PORTUGAL: OECD opposes following short-term commercial pressures in devising research priorities
April 1st, 2008
By Keith Nuthall
EFFECTIVE tertiary education is a sure fire way to achieve economic growth, a new report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has stressed. But universities should avoid striving for quick fixes such as swift commercialisation of studies and funnelling research resources into the latest scientific hotspot, such as nanotechnology or IT.
In its Thematic Review of Tertiary Education, a three-year study of tertiary education policies in 24 countries, the Paris-based OECD has devised a comprehensive set of proposals ...
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