higher education in thailand
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- 1. Higher Education in Thailand East-West Center September 2007
2. Ministry of Education
- National Council for Education
- Commission on Basic Education
- Commission on Vocational Education
- Commission on Higher Education
3. Commission on Higher Education
- The CHE has the mandate and authority to manage and to promote higher education with respect to the degree-granting institutions academic freedom and excellence.
4. HE Policies for Strategic Changes
- Quality and Excellence
- Access and Equity
- Efficiency and Accountability
- Relevance and Delivery
- Internationalization and Regionalization
- Privatization and Corporatization
5. Priorities
- Administrative system of autonomous universities
- Quality assurance for academic program delivery at all degree level
- Life-long learning
- Capacity building on research missionof the universities
6. Commission on Higher Education
- 78 public universities
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- 21 public universities
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- 40 Rajabhat universities
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- 9 Rajamangala universities
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- 4 autonomous universities
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- 2 open admission universities
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- 2 Buddhist universities
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- 10 community colleges
- 67 private universities
7. 8. Thai unis subjected to
- Administration System Development
- Self Assessment Report (annually)
- Education Standard & Quality Assessment (5 years)
- QA & Internal evaluation
- All these with less people, less money
9. Public Universities
- Each with its own law passed by parliament
- Policy by university council
- Funded by government budget and tuition fees
- CHE control only standard of curriculum
10. Organizational Structure : RMUTT RMUTT Council Internal Audit Unit Office of the President Faculties Supporting offices 11. Private Universities in Thailand 12. Common Features
- Full operational autonomy
- Quick decision making/fast problem solving
- High flexibility
- Highly controlled (no faculty council/dean-director monthly meeting)
- Tighter control by CHE
- Large class sizes
13. Common Features
- President appointed by university council (both internal and external)
- Vice Presidents appointed by president
- Assistant to the President appointed by the President and Vice President
- Dean/Director appointed by the university administrative team
- Chairperson/Head of department appointed by dean/director
- Faculty/staff recruited by each faculty management teamVice President for Academic Affairs
14. 15. 16. Bangkok University
- S tudent enrollments
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- 18,000 Thai program students
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- 2000 internationalcollegestudents ( 2 00 foreign students)
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- 900 graduate students
17. Faculty
- Communication Arts
- Business Administration
- Accounting
- Humanities
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Fine and Applied Arts
- Economics
- Law
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- Language Institute
18. Popular Program
- Advertising
- Marketing
- Hotel and Tourism Studies
- Information and Technology
- Accounting
19. Graduate Level
- M.A. in Business Admin. (Thai/Inter)
- M.A. in Communication Arts (Thai/Inter)
- M.A. in Law
- M.A. in Business Entertainment (new)
- Ph.D in Business Admin. (Inter--Joint program)
- Ph.D in Personal Communication (Inter--Joint program)
- Future: Mini MBA/M.A. in Hotel/Tourism
- Management/