Insights on the Higher Education-Economy Relationship: Interviews with the Stakeholders. Higher Education and the Economy of the West. Working Paper #4.

Institution	Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, CO.
Titel	Insights on the Higher Education-Economy Relationship: Interviews with the Stakeholders. Higher Education and the Economy of the West. Working Paper #4.
Quelle	(1992), (26 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Accountability; Change Strategies; College School Cooperation; Curriculum Development; Economic Impact; Education Work Relationship; Educational Change; Educational Environment; Educational Planning; Elementary Secondary Education; Evaluation Criteria; Faculty Development; Futures (of Society); Higher Education; Institutional Cooperation; Integrated Services; Partnerships in Education; Public Education; State Programs; Statewide Planning; Technology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Lösungsstrategie; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Ökonomische Determinanten; Bildungsreform; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Bildungsplanung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Öffentliche Erziehung; Regierungsprogramm; Planwirtschaft; Technologie
Abstract	This paper, one of a series from the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education's (WICHE) project "Higher Education and the Economy of the West," presents a summary of interviews, conducted by the WICHE staff during the fall and winter of 1991-92 with 22 "Frontier Thinkers." Issues discussed included planning for the future, responding to the public, serving a new clientele, effective collaboration, and curriculum reform. In addressing higher education's future in the global marketplace, interviewees noted the importance of understanding the connection between a single system of education and the economy, the need to change the culture of higher education, suggested the use of planning as a catalyst, and discussed the role of the states. Accountability was seen as the best way for higher education to demonstrate responsiveness to its public, but a role was also seen for governing boards in this area. Almost all the respondents referred to the need for a commitment to collaboration; most frequently mentioned were partnerships that link higher education with elementary and secondary education. Other issues mentioned were more effective use of technology as the means to serve a new clientele, revision of undergraduate curricula, a focus on internationalism; and changing the faculty rewards structure to encourage behaviors to revise and modernize the curriculum. Appended is a roster of Frontier Thinkers. (CH)
Anmerkungen	Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, P.O. Box 9752, Boulder, CO 80301-9752; phone: 303-541-0200 ($5).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC