Dr Andris Barblan, former Secretary General,
Magna Charta Observatory
1 Introduction
2 The Pre-Ottoman period
3 Higher Education in the Ottoman Empire
4 The Republican Period
4.1 The Single-Party Period: 1923-1950
4.2 The Democrat Party Period: 1950-1960
4.3 Expansion and Turmoil: 1960-1980
4.4 Radical Restructuring: 1981 to the Present
1 The Growth since 1981: the current Size and Structure of the System.
2 Financing Higher Education
3 Outputs of the System
4 Governance and Autonomy: An Evaluation
5 Concluding remarks on the Present Structure of Turkish Higher Education
a. by Kemal Gürüz
1 Basic Premises
2 Restructuring Vocational and Technical Education
3 From Secondary General Education to Higher Education
4 Enrolment Targets for 2025 and required Spending on Higher Education
5 The Governance of Higher Education
6 Miscellaneous
6.1 Reorganisation of Istanbul universities
6.2 Abolition of Part-Time Employment
6.3 Quality Assurance
6.4 Increasing Liberal Arts in Undergraduate Curricula
7 Concluding remarks
b. by Üstün Ergüder
1 The National Councils
1.1 The Council of Higher Education
1.2 The Rectors’Conference
1.3 The National Accreditation and Quality Agency
2 The Functions of the University
2.1 Education
2.2 Research
2.3 Social and Public Service
3. Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom
4. Diversification
5. Governance
6. Financial Structure
7. Academic and administrative Staff
8. Quality Assurance and the University
9. University Access
10. Vocational Tertiary Education
