Local community development and higher education institutions: Moving from the triple helix to the quadruple helix model

IF 2.3 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF EDUCATION Pub Date : 2024-02-12 DOI:10.1007/s11159-023-10037-7
Theophile Shyiramunda, Dmitri van den Bersselaar
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This article examines issues of local community development in Rwanda, building on the triple helix model proposed by Henry Etzkowitz and Loet Leydesdorff in the 1990s to draw insights from international perspectives. The authors favour an expanded quadruple helix model which includes the local community as a unit of analysis, alongside higher education institutions (HEIs), the private sector and government. In this fourfold model, the local community is identified as an additional helix based on the idea that HEIs can serve as engines for boosting economic development. The results of the authors’ analysis show that innovations in higher education which are directed towards community development can, in turn, lead to changes in existing practices and teaching to better reflect the needs of the local community as well as the broader community beyond the immediate context of HEIs. Graduates’ employable skills can be strengthened through outreach initiatives by HEIs, along with the collaborative support of all elements in the fourfold model. The authors’ review of relevant literature and policy documents goes further to illustrate how each element can play an optimal role in forming a strong and sustainable partnership at the local level. The robust cooperation among helices in this model may lead to higher rates of graduates’ employment in a knowledge-based society. These innovations can further lead to full alleviation of poverty, starting from the sphere of local community development.

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地方社区发展与高等教育机构:从三螺旋模式到四螺旋模式
本文以亨利-埃茨科维茨(Henry Etzkowitz)和洛特-莱德斯多夫(Loet Leydesdorff)在 20 世纪 90 年代提出的三重螺旋模型为基础,从国际视角汲取真知灼见,探讨卢旺达当地社区发展问题。作者赞成一种扩展的四重螺旋模式,将当地社区与高等教育机构(HEIs)、私营部门和政府一起作为分析单位。在这个四重模式中,基于高等教育机构可以作为推动经济发展的引擎这一理念,当地社区被确定为另一个螺旋。作者的分析结果表明,以社区发展为目标的高等教育创新反过来也能改变现有的实践和教学,从而更好地反映当地社区以及高校周边更广泛社区的需求。高等院校的外联活动,以及四重模式中所有要素的合作支持,可以加强毕业生的就业技能。作者通过对相关文献和政策文件的回顾,进一步说明了每个要素如何在地方层面形成强大而可持续的伙伴关系中发挥最佳作用。在这一模式中,各螺旋之间的有力合作可能会提高毕业生在知识型社会中的就业率。这些创新可以从地方社区发展领域入手,进一步实现全面减贫。
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INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF EDUCATION
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF EDUCATION EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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期刊介绍: The International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) is edited by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, a global centre of excellence for lifelong learning and learning societies. Founded in 1955, IRE is the world’s longest-running peer-reviewed journal of comparative education, serving not only academic and research communities but, equally, high-level policy and practice readerships throughout the world. Today, IRE provides a forum for theoretically-informed and policy-relevant applied research in lifelong and life-wide learning in international and comparative contexts. Preferred topic areas include adult education, non-formal education, adult literacy, open and distance learning, vocational education and workplace learning, new access routes to formal education, lifelong learning policies, and various applications of the lifelong learning paradigm.Consistent with the mandate of UNESCO, the IRE fosters scholarly exchange on lifelong learning from all regions of the world, particularly developing and transition countries. In addition to inviting submissions from authors for its general issues, the IRE also publishes regular guest-edited special issues on key and emerging topics in lifelong learning.
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