Current Situation and Recommendations in Higher Education
The flurry of preferences that began immediately after the announcement of the university entrance exam results has given way to the tense waiting for the placement results. Universities, which are an important, if not the final, threshold in shaping the future of young people, continue to be the basic institutions where new generations are raised and knowledge production and transfer are realized. In an environment where the need for a new higher education law is being debated, participation in higher education is seen as an important level of development, and policies to increase participation in higher education are being pursued in Turkey as in the rest of the world, where does the current state of higher education stand in relation to these expectations?
On the eve of the start of the new academic year, Arife Gümüş has written a Policy Note evaluating the developments in higher education. Current Situation and Recommendations in Higher Education: The Possibility of Transition from Expansion to Development, Gümüş analyzes the current data on higher education in Turkey and evaluates the numerical increase in higher education, especially in recent years. The study, which is based on the statistics of universities, students, and faculty members, which constitute the basic components of higher education, examines the scientific publication performances of universities and their positions in the world. The study, which examines the current state of higher education, also makes evaluations and recommendations on future projections to build a quality-oriented higher education system and achieve quantitative and qualitative growth simultaneously.
