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Do Socially Responsible Higher Education Institutions Contribute to Sustainable Regional Growth and Innovation?
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Pedro, Eugénia de Matos; Leitão, João; Alves, Helena – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to analyse the efficiency of public higher education institutions (HEIs) through teaching and learning (T&L), research and technology (R&T) and social responsibility (SR) activities. It also aims to assess the external factors influencing the efficiency of T&L, R&T and SR, and influence of this efficiency…
Descriptors: Social Responsibility, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis, State Universities
Investigating the Role of Governmental Scholarships, Technical Training and R&D in the Provision of Better-Quality Education in Asia
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Noorhapizah; Amhar – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
It is believed that the significance of various factors like the availability of training in technical terms, research and development expenditure, and government scholarships play a major role in increasing the quality of education. This study has been carried out in order to analyze the detailed impact of various variables on the quality of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Correlation, Economic Factors
How Higher Education Institutions Contribute to the Growth in Regions of Europe?
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Lilles, Alo; Rõigas, Kärt – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Various studies show that higher education institutions contribute to regional economic development by R&D, creation of human capital, knowledge and technology transfer, and by creation of a favourable milieu. It is brought out that the basic procedure is to sum expenditures of the college community (students, faculty, staff and visitors)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Geographic Regions, Research and Development, Statistical Analysis
National Innovation and Knowledge Performance: The Role of Higher Education Teaching and Training
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Saad, Mohammed; Guermat, Cherif; Brodie, Lisa – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This paper investigates the role of the higher education system (HES) in the production of national innovation. We focus on the issue of institutional diversity of HESs and its impact on national innovation systems. We identify four key HES characteristics and hypothesize their influence on the production of national innovation. The empirical…
Descriptors: Innovation, Higher Education, Correlation, Research and Development
Knowledge Transfer between SMEs and Higher Education Institutions: Differences between Universities and Colleges of Higher Education in the Netherlands
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Delfmann, Heike; Koster, Sierdjan – Industry and Higher Education, 2012
Knowledge transfer (KT) between higher education institutions (HEIs) and businesses is seen as a key element of innovation in knowledge-driven economies: HEIs generate knowledge that can be adopted in the regional economy. This process of valorization has been studied extensively, mainly with a focus on universities. In the Netherlands, there is a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Correlation, Institutional Characteristics
The Determinants of Quality National Higher Education Systems
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Williams, Ross; de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Jensen, Paul; Marginson, Simon – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2013
This paper evaluates the performance of national higher education systems in 48 countries as measured with 20 variables grouped under the four headings of Resources, Environment, Connectivity and Output. Rankings within each module are then combined into an overall ranking that is topped by the United States followed by Sweden, Canada, Finland and…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies
Listening to the Technology: Or, Libraries and the "Higher Capitalism."
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Houbeck, Robert L., Jr. – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Discusses problems in academic research and their effects on libraries. Topics discussed include the trend toward rapid publication in the scientific fields; competition for academic research and development funding; the relationship between federal funding and publications; the role of libraries in the research process; and the role of vendors.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Correlation, Faculty Publishing, Federal Aid