Completed: January 2006 - June 2006
The project aimed to assess the current higher education system in Turkey and design policy recommendations geared towards improving the current system. The results of the study assisted the government and higher education board (YOK) in reforming the higher education institutions by showing the principal bottlenecks in the system. Components of the project included:
- Analyzing the size and composition of the higher education sector and the relationship between higher education and the labor market.
- Identification of local, regional and national stakeholders
- Preparation of comprehensive questionnaires for the surveys and in-depth interviews with the key stakeholders such as university students, academicians, rectors, employers, employees, employment organizations, firm, company managers, business representatives etc.
- Carrying out surveys and in-depth interviews with the local, regional and national stakeholders such as university students, academicians, rectors, employers, employees, employment organizations, firm, company managers, business representatives etc.
- Conducting an empirical analysis for a complete assessment of the sector.
- Coordinating a team of local and international consultants hired by the client and implementing their results into the studies, integrating individual pieces and ensuring that client needs are satisfied in a timely manner.
- Disseminating the policy results to decision makers both in the public and private sectors, and facilitating the ownership of the research results by mobilizing private sector networks