AAFAQ - A Future Plan for University
Education in the Kingdom
The
Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia dedicates
supreme attention towards the development of the higher
education system. The ministry launched an initiative
to prepare a modern and ambitious longterm plan for
university education, so the country will be able to
fulfill the challenges of a sustainable firstclass academic
development process.
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Papers from UNESCO's Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge
The Forum provides a platform for researchers, policy-makers and experts to engage critically with research issues and research findings.
Recent publications include the following:
"Science and Higher Education in the Process of
Internationalization. Elements of a Conceptual
Framework for Latin America"
"From Manpower Planning to the Knowledge Era: World
Bank Policies on Higher Education in Africa"
"Research and Research-Training Systems: Towards a
Typology"
"Challenges of the university in the knowledge
society, five years after the World Conference on
Higher Education"
"Market Coordination, Research Management and the
Future of Higher Education in the Post-Industrial
Era"
UNESCO, Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge.
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NATIONAL PLAN FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
IN SOUTH AFRICA
The
victory over the apartheid state in 1994 set policy
makers in all spheres of public life the mammoth task
of overhauling the social, political, economic and cultural
institutions of South Africa to bring them in line with
the imperatives of a new democratic order. The vision
for the transformation of the higher education system
was articulated in Education White Paper 3: A Programme
for the Transformation of Higher Education (1997). Central
to this vision was the establishment of a single, national
co-ordinated system, which would meet the learning needs
of our citizens and the reconstruction and development
needs of our society and economy.
This article
provides an overview of the strategic planning process.
It is intended to help you understand the concept of
strategic planning, the need for strategy in higher
education, and the dynamics of the university-based
strategic planning. It includes a brief history of strategic
planning, emerging challenges in higher education, basic
models and steps of a strategic planning process, adapting
strategic planning to unique needs of higher education,
and a look into the strategic planning at the California
State University system. A glossary of terms and an
annotated bibliography are included.
By Alexandra L. Lerner, Research Associate. College
of Business Administration and Economics, California
State University, Northridge. July 1999.
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