The Strategic Role of Universities in Local and Regional Development: Case of Cankiri Karatekin University-Turkey

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The Strategic Role of Universities in Local and Regional Development: Case of Cankiri Karatekin University-Turkey

Author

BÜYÜK, Köksal
YAVAŞI, Mahmut

Abstract

It is expected that socio-economic development should be started at local level and extended to regional level and then contributed positively to sustainable national development. New established universities are among strategic actors of local development as well contribute to university education and scientific in Turkey. Therefore, there is a compulsory for universities to work in corporation with local actors in the subject of development in addition to its leader role in national development. After establishment of regional development agencies, development process extending from local to national has gained more importance. Having a take-off and strategic role of universities in local development accelerate this process. In this study cankiri karatekin university choosen as case study will show us that how universities have communicated and coorperated with local dynamics in the field of local and regional development. In this study, activities, projects, formal communications and meeting documents between university and local actors will be investigated via using secondary data.

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Date

2010-06

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205

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