Education Impact Study: The Global Recession and the Capacity of Colleges and Universities to Serve Vulnerable Populations in Asia
Postiglione, Gerard | March 2010
Abstract
This paper reviews the capacity of colleges and universities to serve poor and vulnerable populations during past and present economic shocks. The main argument is that the environment of the global recession—an Asia far more economically integrated than during past economic shocks, with more unified aspirations to be globally competitive and socially responsible—need not delay reforms in higher education. In fact, the global recession is an opportune time for higher education in the Asia and Pacific region to continue reforming governance and administration, access and equity, internal and external efficiency, and regional collaboration. This paper proposes a series of measures to increase the resilience of higher education systems in serving poor and vulnerable populations during the economic recession. These measures include: (i) tuition assistance, subsidies, and loans; (ii) information and guidance for first-generation college students on choosing appropriate programs of study; (iii) community-based vocational and technical higher education that provides jobs in a rapidly changing labor market; (iv) innovative forms of cost sharing between public and private institutions of higher education; (v) resource decisions made on the basis of performance-based objectives; (vi) intensification of philanthropic culture that provides scholarships for poor students; (vii) upgrading of research about problems confronting poor communities; and (viii) regional strategies across the Asia and Pacific region for closer instructional program collaboration among colleges and universities
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Postiglione, Gerard. 2010. Education Impact Study: The Global Recession and the Capacity of Colleges and Universities to Serve Vulnerable Populations in Asia. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3796. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Higher Education Costs
Levels Of Education
Educational Reform
Governance
Educational Policies
Educational Quality
Educational Programs
Governance Approach
Corporate Governance Framework
Higher education
Education
Secondary education
Higher education institutions
Educational aspects
Economics of education
Educational development
Public Administration
Institutional Framework
Distributive education
Communication in technical education
College preparation programs
Community and college
Public universities and colleges
Private universities and colleges
College dropouts
Communication in higher education
Higher education and state
State departments of education
Government
Political obligation
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