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Israa A. Samarin; Ahmed A. Al-Asfour – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2023
This paper establishes an understanding of the Saudi National Human Resources Development (NHRD) and proposes effective strategies for improving the NHRD in the knowledge-based economy. Building on the foundations of HRD at the national level, provided by Harbison and Myers and the utilization of Paprock's NHRD model for transitional societies,…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Barriers, Sociocultural Patterns
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Hayes, Aneta; Al'Abri, Khalaf Marhoun – Comparative Education, 2019
The paper theorises fragility of regional solidarities in light of the emerging ways in which two Arabian Gulf states, Bahrain and Oman, are undertaking their transition to a knowledge economy. The paper shows ways in which regional symbolic solidarity goals of common economic and educational development in the Gulf region are challenged by…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Geographic Regions, Knowledge Economy, Social Change
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Nguyen, Hiep Duc; Mai, Le Thi; Anh Do, Duc – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2020
Recent significant changes in technology such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data analysis have a wide impact in many areas of human societies, not least in education. Advances in efficiency of new technologies, with impacts in renewable energy and transport affected by environmental concerns and climate change mitigation, demand a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technological Advancement, Creativity, Thinking Skills
Sagintayeva, Aida, Ed.; Kurakbayev, Kairat, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
This collection of papers introduces the proceedings of the fifth Annual Conference--"Eurasian Higher Education Leaders' Forum" held on the 26th May, 2016 at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan. The contributors include university presidents, rectors, deans, directors of professional development and leadership programs, faculty…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Economic Development, Social Change
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Akinyemi, Samuel; Potokri, Onoride Collins – Industry and Higher Education, 2016
In a knowledge market, the knowledge, skills and expertise needed for the economic and sociopolitical transformation of a nation and its citizens are transacted at different prices. Inequitable access to this market poses a serious threat to the economic welfare of the country and its citizens. The authors assess the extent of this threat with…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, Knowledge Economy, Social Change
A. S. Arul Lawrence, Editor; C. Barathi, Editor; P. Pandia Vadivu, Editor – Online Submission, 2015
The Indian higher education system is facing an unprecedented transformation in the coming decade. This transformation is being driven by economic and demographic change: by 2020, India will be the world's third largest economy, with a correspondingly rapid growth in the size of its middle classes. The three central pillars of the government's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Change, Governance
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Kwiek, Marek – European Educational Research Journal, 2012
The article discusses an East/West divide in Europe in university knowledge production. It argues that the communist and post-communist legacies in the four major Central European economies studied (Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic) matter substantially for educational and research systems. The differences in university…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Competition
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Fengzhen, Yang – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2002
In the past 20 years, China's economy has been developing rapidly. Yet is China's education keeping up the same pace as its economic development? What is the current situation for China's education? With the advent of knowledge-based economy, how will education in China adjust itself in order to meet the growing demands of economy? This paper will…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Economic Development, Social Change