HIGHER EDUCATION AND STATISTICAL REVIEW, …
HIGHER EDUCATION AND STATISTICAL REVIEW:
ISSUES AND TRENDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 2013
Halima-Sa'adia Kassim, Anand Dass, Tiffany Best
With Foreword by Professor Andrew S. Downes, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Planning and Development
University Office of Planning and Development March 2015
University Office of Planning and Development The University of the West Indies March 2015
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UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT The University of the West Indies
St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago Phone/Fax: (868) 645-5795 E-Mail: uopd@sta.uwi.edu Cave Hill, Barbados
Phone: (246) 417-7494 Fax: (246) 438-9132 E-Mail: uopd@cavehill.uwi.edu
University Project Management Office, UWI Regional Headquarters Building, Mona Phone: (876) 977-0055; 970-2986; 977-0771, Fax (876) 977-2425 Email: vcprojoffc@uwimona.edu.jm Website:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF BOXES
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LIST OF FIGURES
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LIST OF TABLES
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ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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FOREWORD
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LIST OF ACRONYMS
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DEFINITIONS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
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1.1. DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE WEST INDIES ..........................................................................1
1.2. INSTITUTIONAL PROFILE - THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES.....................................................................5
1.2.1. The University's Structure
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1.2.2. The Regional Headquarters (Vice Chancellery)
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1.2.3. Campus Organisational Structure
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1.2.4. The Open Campus
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1.3. SOURCES OF DATA .............................................................................................................................................9
1.4. HIGHER EDUCATION AND STATISTICAL REVIEW IN CONTEXT .........................................................................10
CHAPTER TWO: TRENDS IN GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION
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2.1. DISCUSSION OF KEY INTERNATIONAL TRENDS ................................................................................................13
2.2. OVERVIEW OF SELECTED INTERNATIONAL TRENDS WITH RELEVANCE TO THE UWI ......................................15
2.2.1. Increasing demand for higher education
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2.2.2. Removing barriers to access to higher education and reducing inequalities
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2.2.3. Open access to education
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2.2.4. Increasing participation and enrolment
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2.2.5. Graduation outputs
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2.2.6. Increasing the diversity and heterogeneity in student body
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2.2.7. Postgraduate participation in higher education
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2.2.8. The changing nature of the academic profession
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2.2.9. The cost of financing higher education
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2.2.10. The increasing use of technology ? revolutionising the University's mission and processes
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2.11. Growing internationalisation
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2.3. CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................................................48
CHAPTER THREE: THE HIGHER EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN
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3.1. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................................50
3.2. THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................................................................51
3.3. HIGHER EDUCATION SITUATION AND IMPERATIVES .......................................................................................58
3.4. SCOPE OF THE TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM ..............................................................................................66
3.5. CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................................................70
CHAPTER FOUR: REGIONAL SOCIOECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
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4.1. GLOBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT................................................................................................................73
4.2. CARIBBEAN KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS ........................................................................................................74
4.2.1. Economic Growth
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4.2.2. Gross Public Debt
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4.2.3. Inflation
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4.2.4 Unemployment
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4.2.5 Fiscal Balance
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4.3. ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR 2014......................................................................................................................79
4.4. CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................................................................80
CHAPTER FIVE: TRENDS IN DEMAND FOR PLACES, ENROLMENT, OUTPUT AND ACHIEVEMENT UWI 82
5.1. DEMAND FOR UWI PLACES: - APPLICATIONS...................................................................................................82
5.2. NEW ADMISSIONS............................................................................................................................................84
5.2. UWI ENROLMENT TRENDS...............................................................................................................................87
5.2.1. Participation and Enrolment
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5.3. GRADUATION OUTPUTS...................................................................................................................................94
5.4. GOOD HONOURS .............................................................................................................................................98
5.5. CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................................100
CHAPTER SIX: INCREASING THE DIVERSITY AND HETEROGENEITY IN STUDENT BODY
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6.1. ENROLMENT DISTRIBUTION BY SEX ...............................................................................................................101
6.2. ENROLMENT DISTRIBUTION BY AGE ..............................................................................................................106
6.3. ENROLMENT DISTRIBUTION BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ...................................................................................109
6.4. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (SWD).............................................................................................................111
6.5. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................................112
CHAPTER SEVEN: TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
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7.1. ICT CONNECTIVITY TREND AT UWI.................................................................................................................114
7.2. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................................119
CHAPTER EIGHT: A PROFILE OF UWI STAFF
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8.1. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UWI ACADEMIC STAFF..................................................................................120
8.2. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UWI SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF .........................123
8.3. STAFF AT THE OPEN CAMPUS ........................................................................................................................125
8.4. REGIONAL AND NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF STAFF.....................................................................................128
8.5. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF UWI ADMINISTRATIVE TECHNICAL SUPPORT (ATS) STAFF ..................................129
8.6. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................................130
CHAPTER NINE: FINANCING THE UWI
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9.1. TOTAL EXPENDITURE .....................................................................................................................................132
9.2. EXPENDITURE BY CATEGORY .........................................................................................................................132
9.3. TOTAL INCOME ..............................................................................................................................................133
9.3.1. Sources of Income
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9.3.2. Government Contributions
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9.4. FUNDING STRATEGIES....................................................................................................................................136
9.4.1. Student Financing
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9.5. THREATS TO SUSTAINABLE FUNDING ............................................................................................................138
9.6. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................................138
CHAPTER TEN: CONCLUSION
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10.1. HOW IS THE UWI DOING? ............................................................................................................................139
10.2. THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE CHALLENGES AND POSSIBLE RESPONSES FOR THE UWI .....................................140
REFERENCES
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