Higher Education category: 3664 books
Universities and Their Cities
Urban Higher Education in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Today, a majority of American college students attend school in cities. But throughout the nineteenth and much of the twentieth centuries, urban colleges and universities faced deep hostility from writers, intellectuals, government officials, and educators who were concerned about the impact of cities,...
Higher Education and Social Class
Issues of Exclusion and Inclusion
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2005
Working class groups have historically been excluded from participation in higher education. Past decades have seen an expansion of the system towards a more inclusive higher education, but participation among people from working class groups has remained persistently low. Is higher education unattractive...
Student Feedback
The Cornerstone to an Effective Quality Assurance System in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
In recent years, student feedback has appeared at the forefront of higher education quality. In particular, the issues of effectiveness and the use of student feedback to affect improvement in higher education teaching and learning, and also other areas of student tertiary experience. Despite this,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Higher Education systems and universities worldwide are constantly being transformed due to ever-changing practices and policies. Recent research reveals the challenges between society and higher education continue to grow. New Voices in Higher Education Research and Scholarship explores the role of...
Higher Education and China’s Global Rise
A Neo-tributary Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
This book examines the rise of China’s global profile in the international higher education community, as indicated by its rise of human capital, visibility in academic publications, world university ranking, expanding international cultural influence, and becoming a study-abroad destination of...
Higher Education and Sustainable Development
Paradox and Possibility
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2008
The ‘Key Issues in Higher Education’ series aims to raise both awareness and the
standards of debate on the fundamental issues that lie at the very heart of higher
education and intends to assist national and international debate.
Higher Education and Sustainable Development examines whether...
by Hong Zhen Zhu, Shiyan Lou
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2011
The Chinese higher education sector is an area subject to increasing attention from an international perspective. Written by authors centrally located within the education system in China, Development and Reform of Higher Education in China highlights not only the development of different aspects...
by Jevdet Rexhepi
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2013
As national planners codify and enact the university, state, and market alliance—amid global higher education trends towards internationalization, competition, and massification—debates on the efficacy of this merger have increased in recent years, clarifying a real or perceived significance....
University Access and Success
Capabilities, diversity and social justice
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
The challenge of widening access and participation in higher education in a manner that ensures students are successful in their studies is a major issue globally and a significant research-focus within higher education studies and higher education policy. Similarly, the challenge of under-preparedness...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Where is the value in higher education? How can higher education restore its relevance and trust with students and parents? Are there really any meaningful differences between public and private higher education? This volume probes those questions and more, exploring the myriad issues that have led...
Teaching Reflective Learning in Higher Education
A Systematic Approach Using Pedagogic Patterns
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
This book is about understanding the nature and application of reflection in higher education. It provides a theoretical model to guide the implementation of reflective learning and reflective practice across multiple disciplines and international contexts in higher education. The book presents research...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
This book explores the way in which the pressures of globalisation are shaping higher education funding and access across the world. Higher education is seen as a way of developing human capital and building knowledge economies, but major debates continue about who should attend university; how the...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2017
Higher education in the UK is in crisis. The idea of the public university is under assault, and both the future of the sector and its relationship to society are being gambled. Higher education is increasingly unaffordable, its historic institutions are becoming untenable, and their purpose is resolutely...
Diversity in American Higher Education
Toward a More Comprehensive Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Diversity has been a focus of higher education policy, law, and scholarship for decades, continually expanding to include not only race, ethnicity and gender, but also socioeconomic status, sexual and political orientation, and more. However, existing collections still tend to focus on a narrow definition...