Informal OECD Ministerial Meeting on Evaluating the Outcomes of Higher Education, Tokyo, 11–12 January 2008

In discussion the attendees noted, among 12 other bullet points, "that higher education is expected to produce a range of outcomes—basic research, technology transfer, the conservation and communication of culture, education for young—and not so young—students, and engagement with wider society—efficiently, fairly and to a high standard; and that Governments and other stakeholders have therefore been turning increasingly to evaluation as a way to meet this challenge"