FACTS AND TRENDS

The vole which higher education institutions play or should play in the process of national development is an essential issue in the discussion on the future of higher education. The article presented below analyses this problem in the context of the concept of development and the functions fulfilled by higher education institutions (“universities’) in the highly industrialized as well as developing countries. It is based on the paper prepared by Professor R.P. Dore, Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, for a Conference on the Future Relations Between Universities in Britain and Developing Countries, held from 17 to 20 March 1978 at the University of Sussex.