures -- The scale and shape of labour market requirements and opportunities -- Demographically-driven demand for higher education -- Higher education participation rate increases on top of population trends -- Summary -- ch. 6 The Structure of Higher Education Provision -- The need for diversity of provision -- |
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Contents note continued: ch. 10 Conclusions and Recommendations -- Recommendation 1 -- Recommendation 2 -- Recommendation 3 -- Recommendation 4 -- Recommendation 5 -- Recommendation 6 -- Recommendation 7 -- Recommendation 8 -- Recommendation 9 -- Recommendation 10 -- Recommendation 11 -- Recommendation 12 -- Recommendation 13 -- Recommendation 14 |
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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- Purpose and scope of the exercise -- Request from the Dominican Republic -- The review team -- Scope of the review -- Sources of information -- Definitions of tertiary education programmes -- ch. 2 Context -- Background -- Economy -- The social role of education -- Population -- Educational attainment of the adult population of the Dominican Republic -- Previous OECD advice regarding higher education in the Dominican Republic -- Responses and initiatives of the Government of the Dominican Republic -- National Development Strategy -- Ten-Year Plan for Higher Education 2008-2018 -- The Strategic Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation 2008-2018 -- ch. 3 Access to Higher Education -- Participation in higher education -- Provision of higher education -- Admissions criteria and selection processes -- Preparedness for higher education -- Student retention -- Summary -- ch. 4 Quality, Relevance and Effectiveness -- |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Dominican Republic.
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Higher education and state -- Dominican Republic.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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| ISSN |
1563-4914 |
| ISBN |
9264177000 (print) |
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9264177051 (pdf) |
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9789264177000 (print) |
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9789264177055 (pdf) |
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