ANU Mongolia Institute Seminar Series 2024
The ANU Mongolia Institute hosts an interdisciplinary series of presentations on Mongolia. The sessions typically include a 45-minute presentation of recent research or fieldwork on a topic related to Mongolia or the Mongolian diaspora, followed by an opportunity to chat and get caught up on what the institute is doing.
Implications of the higher education system in Mongolia
Employing Clark’s Triangle as a theoretical framework, this seminar will explore the interaction between the state, market and higher education institutions in the Mongolian tertiary education system. Through a historical analysis, the seminar will examine the implications of the interaction between these three forces on the country’s human capital, in particular public and private returns to investments in higher education. The 1990-political and economic transition to a democracy brought the logic of the liberal market economy into the Mongolian higher education system that had been fully subsidised and centrally planned during the socialist period prior to 1990. The empirical evidence shows that the post-socialist expansion and commercialisation trends increased access to tertiary education, but had implications for transforming institutional landscapes rather than increasing the socioeconomic mobility for individuals.
About the speaker
Dr. Khishigbayar Tsogbadrakh is originally from Mongolia. She holds a PhD in Educational Studies from McGill University in Canada, preceded by an MA in Cultural & Educational Policy Studies at Loyola University Chicago. Her doctoral research at McGill focused on higher education policy and its implications for intangible capital evolution in Mongolia. In addition to her academic research, Dr. Khishigbayar worked as a national consultant for a number of technical assistance projects implemented by international development organisations in Mongolia, including the Asian Development Bank and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Dr. Khishigbayar’s academic research focuses on higher education policy, academic research and development, inclusive skills development, and educational and labor migration in Northeast Asia and in Mongolia.