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The Pact and the Core

The Pact and the Core. Nico Cloete and Peter Maassen Franschhoek 12-14 February 2010. The pact. THE PACT. National stakeholders (ministries, government, HE councils/commissions, research councils, professional associations). External stakeholders

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The Pact and the Core

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  1. The Pact and the Core Nico Cloete and Peter Maassen Franschhoek 12-14 February 2010

  2. The pact THE PACT National stakeholders (ministries, government, HE councils/commissions, research councils, professional associations) External stakeholders (foreign donors, academic networks, industry) HE system Institutional stakeholders (leadership and senior academics)

  3. Indicators of the pact at the national level • Vision for HE in national development plan • Linking economic and HE planning • Stable, transparent HE funding mechanism • Co-ordination between ministries • Autonomy for HE institutions

  4. Indicators of the pact at the institutional level • Vision for role of the university in development • Strategic plan (strengthen academic core and link to national priorities) • Links to economic development (policies, funding, units, teaching programmes, research, reward systems) • Intra-university organisation linking internal and external interests and actors

  5. The academic core and periphery Academic core Degree programmes Basic research Extended periphery Lifelong learning, technology transfer, contract/applied research, special projects, etc Coupling (tight/loose) Degree of institutionalisation of ‘third mission’ activities

  6. Indicators of the strength of the academic core • Ratio of undergraduate to postgraduate enrolments • Student enrolments according to field of study • Ratio of academic staff to students • Percentage of academic staff members according to highest qualification • Masters and doctoral degree outputs • Research output in terms of publications

  7. Notions of the role of the university • Institution of Scholars (IS) – shared commitment to scholarship; independent of particularities; serve society not stakeholders • Traditional Development (TD) – produce national person power after independence • New Instrumental (NI) – produce skilled professionals and respond to community needs • Knowledge Economy (EC) – engine of development, high skill and innovation; high participation rates; differentiated system

  8. Classification of institutions

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