Higher Education and Regions: Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged

This publication explores a range of policy measures and institutional reforms to higher education, drawing on a review of 14 regions across 12 countries, as well as OECD territorial reviews. It considers the regional engagement of higher education in relation to teaching, research and service to the community and issues discussed include: the role of higher education in regional engagement; drivers and barriers; governance and management aspects; how regional engagement fits in with the pursuit of academic excellence.Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff is the author of 'Higher Education and Regions: Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged', published 2007 under ISBN 9789264034143 and ISBN 9264034145.