INDEX // FOREWORD...6 // PREFACE...8 // EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...9 // CHAPTER 1: THE NATIONAL CONTEXT OF TERTIARY EDUCATION...15 // CHAPTER 2: OVERALL DESCRIPTION OF THE TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM...19 // CHAPTER 3: THE TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM AND THE LABOUR MARKET...32 // CHAPTER 4: THE REGIONAL ROLE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION...38 // CHAPTER 5: THE ROLE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION...41 // CHAPTER 6: ACHIEVING EQUITY IN AND THROUGH TERTIARY EDUCATION...49 // CHAPTER 7: RESOURCING THE TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM...61 // CHAPTER 8: PLANNING, GOVERNING AND REGULATING THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE...72 // CHAPTER 9: ASSURING THE QUALITY OF TERTIARY EDUCATION...82 // CHAPTER 10: INTERNATIONALIZATION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION...91 // CHAPTER 11: CONCLUSIONS...97 // REFERENCES...105 // GLOSSARY...113 // LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS...11 6 // ANNEX...117 // TABLES...118 // FIGURES...148