Abstract
The research aims to study the achievements of higher education institutions under the implementation of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s Royal Policy on Higher Education for Sustainable Local Development. The informants who were interviewed to study administrators, lecturers, students, representatives of government and private sectors, and representatives of local administrative organizations of higher education institutions that had successful results in implementing. In this research, 4 higher education institutions, 5 people each, totaling 20 people, were selected from the group of higher education institutions for developing local communities or other communities according to the classification of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, which came from 4 Rajabhat Universities: Chiang Mai Rajabhat University Loei Rajabhat University, Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University, and Surat Thani Rajabhat University, all four universities have the results of THE (Times Higher Education) impact rankings world-class university rankings in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN). The study results found that the university has had an important goal of being a higher education institution for local development for a long time, according to the Rajabhat University Act of 2004. This has resulted in collaboration with various communities, such as organizing teaching and learning alongside community development, transferring knowledge and innovations necessary for community development and problem solving, conducting area-based research, integrating with teaching, research, and community services, as well as creating collaborative networks both inside and outside the university.
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Chatupol Yongsorn, Srinakharinwirot University, Thailand
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Conference: ACEID2025
Stream: Higher education
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