| Abstract: | Higher education, by its very nature, is a collaborative enterprise. It involves partnerships between
different actors and stakeholders: policy/decision-makers, educators, researchers, curriculum
designers, university leaders, the community and the labor market. While there is an increasing
volume of work on public-private partnership, there is much to be desired in the sphere of multistakeholder
partnership (MSP) in higher education in general and the significance of MSP for
sustainable development, in particular. This presentation attempts to assess the role of multistakeholders
in higher education for sustainable development.
The principal objective of the study is to outline the essential features, opportunities and challenges
related to MSPs that can have considerable bearing on the quality, relevance and contributions of
tertiary education to the implementation of national regional and international instruments or
commitments including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The paper is based on a
desk review of the literature. The method of analysis is qualitative interpretation. The primary focus
of the study is to pin-point areas of future empirical studies on MSPs and their role in strengthen
higher education in both the public and private higher sectors. |
