Multiple futures for higher education in a multi-level structure

Attila Havas ()

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Abstract: ‘Futures’ (images of the future) are often devised at the level of a single university or at a national level for the overall higher education system. However, the bulk of trends and driving forces shaping universities’ future are international in their nature and universities operate in broader socio-economic and S&T systems. Hence, futures devised in a multi-level structure would better assist decision-makers and stakeholders. This approach is a demanding one in several respects, but offers significant advantages: (i) the potential changes in the social, economic and S&T systems, in which universities are embedded, as well as their impacts on higher education can be considered systematically; (ii) the substantial diversity of higher education systems and individual universities can be taken into account; and (iii) the likely impacts of various policy options can also be analysed.

Keywords: mission, methods, and models of higher education; multiple futures; multi-level prospective analysis; features and benefits of forward looking techniques; methodological experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O38 I21 O39 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2011-10
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