Devoted to the presentation of IAU projects and initiatives, this issue focuses more specifically on the IAU 15th General Conference. The In Focus section is on Leadership for a changing public private higher education funding landscape, the theme retained for the upcoming IAU 2017 International Conference and IAU Global Meeting of Associtaions to take place in Ghana in October 2017
Working more inclusively at the public/private divide
Ideas about ‘public’ and ‘private’ are central to higher education policy thinking. But there is little consensus on where the public/private line falls, with different opinions from expert to expert, from country to country and within countries. And there is even less clarity on the extent to which higher education creates public goods—as distinct from its role in creating private goods, the higher wages and employability associated with being a graduate. More...
Ideas about ‘public’ and ‘private’ are central to higher education policy thinking. But there is little consensus on where the public/private line falls, with different opinions from expert to expert, from country to country and within countries. And there is even less clarity on the extent to which higher education creates public goods—as distinct from its role in creating private goods, the higher wages and employability associated with being a graduate. More...