Reviews of National Policies fo - OECD _ OCDE

Foreword......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 7
Acronyms......Page 11
Executive Summary......Page 15
Purpose and scope of the exercise......Page 29
The review team......Page 30
Sources of information......Page 31
Definitions of tertiary education programmes......Page 32
Notes......Page 33
References......Page 34
Economy......Page 35
The social role of education......Page 39
Population......Page 40
Educational attainment of the adult population of the Dominican Republic......Page 44
Previous OECD advice regarding higher education in the Dominican Republic......Page 46
National Development Strategy......Page 48
Ten-Year Plan for Higher Education 2008-2018......Page 51
The Strategic Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation 2008-2018......Page 58
References......Page 60
Participation in higher education......Page 63
Admissions criteria and selection processes......Page 66
Preparedness for higher education......Page 69
Student retention......Page 71
Summary......Page 72
References......Page 74
Quality, Relevance and Effectiveness......Page 77
The informal economy......Page 78
Achieving more pro-poor growth: advice from the World Bank......Page 80
Changes in educational attainment......Page 83
Higher education graduates in the labour market......Page 86
Private returns to higher education......Page 88
Completion of higher education......Page 91
Graduation ratios......Page 92
Employer views of higher education......Page 94
The programme of five-yearly evaluation of higher education institutions......Page 95
Planned initiatives to improve higher education quality......Page 96
Summary......Page 97
References......Page 99
Future Demand for Higher Education......Page 101
Social norms and pressures......Page 102
The scale and shape of labour market requirements and opportunities......Page 103
Demographically-driven demand for higher education......Page 108
Higher education participation rate increases on top of population trends......Page 109
Summary......Page 114
References......Page 116
The need for diversity of provision......Page 119
Options for diversifying provision......Page 121
Internationalisation strategy......Page 124
Summary......Page 127
References......Page 128
Sustainable Financing......Page 129
Resource mobilisation......Page 130
Resource allocation......Page 133
Equity......Page 134
Summary......Page 138
References......Page 140
Legal framework......Page 141
The Strategic Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation......Page 143
Science production......Page 146
Human resources......Page 148
Applied research activities......Page 150
Policy instruments......Page 151
Human resources: support for study abroad......Page 153
Assessment of requirements......Page 155
Summary......Page 157
References......Page 159
System level steering in the Dominican Republic......Page 161
Institutional level governance......Page 163
Governance of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD)......Page 164
Other institutional governance models......Page 166
Role of the Ministry......Page 168
Reform of the UASD......Page 169
Summary......Page 171
References......Page 172
Conclusions and Recommendations......Page 173
Recommendation 1......Page 174
Recommendation 3......Page 175
Recommendation 5......Page 176
Recommendation 7......Page 177
Recommendation 9......Page 178
Recommendation 12......Page 179
Recommendation 15......Page 180