05461nam 2200637 a 450 991045721040332120200520144314.01-283-44663-497866134466330-8213-8911-4(CKB)2550000000075177(EBL)841924(OCoLC)773176964(SSID)ssj0000571188(PQKBManifestationID)11371312(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000571188(PQKBWorkID)10611398(PQKB)10235818(MiAaPQ)EBC841924(Au-PeEL)EBL841924(CaPaEBR)ebr10520049(CaONFJC)MIL344663(EXLCZ)99255000000007517720111219d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPutting higher education to work[electronic resource] skills and research for growth in East AsiaWashington, D.C. World Bank ;London Eurospan [distributor]c20121 online resource (248 p.)World Bank East Asia and Pacific Regional Report"Written by Emanuela di Gropello (lead author), Prateek Tandon, and Shahid Yusuf, with significant contributions from many others."--P. xv.0-8213-8490-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-222).Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Summary; Despite impressive gains, higher education could contribute even more to East Asia's development agenda; Five disconnects; Public policy and its three pillars; Country priorities, policies, and reform; Notes; 1 Higher Education for Growth through Skills and Research; East Asia's economic landscape; Role and impact of higher education; From higher education to growth: Skills and research; Conclusion; Notes; 2 Is Higher Education Meeting Its Promises?; Higher education and skills for growth: The main issuesQuantity of higher education graduatesQuality of higher education graduates; Research and innovation; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Disconnects in Higher Education; The first disconnect: Between higher education and employers (skill users); The second disconnect: Between higher education and companies (research users); The third disconnect: Between higher education and research institutions (research providers); The fourth disconnect: Among higher education institutions themselves and between these institutions and training providers (horizontal disconnect across skill providers)The fifth disconnect: Between higher education and earlier education (schools) (vertical disconnect across skill providers)Conclusion and moving forward; Notes; 4 Financing Higher Education; Financing needs; How to fund priority activities; Summary of policy priorities; Notes; 5 Managing Public Higher Education; Global moves to autonomy; Autonomy for low- and middle-income East Asia; Two fundamental issues; Moving forward; Notes; 6 Providing Stewardship for Higher Education; Providing effective coordination among government bodies; Steering private deliveryEncouraging effective university-industry linksStewardship of the internationalization of higher education; Notes; Appendixes; A Number and Type of Higher Education Institutions in East Asia; B Economic Indicators; C Trends in Returns to Skill and Share of Skilled Workers, by Sector; D Changes in Wage and Industry Education Premiums, by Subsector; E Openness, Technology, and Demand for Tertiary Graduates, Regression Tables; F Demand for Job-Specific and Generic Skills in East Asia; G Determinants of Skill Gap Indicators; H Reasons for Skill Shortages in East AsiaI Comparative Demand- and Supply-Side IndicatorsJ Skill Gaps in East Asia; K Skill Gaps across Professionals and Skilled Workers in Indonesia and the Philippines; L Doctoral Degrees Earned in Science and Engineering; M Simulations for Financing Higher Education; References; Boxes; 1.1 Private and public benefits of higher education; 1.2 Defining skills; 1.3 A snapshot of skills for innovation in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand; 1.4 Skills for the future; 2.1 Preventing wasted talent in East Asia; 3.1 Poor diversification in Cambodian higher education3.2 The rationale for public intervention in higher educationThis book assesses whether East Asian higher education is providing research and innovation for growth and delivering its graduates with the skills necessary for productivity in the labor market. It also seeks to determine how higher education systems could be improved in order to deliver these outcomes. It features new data and diagnostic material to better understand labor markets, what skills firms want, and what skills graduates have; shows how countries can become more innovative; and describes in detail the key areas of reform needed for higher education to be a larger engine of East AsiReport (World Bank. East Asia and Pacific Regional Office)Education, HigherEast AsiaElectronic books.Education, Higher378.5Di Gropello Emanuela873163MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457210403321Putting higher education to work2278990UNINA