【2017年整理】micr与omanagement.ppt

22-23 March 2006 Weber, Elaborating a Master plan ELABORATING A MASTER PLAN FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH Conference to launch work on a Master plan for Higher Education, Tirana, March 22-23, 2006 Prof. Luc WEBER University of Geneva, Chair CDESR CONTENT Justification of a master plan for tertiary education Scope Structure (components) and functions Coordination (permeability) Governance JUSTIFICATION The elaboration and implementation of a master plan is highly recommendable in a country in transition HER is essential for economic development, but extremely expensive; therefore, it is crucial to prevent waste The environment of HER is changing rapidly (globalization, scientific and technical progress, emergence of new gigantic economic powers, Bologna process (EHEA), Lisbon Agenda (ERA); consequences: increased competition and need to cooperate In new developing countries, the participation rate of a cohort tends to increase rapidly To secure the highest efficiency possible of HE, The architecture of HER should be well conceived at system level Institutions should be given a very large autonomy, but made accountable to the State and other sponsors The greatest weaknesses (sources of waste) of HER systems are: A lack of specialization between institutions regarding the type of teaching and learning (mainly “academic” (research based) or vocational (“professions” based) The size of institutions and subunits thereof (faculties, departments) are too small (too many programs with no critical mass, therefore higher unit costs and lower quality) An exaggerated regionalization due to political pressures Separation between research and teaching (in particular in countries with big research institutions or academies) A lack of permeability between institutions of the same type and different types The scarcity of well qualified teaching staff (impossible to accelerate development without resorting to external human resources) Insufficient trust towards institu