World Bank Group2015-11-102015-11-102015-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22943The rise of the global economy, where social and economic development are driven by knowledge coupled with the information and technology revolution, signifies that tertiary education everywhere cannot continue with business as usual. The hope is that by creating, applying and disseminating new ideas and technologies to greater numbers, higher education systems will graduate a skilled, flexible and productive work force. The scope of the study includes primarily the governance and management system across the Higher Education (HE) sector in Odisha; the current Quality Assurance System (QAS) including affiliation and accreditation and the inter-relationship between QAS and HE governance system; issues associated with autonomy in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Odisha; the existing policy and legal environment in view of systemic transformation of governance for excellence; and international experience of good practices of governance and management system focusing on quality assurance. This paper aims: to describe and analyze the state of governance in Odisha higher education with special focus on the role of the higher education department of the GoO, university management, college management and the relationship between these structures; to analyze and re-examine the concept of increased autonomy for HEIs in Odisha; and to make recommendations on how to improve efficiency, effectiveness and accountability for increased autonomy in higher education governance.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOEMPLOYMENTAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHCOLLEGECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCAREER GUIDANCEPRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATIONTEACHERSSTUDENT INTAKEACADEMIC STAFFCAREER DEVELOPMENTINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYACADEMIC EXCELLENCETUITIONGRADUATE LEVELUNIVERSITY COLLEGESOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYCAREERHIGHER EDUCATIONUNIVERSITY GRANTSPAPERSGRADUATE PROGRAMSREGULAR CURRICULUMCOLLEGESDISCIPLINESACADEMIC RESEARCHPROFESSORGRADUATE UNEMPLOYMENTSTATE UNIVERSITIESEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONQUALITY TEACHINGHIGHER EDUCATION SECTORFACULTYPROFESSORSQUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATIONLITERACYEDUCATION SECTORPUBLIC UNIVERSITIESTECHNICAL TRAININGDEGREE PROGRAMSRESEARCH UNIVERSITIESCOURSE CONTENTPRIVATE UNIVERSITYHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTQUALIFIED ACADEMIC STAFFCURRICULUM EXPERTSREGULAR CLASSROOMTRAININGGRADUATEACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATIONCOLLEGE LEVELEDUCATION DEPARTMENTHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSMINISTRIESSCHOLARSJOB MARKETQUALITY HIGHER EDUCATIONLEARNINGGRADUATESRESEARCHUNIVERSITY FACULTYTEACHINGGRANTSGRADUATE STUDIESHIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMSPRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSEDUCATION SYSTEMSCOLLEGE EDUCATIONHUMAN CAPITALWORKERSSTUDENT POPULATIONSCIENCEUNIVERSITY LEVELBACKGROUND PAPERSTUITION FEESCURRICULUM DESIGNSTUDENTSCHOOLSKNOWLEDGE BASELEARNING OUTCOMESLIFELONG LEARNINGSCIENCE FACULTIESPRIVATE UNIVERSITIESFACULTIESLABOUR MARKETKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYRESEARCHERSEXPENDITURESACADEMIC COUNCILSACADEMIC AUTONOMYEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSAPPLIED RESEARCHCAREERSRESEARCH FUNDINGQUALIFIED TEACHERSQUALITY ASSESSMENTTEACHER DEPLOYMENTRESEARCH INSTITUTESSTAFF SALARIESCURRICULUMTEACHERSTUDENT ENROLMENTSACCREDITATIONFACULTY MEMBERSTERTIARY LEVELSYLLABICURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTUNIVERSITY TEACHERSINSTITUTESPRIVATE INSTITUTIONSDEGREE COURSESHUMAN RESOURCESRESEARCH GRANTSCOLLEGE TEACHERSRESEARCH DEVELOPMENTPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTRESEARCH FINDINGSCOLLEGE GRADUATESPRIVATE COLLEGESUNIVERSITYSTUDENTSHIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEMACADEMIC FREEDOMTECHNICAL EDUCATIONQUALITY ASSURANCETEACHER-STUDENT RATIODEGREESSCHOOLCIVIL SERVICESECONDARY EDUCATIONFACULTY DEVELOPMENTGRADUATE STUDENTSTERTIARY EDUCATIONTRAINING FUNDSACADEMIC YEARUNIVERSITIESCOLLEGE MANAGEMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENTReportWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/22943