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THAI POLICY IN THE ASEAN CONTEXT THE OFFICE OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION COMMISSION
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
Poon Kasemsap, Kasetsart University Mar 20, 2015
Academic forum and Public Policy Dialogue
On Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in Thailand
Sustainable development
"development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs."
From: Our Common Future, also known as the Brundtland Report.
Brundtland Commission (1987). “Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development. United Nations.
It’s about doing more with less Sustainable intensification: more yield-less water,fertilizer, pesticides
What about: consuming more by less ?
Ecological footprint & Human Development Index
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_development
Global challenges in agriculture
Climate change: CO2 , temperature, water, …
And all possible consequences …
Loss of biodiversity
Globalization
Change in demands of biofuels:
Affect balance of ‘food’ + ‘feed’ + ‘fuel’
The financial and food price crises
Cold ‘war’ on exchange rates
Conflicts and wars
More …
Higher education has to change
Change towards sustainable development begins
with the ‘human’ factor.
We need changes in higher education system
so that it could effectively and efficiently address
the massive needs in high quality human resources
required by the approaching challenges
Role of Universities …
Teaching
Research
Academic service
Capacity building
Create and develop
knowledge
Legislation
Policy making
Play a leading role
Influence
(… without authority)
Guidance
Others …
Traditional : What else
Global challenge
Ranking …
... are driving some universities to prioritize policies
and practices that help them rise in the rankings.
higher education a global ‘industry’
Back to ‘Role of University’
Know exactly :
o what do we really do ?
o for whom do we do it ?
o how do we excel ?
How do we excel ?
Weighting (used in rankings) World Asia Subject Rankings
(Agriculture&Forestry)
Academic Reputation 40% 30% 50%
Employer Review 10% 10% 10%
Faculty Student 20% 20%
International Faculty 5% 2.5%
International Student 5% 2.5%
Citations per Faculty 20%
Citation per Paper 15% 20%
Paper per Faculty 15%
Inbound Student Exchange 2.5%
Outbound Exchange 2.5%
H-Index 20%
Different definition of ‘success’
Importance of education collaboration
Collaborations/networks have started to address global and regional challenges by pooling and rationalizing limited resources and leveraging on international partnerships to implement joint and collaborative research and education program.
increased mobility of staff, researchers and students pooling of human and other resources
improved resource mobilization
strengthened partnerships with both public and private partners
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Example of regional/global collaboration
Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate
Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources
(SEARCA currently serves as the UC secretariat)
Double degree and Food security research program
Future links to other ASEAN members
Food Security Center (funded by DAAD)
Horticulture Innovation Lab (funded by USAID)
Erasmus mundus & Erasmus plus programs
Benefits of cooperation & integration
in higher education
Improved quality of teaching, learning, research.
Deeper engagement with national, regional, and
global issues and stakeholders.
Better preparation of students as national and global
citizens and as productive members of the workforce.
Access for students to programs that are unavailable
or scarce in their home countries.
Enhanced opportunities for faculty improvement and,
through mobility, decreased risk of academic
‘inbreeding’.
Possibility to participate in regional/international
networks to conduct research on pressing issues at
home and abroad
and benefit from the expertise and perspectives of
researchers from many parts of the world.
Opportunity to situate institutional performance within
the context of international good practice.
Improved institutional policy-making, governance,
student services, outreach, and quality assurance
through sharing of experiences across national
borders.
Benefits of cooperation & integration
in higher education
Southeast Asia
ARD Higher education cooperation
Will help to promote:
Resilience:
learners vs. the learned
Equity:
across and within ASEAN member countries
Integration:
toward borderless ‘higher education system’