THE FUTURE OF CITY UNIVERSITY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE UNDER THE SPECIAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION

Abstract

The Objectives of this research article were to study The Future of City University for Higher Education Institute under The Special Local Government Organization according to the Higher Education Standards Framework 2018, consisting of five standards: learner outcomes, research and innovation, academic service, art, culture and Thainess, and management. This research was a qualitative research using the EDFR (Ethnographic Delphi Futures Research) method by interviewing with purposive sampling 19 experts and stakeholders, confirming their opinions according to the Likert's Rating Scale 5-level model, and analyzing by calculating the median and interquartile range. The results showed that The Future of City University for Higher Education Institute under The Special Local Government Organization should 1) Develop people for the future, not only producing graduates, but also work towards developing personnel for the city and the people of the city 2) Develop high impact research which the research problem comes from the problems of the city and the strategy of the city, speed, and implement the community as the Living Lab. 3) Develop cooperation and partnerships between higher education institutions, cities, private agencies, and communities 4) Create value addition by developing cultural expertise, cultural database, and socio-cultural scape and 5) Develop high flexible management by adhering to sustainability as a guideline for the education criteria for performance excellence, ensuring lecturer capability to build lifelong learning skills for learners, and creating new and flexible courses that support degree and certificate programs with a blended learning model.