World Bank2015-02-262015-02-262012-09-29https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21543Systems Assessment for Better Education Results (SABER) is designed to assess existing education policies of participating countries in order to enable comparisons between them and learning of best practices. The purpose of this background paper is to present SABER-Tertiary Education Governance, a tool for facilitating comparisons of both system-wide policies and practical implementation of these policies at the institution-level across and within countries in the tertiary education sector. This paper was prepared as a background papers for SABER Tertiary Education, one of the domains in the SABER initiative at the World Bank, itself launched within the context of the Bank s new education strategy 2020 which sets the goal of Learning for All. Among the factors influencing tertiary education performance, recent research has identified governance as a key determinant. A good governance structure and favorable regulatory conditions can promote innovative behavior among tertiary education institutions, enable the development of strong quality assurance systems, and facilitate the design of effective financing mechanisms. This tool aims to assess tertiary education policy according to eight policy goals.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC AUTONOMYACADEMIC COUNCILACADEMIC FREEDOMACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONSACADEMIC STAFFACCOUNTABILITYACCREDITATIONACCREDITATION OF PROGRAMSACCREDITATION SYSTEMACHIEVEMENTADVANCED RESEARCHANTICORRUPTIONASSESSMENT REPORTSBACKGROUND PAPERSCAPACITY OF TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSCAREERCAREERSCHILD DEVELOPMENTCIVIL SERVICECIVIL SOCIETYCOLLEGESCOMMUNITY COLLEGECOMMUNITY COLLEGESCORPORATE GOVERNANCECORRUPTIONCOUNTRY CHARACTERISTICSCOURSE CONTENTCURRICULACURRICULUMDATA COLLECTIONDEGREE PROGRAMSDEGREESDISTANCE LEARNINGECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATION DEGREESEDUCATION DELIVERYEDUCATION GOVERNANCEEDUCATION LEVELSEDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATION POLICIESEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCEEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT RATES OF GRADUATESEXPENDITURESFEE-PAYING STUDENTSFINANCIAL ASSETSFINANCIAL AUDITSFINANCIAL MANAGEMENTFINANCIAL RESOURCESFINANCIAL REWARDSGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCE DATAGOVERNANCE INDICATORSGRADUATION RATESHIGH SCHOOL STUDENTSHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSHIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMHIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESIMPROVING GOVERNANCEINCOMEINSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATIONINSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMYINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCEINTERNAL ASSESSMENTSINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINTERNATIONAL STUDENTSKNOWLEDGE SOCIETYLABOR MARKETLEARNINGLEARNING OUTCOMESLITERATUREMASTERS DEGREESMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONNATIONAL GOALSNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POLICIESNATIONAL UNIVERSITIESNEGATIVE EFFECTSNEGATIVE OUTCOMESORGANIZATIONAL CHANGEPARLIAMENTPARTICIPATING COUNTRIESPERFORMANCE CRITERIAPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPERFORMANCE MEASURESPETTY CORRUPTIONPOLICY DEVELOPMENTPOLITICAL PARTYPOOR PERFORMANCEPRIVATE COLLEGESPRIVATE INSTITUTIONSPRIVATE SECTOR REPRESENTATIVESPRIVATE UNIVERSITIESPUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEMPUBLIC FUNDINGPUBLIC INSTITUTIONSPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC TERTIARY EDUCATIONPUBLIC TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEMPUBLIC UNIVERSITIESPUPILSQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCIESQUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMSREGULAR MONITORINGREGULATORY FRAMEWORKRESEARCH EXCELLENCERESEARCH GRANTSRESEARCH MISSIONRESEARCH PERFORMANCERESEARCH PROGRAMSRESEARCH UNIVERSITIESRESEARCH UNIVERSITYRESEARCHERSSCHOLARSHIPSSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSTAFF SALARIESSTATE UNIVERSITIESSTATISTICAL ANALYSISSTRATEGIC PLANNINGSTUDENT AIDSTUDENT GRANTSSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LOANSTUDENT LOAN SCHEMESTUDENT POPULATIONTEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING SKILLSTECHNICAL EXPERTISETECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTERTIARY EDUCATIONTERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSTERTIARY EDUCATION MANAGEMENTTERTIARY EDUCATION PERFORMANCETERTIARY EDUCATION SECTORTERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEMTERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEMSTERTIARY INSTITUTIONTERTIARY INSTITUTIONSTERTIARY SYSTEMSTRADITIONAL UNIVERSITIESTRAINING PROGRAMSTRANSPARENCYTUITIONTUITION FEESUNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORSUNIVERSITY AUTONOMYUNIVERSITY DEGREEUNIVERSITY FACULTYUNIVERSITY GRANTSUNIVERSITY LEADERUNIVERSITY LEADERSVOUCHERS10.1596/21543