A path towards “international standards” for the Cambodian academic system?

Authors

  • Murat Yildizoglu Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport

Keywords:

International academic standards, higher education governance, education policy, research policy, economic development

Abstract

“International standards in higher education and research” cover, in fact, a set of “tools” developed in different countries and in different times aiming to answer the demands of modern societies from their education system. This article starts with a discussion of the rationale behind these international standards and the organizational tools that can facilitate their implementation. Our observations on the Cambodian higher education system seem to point to the necessity to develop new implementation tools answering the “how” question even if many institutional tools are included in the large arsenal of decrees and sub-decrees already adopted. The second part of the article starts with these observations, considers how they can give rise to some fragilities in the Cambodian higher education system, and proposes some practical measures that aim to alleviate them.

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Author Biography

Murat Yildizoglu, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport

Murat Yildizoglu is a Professor of Economics at the University of Bordeaux, from which he is currently on leave as an International Technical Expert put at the disposition of MoEYS in Cambodia. He previously had the pleasure of teaching in different universities in Europe and other continents and participating in national and international assessment programs as an expert or lead expert. His professional website can be consulted at the following address: https://yildizoglu.fr.
Email: myildi@gmail.com

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30-06-2022

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Yildizoglu, M. (2022). A path towards “international standards” for the Cambodian academic system?. Cambodian Journal of Educational Research, 2(1), 8–36. Retrieved from https://cjerjournal.com/index.php/cjer/article/view/85

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