Forum: Reforms in

Higher Education

Bogota, 5-6 April 2011

Mihaylo Milovanovitch

OECD Directorate for Education

Programme for Co-operation with Non-Member

Economies

34 OECD MembersAustralia (1971) Hungary (1996) Poland (1996)

Austria (1961) Iceland (1961) Portugal (1961)

Belgium (1961) Ireland (1961) Slovak Republic (2000)

Canada (1961) Israel (2010) Slovenia (2010)

Chile (2010) Italy (1961) Spain (1961)

Czech Republic (1995) Japan (1964) Sweden (1961)

Denmark (1961) Korea (1996) Switzerland (1961)

Estonia (2010) Luxemburg (1961) Turkey (1961)

Finland (1969) Mexico (1994) United Kingdom (1961)

France (1961) Netherlands (1961) United States of America (1961)

Germany (1961) New Zealand (1973)

Greece (1961) Norway (1961)

Policy Areas

OECD Directorate for Education

OECD Directorate

for Education

(EDU)

Indicators and Analysis

Management of Higher Education

Education & Training

Policy

Programme for

Cooperation with Non-members

Centre for Educational

Research and Innovation

Annual public expenditure per student in higher

education relative to that in pre-tertiary education,

1995 and 2004

Source: OECD

Change in number of students and total per student

expenditures from 1995 to 2004 (Index of change 1995 = 100)

Source: OECD

Projected Tertiary Enrolments in 2025 under Recent

Trends (2005=100)

6369

8589 91 93 94

100 101

110113 114 115 116 116

120 120125 127 127 127 128 128

133139 140

145

175

50

70

90

110

130

150

170

OECD (2008): Higher Education 2030, Vol. 1 Demography

Impact

• Growth of private higher education

• Diversification of sources of funding

Evolution of share of private HE

enrollments 1970-2006

Source: OECD (2009)

Diversification of funding

Salmi and Hauptman (2006) in OECD: Higher Education 2030, Vol. 2 Globalisation

Funding and quality

• Link between budget and performance

• Quality assurance systems

Funding and quality

No performance

criteria

Performance-based

criteria

Negotiated allocations

Competition for funding

Mostly developing

countries;

Vouchers

England

Denmark

Netherlands

South Africa

Norway

Austria

Chile

Research funding

(e.g. innovation funds in

Indonesia and Chile);

Voucher grant system in

Central Asia

Need-based grants

Typology of quality assurance

approaches in the OECD area

Elements of success?

• Transparency

• Ownership and autonomy

• Institutional and course level assessment

• Combination of accreditation with

assessment/audit

• Consensus on quality standards

• Follow-up mechanisms

The OECD peer review cycle

National vision

Diagnosis

Consultation

Evaluation

Dissemination

¡Gracias!

mihaylo.milovanovitch@oecd.org

www.oecd.org/edu/nme