En Route to Transformation. On Change: An Occasional Paper Series of the ACE Project on Leadership and Institutional Transformation.

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Eckel, Peter; Hill, Barbara; Green, Madeleine

This paper explores transformation and change in American higher education. It begins by examining the debate over the type of change needed in higher education from the radical change suggested by some as necessary for survival to concepts of continual improvement urged by others. A definition of transformational change is offered which…

Management by Objectives (MBO) Imperatives for Transforming Higher Education for a Globalised World

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Ofojebe, Wenceslaus N.; Olibie, Eyiuche Ifeoma

2014-01-01

This study was conducted to determine the extent to which the stipulations and visions of Management by Objectives (MBO) would be integrated in higher education institutions in South Eastern Nigeria to enhance higher education transformation in a globalised world. Four research questions and a null hypothesis guided the study. A sample of 510…

Curriculum Alignment, Globalization, and Quality Assurance in South African Higher Education

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McDonald, Ria; van der Horst, Helen

2007-01-01

The democratization of South Africa has necessitated a transformation of the education system. The current transformational landscape of higher education in South Africa requires that basic curriculum concepts, and principles be rediscovered and, rethought with a view to ensuring that future educational practice is based on sound, and proven…

Transforming Higher Education or (NUTN and the Information Age).

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Grantham, J. O.

New values, economic necessity, computers, and telecommunications interacting on each other are transforming our personal lives and our institutions. These changes can be for the good if we transform ourselves to handle them properly as a new dimension in society. Higher education, by its very nature, should be affected profoundly as we move into…

Back to the UK Future: Trends in Internationalism and Cross-Border Higher Education

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Olcott, Don

2009-01-01

Globalisation is transforming the international marketplace and accelerating unprecedented socio-economic, cultural, social, political and educational change across the globe. This global transformation has served as a catalyst for increasing deliberation, dialogue and consensus among government, business and higher education to create, attract…

E-Learning and the Transformation of Social Interaction in Higher Education

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Slevin, James

2008-01-01

This article examines the way in which e-learning is transforming the nature of social interaction in higher education. In this new educational environment, radical societal transitions and the opportunities afforded by modern communication technologies together produce formidable challenges. Significant as these challenges may be, concentration…

Taking the Reins: Institutional Transformation in Higher Education. The ACE Series on Higher Education

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Eckel, Peter D.; Kezar, Adrianna

2011-01-01

Peter Eckel and Adrianna Kezar have written this book to offer insight to campus leaders who face transformational change--to help them mount a proactive, rather than a reactive, process to effect transformation. They believe that most institutional leaders have little to no experience with implementing large-scale change and lack a solid…

Humboldt Goes to the Labour Market: How Academic Higher Education Fuels Labour Market Success in the Czech Republic

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Pabian, Petr; Sima, Karel; Kyncilova, Lucie

2011-01-01

The Czech Republic is one of the post-communist countries where the transformation from late industrial to knowledge economies and knowledge societies was complicated by the simultaneous transformations from communist centrally planned economies to democratic regimes and market economies. Furthermore, the transformation of higher education itself…

A Study of Transformational Change at Three Schools of Nursing Implementing Healthcare Informatics

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Cornell, Revonda Leota

2009-01-01

The "Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality" (IOM, 2003) proposed strategies for higher education leaders and faculty to transform their institutions in ways that address the healthcare problems. This study provides higher education leaders and faculty with empirical data about the processes of change involved to implement the…

Where Soviet and Neoliberal Discourses Meet: The Transformation of The Purposes of Higher Education in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia

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Smolentseva, Anna

2017-01-01

This paper studies transformations in the role of higher education in Russia as represented in official Soviet and post-Soviet policy documents between the 1950s and 2013. The focus is on the categories defining the purposes and tasks of higher education in the larger context of society and economy. There is a basic dichotomy in relation to the…

Information technologies and the transformation of nursing education.

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Skiba, Diane J; Connors, Helen R; Jeffries, Pamela R

2008-01-01

Higher education is facing new challenges with the emergence of the Internet and other information and communication technologies. The call for the transformation of higher education is imperative. This article describes the transformation of higher education and its impact on nursing education. Nursing education, considered by many a pioneer in the use of educational technologies, still faces 3 major challenges. The first challenge is incorporation of the Institute of Medicine's recommendation of 5 core competencies for all health professionals. The second challenge focuses on the preparation of nurses to practice in informatics-intensive healthcare environments. The last challenge is the use of emerging technologies, such as Web 2.0 tools, that will help to bridge the gap between the next generation and faculty in nursing schools. Nurse educators need to understand and use the power of technologies to prepare the next generation of nurses.

Internationalization: A Transformative Agenda for Higher Education?

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Robson, Sue

2011-01-01

This conceptual paper explores the notion of higher education (HE) internationalization and its potential to lead to transformational institutional change. Internationalization is generally regarded as a process that involves increasing the range of international activities within universities and between universities and other educational…

The Needs and Perceptions of Academics regarding Their Professional Development in an Era of Educational Transformation

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Hassan, S.

2011-01-01

As the wave of educational transformation sweeps across the higher education landscape, few academics have been unaffected by its impact. It has been well documented that academics are ill-prepared to cope with the challenges of educational transformation, yet training and development that would provide the appropriate support to meet the demands…

Quality as Transformation: Educational Metamorphosis

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Cheng, Ming

2014-01-01

The notion of "quality as transformation" has been widely used in the higher education sector. However, both quality and transformation are elusive terms. There is little research exploring how quality could be equated to transformation in the learning process. This paper will provide an insight into the relationship between quality and…

Teacher as Learner: A Personal Reflection on a Short Course for South African University Educators

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Clowes, Lindsay

2013-01-01

Higher education is understood to play a critical role in ongoing processes of social transformation in post-apartheid South Africa through the production of graduates who are critical and engaged citizens. A key challenge is that institutions of higher education are themselves implicated in reproducing the very hierarchies they hope to transform.…

The South African Higher Education Transformation Debate: Culture, Identity and "African Ways of Knowing"

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Horsthemke, Kai

2009-01-01

Following the first democratic election in South Africa in 1994, there has been a strong drive towards democratising education at all levels, primary, secondary and tertiary. The present paper examines some of the key ideas in the debate around transformation in higher education in South Africa, namely the notions of an African essence, culture…

Assessing Learning: From Accountability to Transformation

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Wehlburg, Catherine M.

2010-01-01

Assessing learning in higher education can be a very difficult task. There are some differences, however, when assessing for accountability to others and assessing for transformation. These distinctions are embedded in our historical understanding of teaching and learning. This article describes how over time, higher education has viewed…

The Transformation of Traditional Universities into Entrepreneurial Universities to Ensure Sustainable Higher Education

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Bikse, Veronika; Lusena-Ezera, Inese; Rivza, Baiba; Volkova, Tatjana

2016-01-01

This paper aims to investigate the experience and to identify the drivers of transforming traditional universities into Entrepreneurial Universities for ensuring sustainable higher education in Latvia. Due to the wide scope, Entrepreneurial University characteristics, the present research study is limited and focuses on the university providing…

Understanding Sensemaking/Sensegiving in Transformational Change Processes from the Bottom up

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Kezar, Adrianna

2013-01-01

Government agencies, foundations, business and industry, and other important higher education stakeholders continue to invest in important and deep changes they think are necessary for the vitality and health of higher education particularly interdisciplinary teaching and research. But we know little about how transformational changes happen,…

Transformational Leadership and Innovation: A Comparison Study between Iraq's Public and Private Higher Education

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Al-Husseini, Sawasn; Elbeltagi, Ibrahim

2016-01-01

With globalisation and a rapidly changing environment, the higher education sector in developing countries is facing challenges that require extraordinary leaders. Innovation is important for organisations, particularly in learning environments. Transformational leadership (TL) has been found to have an important influence on innovation, leading…

Transforming Marginalised Adult Learners' Views of Themselves: Access to Higher Education Courses in England

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Busher, Hugh; James, Nalita; Piela, Anna; Palmer, Anna-Marie

2014-01-01

Adult learners on Access to Higher Education courses struggled with institutional and social structures to attend their courses, but transformed their identities as learners through them. Although asymmetrical power relationships dominated the intentional learning communities of their courses, their work was facilitated by collaborative cultures…

A Correlational Study on Transformational Leadership and Resilience in Higher Education Leadership

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Wasden, Shane T.

2014-01-01

This quantitative correlational study investigated the relationship between self-perceived transformational leadership and self-perceived resilience within the confines of higher education leadership. This dissertation is written from a professional practice doctorate (PPD) perspective. A discussion of the PPD and its components is provided along…

Women Educational Leaders' Narratives: The Dynamics of Service Learning on Training and Transformation

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Davis, Dannielle Joy; Major, Amanda; Cook, Debra; Bell, Janel

2015-01-01

Service learning strengthens all involved: Students, faculty members, the community, and higher education institutions. Benefits of service learning for students include gaining real world experiences, personal and transformative outcomes (Conway, Amel, & Gerwien's, 2009), as well as higher order thinking from reflection on the experience…

Service Blueprinting: Transforming the Student Experience

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Bitner, Mary Jo; Ostrom, Amy L.; Burkhard, Kevin A.

2012-01-01

There is much discussion today about the need to transform higher education for the benefit of students, employers, and society at large. Experts and researchers list the numerous challenges: low student retention and graduation rates, the increasing cost of higher education, and concerns that graduates don't possess the skills required to compete…

Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education Fiscal Year 2007 Annual Report

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Missouri Department of Higher Education, 2007

2007-01-01

The Coordinating Board for Higher Education (CBHE) and the Missouri Department of Higher Education (MDHE) present this report on Missouri higher education for fiscal year 2007. 2007 is an exciting year. The omnibus higher education bill, which was signed in May and became law in August 2007, represents a major transformation in the structure of…

Adopting an Active Learning Approach to Teaching in a Research-Intensive Higher Education Context Transformed Staff Teaching Attitudes and Behaviours

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White, Paul J.; Larson, Ian; Styles, Kim; Yuriev, Elizabeth; Evans, Darrell R.; Rangachari, P. K.; Short, Jennifer L.; Exintaris, Betty; Malone, Daniel T.; Davie, Briana; Eise, Nicole; Mc Namara, Kevin; Naidu, Somaiya

2016-01-01

The conventional lecture has significant limitations in the higher education context, often leading to a passive learning experience for students. This paper reports a process of transforming teaching and learning with active learning strategies in a research-intensive educational context across a faculty of 45 academic staff and more than 1,000…

Creativity and the Transformation of Higher Education: The Need for a Black Mountain College Approach

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Emanuel, Richard C.; Challons-Lipton, Siu

2013-01-01

The need for increased creativity in education is currently being proposed in much innovative thinking on higher education as universities are forced to recreate themselves. There are four conditions facing higher education worldwide: alignment, motivation, connection, and direction. Higher education is characterized by a hierarchy of subjects and…

In Pursuit of Excellence? Discursive Patterns in European Higher Education Research

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Ramirez, Francisco O.; Tiplic, Dijana

2014-01-01

European higher education is awash with educational reform initiatives that purport to transform universities into better-managed higher quality organizations that more directly contribute to national development. This exploratory study examines patterns of research discourse in higher education in Europe. We argue that these patterns are changing…

Presidents as Transformational or Transactional Leaders in Higher Education

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Basham, Lloyd M.

2010-01-01

Purpose of study. The purpose of the study was primarily concerned with exploring the major issues that are confronting presidents of higher education and if transformational or transactional leadership practices and concepts are warranted in addressing their issues. Procedure. A Delphi technique was used with a broad-based panel of 52 experts…

Universal Design for the Digital Environment: Transforming the Institution

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Rowland, Cyndi; Mariger, Heather; Siegel, Peter M.; Whiting, Jonathan

2010-01-01

A revolution is about to transform higher education. To participate in this revolution, those in higher education need to explore a critical concept: "universal design." Universal design was originally aimed at innovations in architecture, community spaces, and products, but today it is about creating services and products, from the beginning, in…

The Influence of Transformational Leadership on the Level of TQM Implementation in the Higher Education Sector

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Argia, Hassan A. A.; Ismail, Aziah

2013-01-01

This current research paper investigates the role of transformational leadership on impacting the level of TQM implementation in the higher education sector. In addition, TQM, as a management philosophy, can be implemented successfully only when incorporated into the prevailing learning organization and adequate understanding of transformational…

From Christian Gentleman to Bewildered Seeker: The Transformation of American Higher Education

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Nieli, Russell K.

2007-01-01

In this carefully documented essay, Russell K. Nieli outlines the major transformation in American higher education that began at the end of the nineteenth century. Today's research- and vocation-driven private universities began as Christian institutions founded by zealous evangelizers, while public colleges embraced a watered-down version of the…

The Tortoise and the Hare Enigma in E-Transformation in Japanese and Korean Higher Education

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Latchem, Colin; Jung, Insung; Aoki, Kumiko; Ozkul, Ali Ekrem

2008-01-01

Japan and Korea have highly developed information and communications technology infrastructures and have recently reformed their higher education systems and encouraged e-transformation. However, Japanese universities have not embraced e-learning as wholeheartedly as their Korean counterparts. The paper concludes that this is due to governmental…

Traveling Policies: Mobility, Transformation and Continuities in Higher Education Public Policy

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Britez, Rodrigo G.

2012-01-01

This article presents an assessment of the impact and implications of the international mobilities operating in the national public policy environment. In fact, patterns of transformations that take place in national higher education systems are generating diverse and complex outcomes in different countries, in ways that may preclude a simple…

Higher Education Policy Change and the Hysteresis Effect: Bourdieusian Analysis of Transformation at the Site of a Post-Apartheid University

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Dirk, Wayne Peter; Gelderblom, Derik

2017-01-01

In this article we focus on constraints to post-apartheid transformation in the higher education sector of South Africa via a case study of an attempt to introduce a new curriculum for the Bachelor of Education. Thirty-one semi-structured interviews were the main data-gathering method. We use Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of field, capital, habitus…

Towards the Transformation of Higher Education: Educational Technology Leadership.

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Nworie, John; McGriff, Steven J.

This paper focuses on the management and change domains of educational technology (ET), namely the need for ET leadership in higher education. Leadership issues are examined with respect to instructional development, faculty development, and instructional technology/media management in higher education and the roles ET practitioners can play.…

Massification of Higher Education in Taiwan: Shifting Pressure from Admission to Employment

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Chan, Sheng-Ju; Lin, Liang-Wen

2015-01-01

Educational authorities in Taiwan have been expanding the higher education sector since the 1990s to meet the demands of economic transformation and to meet cultural expectations. Consequently, the higher education system of Taiwan has evolved from an elite system to a universal one. The rapid expansion of higher education is also characterized by…

International Education and Transformational Learning: Being There

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Ripple, Darien

2010-01-01

The dissertation explores the relationship between international education to transformational learning and environmental sustainability. Part one of the dissertation addresses a need for wisdom in higher education, while exploring the relationship of globalization. A theoretical foundation is established by reviewing current theorists in…

Embedding Community Engagement in South African Higher Education

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Lazarus, Josef; Erasmus, Mabel; Hendricks, Denver; Nduna, Joyce; Slamat, Jerome

2008-01-01

Community engagement was a relatively unknown concept in South African higher education until the late 1990s. In response to the call of the White Paper on the Transformation of Higher Education (1997) for "feasibility studies and pilot programmes which explore the potential of community service in higher education" the Joint Education…

Preparing to Teach Online as Transformative Faculty Development

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McQuiggan, Carol A.

2011-01-01

An action research study was conducted at a campus college of a large Research I institution of higher education to explore transformative learning among higher education faculty as a result of participating in a blended program to prepare them to teach online. The purposeful sample included six full-time and one adjunct faculty, teaching a mix of…

The Relationship of Cultural Intelligence, Transformational Leadership Style, and Team Performance in Culturally Diverse Student Leaders in Christian Higher Education

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Menna, Tamene Yoseph

2017-01-01

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between cultural intelligence, transformational leadership, and team performance in one private Christian higher education institution in Southern California. The study further conducted initial exploration of how student leaders' Christian worldview (humility) influences their cultural…

Leading in the 21st Century: Conceptualization of the Transformation of Higher Education and the Leadership Roles That Initiate These Changes

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Westover, Racheal R.

2016-01-01

This qualitative case study was proposed to gain understanding into how higher educational leaders perceive the transformation of their leadership roles and responsibilities. Leaders' accountabilities should be properly defined to establish a reliable and responsible association with all stakeholders affiliated with the institution. A lack of…

Updating Higher Education's Past: 1940 to 2005

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Bender, Thomas

2008-01-01

In 1961, Richard Hofstadter and Wilson Smith edited "American Higher Education: A Documentary History," a two-volume classic and an essential part of the tool kit of educators and historians. The author was invited by Smith to collaborate on the recently published "American Higher Education Transformed, 1940-2005: Documenting the National…

The Globalization of Higher Education through the Lens of Technology and Accountability

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Woodard, Howard C.; Shepherd, Sonya S.; Crain-Dorough, Mindy; Richardson, Michael D.

2011-01-01

Technology has ushered in a new era in higher education making knowledge of technology essential for administrators. Technology is transforming higher education by providing a global interconnectedness that reshapes educational, social, economic and cultural life. The globalization of networks based on travel, mobile phones, broad-band Internet…

Technology and Higher Education: Challenges in the Halls of Academe

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Duhaney, Devon C.

2005-01-01

As new technologies become a part of the 'landscape' of universities and colleges, many questions arise concerning the transformation resulting from their utilization in these institutions. This paper discusses the increasing use of technology for education, training, and development in higher education, and challenges that higher education faces…

Understanding the Concept of the Entrepreneurial University from the Perspective of Higher Education Models

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Sam, Chanphirun; van der Sijde, Peter

2014-01-01

Over the last few decades, globalization and ever-increasing demands of the knowledge-based economy have caused higher education in most countries around the world to undergo significant transformation. Notwithstanding the dramatic changes in higher education, it is clearly noticed that the influence of the European higher education models is…

Public-Private Substitution in Higher Education: Has Cost-Sharing Gone Too Far?

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Carpentier, Vincent

2012-01-01

This paper looks at the current challenge facing higher education by exploring the historical relationship between higher education funding and long economic cycles in the UK, USA and France. It examines the consequence of the transformation of public-private income in higher education that followed the 1970s downturn, questioning whether the rise…

Reconfiguring the Higher Education Value Chain

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Pathak, Virendra; Pathak, Kavita

2010-01-01

Forces of demand and supply are changing the dynamics of the higher education market. Transformation of institutions of higher learning into competitive enterprise is underway. Higher education institutions are seemingly under intense pressure to create value and focus their efforts and scarce funds on activities that drive up value for their…

Transformative Change in Higher Education through Participatory Action Research: A Capabilities Analysis

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Walker, Melanie; Loots, Sonja

2018-01-01

As a methodological approach, participatory action research (PAR), and its variant of critical action research in education, aims to further social justice and generate transformative change. Although this understanding of PAR is well rehearsed, there is still a gap in detailed explorations of the transformative impact of PAR projects in higher…

Responsiveness of Higher Education to Changing Job Market Demand in Bangladesh

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Dutta, Bipasha; Islam, Kazi Maruful

2017-01-01

Bangladesh economy has been transforming towards a market-based economy from a state-dominated centrally planned economy since the early 1980s, the pace of transformation has been slow though. The aim of this article is to see how the higher education system responds to the changes in the structure of the economy. The article argues that the…

Will MOOCs Transform Learning and Teaching in Higher Education? Engagement and Course Retention in Online Learning Provision

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de Freitas, Sara Isabella; Morgan, John; Gibson, David

2015-01-01

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have been the subject of much polarised debate around their potential to transform higher education in terms of opening access. Although MOOCs have been attracting large learner cohorts, concerns have emerged from the early evidence base centring upon issues of quality in learning and teaching provision, and…

Changing Concepts of Equity in Transforming UK Higher Education: Implications for Future Pedagogies and Practices in Global Higher Education

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David, Miriam E.

2011-01-01

This paper is about changing concepts of equity in UK higher education. In particular, it charts the moves from concepts about gender equality as about women's education as a key issue in twentieth century higher education to questions of men's education in the twenty-first century. These changing concepts of equity are linked to wider social and…

Higher Education Reform in China: Beyond the Expansion. China Policy Series

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Morgan, W. John, Ed.; Wu, Bin, Ed.

2011-01-01

A major transformation of Chinese higher education (HE) has taken place over the past decade--China has reshaped its higher education sector from elite to mass education with the number of graduates having quadrupled to three million a year over six years. China is exceptional among lower income countries in using tertiary education as a…

Legacy and change - higher education and restoration of academic work in Romania

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Sadlak, J.

1993-01-01

Adjustment of higher education and other parts of the knowledge sector has become a growing concern in the context of ongoing transformations in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe. This article analyzes the historical constraints, in particular those during the Ceausescu regime, as well as the present conditions and initiatives to undertake such transformations in higher education in Romania. The author studies the strength and weakness of the changes that have already altered the character, institutional structure, and mission of higher education in this country. The views expressed in this paper are personal, and do not necessarily reflect thosemore » of any organization with which the author is or has formerly been associated. 22 refs., 3 tabs.« less

Tanzania Higher Education--Fifty Years after Independence

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Mnubi, Godfrey M.

2013-01-01

As Tanzania celebrates fifty years of independence at the crossroads of globalization, the country has experienced a changing landscape and a major transformation in higher learning education with spectacular expansion in student enrollment rates. This requires its higher education institutions, particularly universities, to function effectively…

Innovations in Higher Education? Hah!

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Kirschner, Ann

2012-01-01

One can hardly mention higher education today without hearing the word "innovation," or its understudies "change," "reinvention," "transformation." Last summer the National Governors Association opened its meeting with a plenary session on higher education, innovation, and economic growth. But there is nothing funny about the need for innovation…

East Asian Higher Education: Traditions and Transformations. Issues in Higher Education Series. First Edition.

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Yee, Albert H., Ed.

This volume contains 15 papers on higher education in 13 East Asian societies as well as the region as a whole, including analysis of leading issues such as tyranny versus democracy and state-funded versus proprietary higher education. Following an editorial by A. H. Yee, the papers include: "The University of Tokyo: The Graduate School…

The Effect of Change and Transformation on Academic Staff and Job Satisfaction: A Case of a South African University

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Mapesela, Mabokang; Hay, Driekie Hr

2006-01-01

No institution of higher education in the world can make valid claims that it is immune to the effects of change and transformation. An array of trends such as the massification of higher education, widened access, response to new demands of technology, globalisation, internationalisation, increased accountability, the use of new modes of delivery…

The Course of Innovation: Using Technology to Transform Higher Education. Education Sector Reports

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Miller, Ben

2010-01-01

The National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT), a small nonprofit considered to be the intellectual center of the technology-based course transformation movement, has labored mightily and with much success to help more colleges bring their undergraduate courses into the modern age. But it has labored precisely because colleges have yet to…

Educating a New Majority: Transforming America's Educational System for Diversity.

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Rendon, Laura I., Ed.; Hope, Richard O., Ed.

This book presents 20 papers on the current status and future needs of disadvantaged minority students in the elementary, secondary, and higher education systems. Papers are grouped into four sections: current challenges to minority education; restructuring schools to foster minority student success; reforming higher education; and leadership…

The Managerial Tutor: A Producer of Knowledge in a Global Arena

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Fletcher, Roland

2007-01-01

The role of the educational professional and the speed at which educational reforms have been introduced within higher education has transformed the academic into a manager. This is explained through a variety of changes; for example, technology and the transformation of traditional workplaces being replaced by virtual workplaces through the use…

Staff Developers' Perceptions on Building a Culture of Teaching and Learning

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Roy, I. J.

2007-01-01

The rapid education transformation in South African education over the past decade (1994-current), forced Institutions of Higher Learning to critically examine their own practices. The transformation of the post apartheid South African education system is largely driven and determined by a social and economic agenda. At institutions of higher…

The role of higher education in transforming the quality of dementia care: dementia studies at the University of Bradford.

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Downs, M; Capstick, A; Baldwin, P C; Surr, C; Bruce, E

2009-04-01

There is now widespread concern about the inadequate care and support provided to people with dementia from diagnosis to death. It is acknowledged that while there is a range of effective ways to care for and support people with dementia and their families from diagnosis to death, these have yet to become integral to practice. In England, for example, the National Dementia Strategy seeks to transform the quality of dementia care. One of the key components to transforming the quality of care is to ensure we have an informed and effective workforce. We argue here that in order to transform the quality of care we need to distinguish between the aims of training and education. Whilst there is a place for skills-based workplace training, Higher Education in dementia studies has a key role to play in the provision of specialist knowledge and skills in dementia care emphasizing as it does the development of critical thinking, reflection and action. In this paper we describe dementia studies at Bradford University available at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. We outline their aims and learning outcomes, curricula, approach to teaching, learning and assessment. We describe the nature of students who study with us, noting their fit with the Higher Education Funding Council in England's agenda for widening participation in higher education. Higher Education in dementia studies has a unique role to play in equipping practitioners and professionals with the information, skills and attitudes to realize the potential for quality of life for people with dementia and their families.

Students and the Governance of Higher Education: A UK Perspective

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Rodgers, Timothy; Freeman, Rebecca; Williams, James; Kane, David

2011-01-01

In the United Kingdom, the higher education landscape has undergone a transformation since the late 1980s as seen in the "massification" of higher education and the "quality revolution". These changes have resulted in an increased sense of accountability, to principle stakeholders: the government, the taxpayer and students…

Tennessee Higher Education Fact Book: 2015-2016

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Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2016

2016-01-01

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional level. While the higher education landscape has been shaped by the CCTA, higher…

Tennessee Higher Education Fact Book: 2014-2015

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Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2015

2015-01-01

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional level. While the higher education landscape has been shaped by the CCTA, higher…

Tennessee Higher Education Adult Student Fact Book: 2015-2016

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Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2016

2016-01-01

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional levels. While the higher education landscape has been shaped by the CCTA, higher…

Higher Education Graduate Preparation Programs: Characteristics and Trends

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Underwood, Susan J.; Austin, Christine E.

2016-01-01

Student affairs is a transformative profession, with professionals offering support and assistance to students as they pursue higher education. An increasing number of these professionals have been guided by a foundation in knowledge, skills, and attitudes gained in higher education graduate degree programs. It is estimated that between 15% and…

Comparing Post-Soviet Changes in Higher Education Governance in Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan

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Azimbayeva, Gulzhan

2017-01-01

This paper argues that during the "perestroika" period the institutionalised context of the Soviet higher education governance was transformed dramatically, and has attempted to explain the outcomes for higher education from the "perestroika" period and proposed the theory of "institutional dis/continuities". The…

Tennessee Higher Education Adult Student Fact Book: 2014-2015

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Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2015

2015-01-01

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional levels. While the higher education landscape has been shaped by the CCTA, higher…

The Causal Relationship of Organizational Performance of Thailand Private Higher Education Institutions

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Mahasinpaisan, Tippaporn

2011-01-01

The purpose of this study was to propose causal model of the relationship among transformational leadership, organizational culture, knowledge management, and organizational performance. A sample of 389 was randomly drawn from instructors of private higher education institutions under the Office of the Higher Education Commission. Data were…

Commercial Civil Society: A Perspective on Private Higher Education in China

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Yan, Fengqiao; Lin, Jing

2010-01-01

Two distinctive paradigms have been used in researching higher education phenomena in China's process of social transformation. The first might be described as "critical realist," and the second as "interpretivist." The book "Portraits of 21st Century Chinese Universities: In the Move to Mass Higher Education", has…

Redesigning Higher Education: Embracing a New Paradigm

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Watson, William R.; Watson, Sunnie Lee

2014-01-01

Higher education is under enormous pressure to transform itself and embrace a new paradigm. Operating under an outdated model that no longer aligns with the realities of modern society, institutions of higher education are recognizing the need to drastically remake themselves or possibly cease to exist. This article explores the current landscape…

Higher Education and Global Development: A Cross Cultural Qualitative Study in Pakistan

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Zubair Haider, Syed; Dilshad, Muhammad

2015-01-01

In the present era, education has emerged as a countrywide mission in developed and developing countries. Countries are utilizing their energies to deal with the transformations forthcoming in higher education. The research under investigation, reviews the global developments in the area of higher education (HE) all over the world and surveys the…

Internationalization in the Educational System of a Weak State: Examining Multiple Identities of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Higher Education

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Sabic-El-Rayess, Amra

2009-01-01

Higher education has often acted as the nucleus of progressive thought, the instigator of societal transformation, and the center of cultural exchange and understanding. However, in conflict-ridden societies, higher-education systems have shown a proclivity towards the multiple personality syndrome: their ability to solidify, connect and unite…

Nurse executive transformational leadership found in participative organizations.

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Dunham-Taylor, J

2000-05-01

The study examined a national sample of 396 randomly selected hospital nurse executives to explore transformational leadership, stage of power, and organizational climate. Results from a few nurse executive studies have found nurse executives were transformational leaders. As executives were more transformational, they achieved better staff satisfaction and higher work group effectiveness. This study integrates Bass' transformational leadership model with Hagberg's power stage theory and Likert's organizational climate theory. Nurse executives (396) and staff reporting to them (1,115) rated the nurse executives' leadership style, staff extra effort, staff satisfaction, and work group effectiveness using Bass and Avolio's Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire. Executives' bosses (360) rated executive work group effectiveness. Executives completed Hagberg's Personal Power Profile and ranked their organizational climate using Likert's Profile of Organizational Characteristics. Nurse executives used transformational leadership fairly often; achieved fairly satisfied staff levels; were very effective according to bosses; were most likely at stage 3 (power by achievement) or stage 4 (power by reflection); and rated their hospital as a Likert System 3 Consultative Organization. Staff satisfaction and work group effectiveness decreased as nurse executives were more transactional. Higher transformational scores tended to occur with higher educational degrees and within more participative organizations. Transformational qualities can be enhanced by further education, by achieving higher power stages, and by being within more participative organizations.

Saudi Arabia Puts Its Billions behind Western-Style Higher Education

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Krieger, Zvika

2007-01-01

Saudi Arabia has been developing at breakneck speed since the end of World War II, when oil production transformed this country of Bedouins into one of the richest polities in the world. Its higher-education system, however, has not kept pace. The Ministry of Higher Education was not established until 1975, and its task was to educate a population…

Students' Engagement with Engagement: The Case of Teacher Education Students in Higher Education in South Africa

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Osman, Ruksana; Petersen, Nadine

2010-01-01

Public engagement is one of the three legs which support and underpin a restructured and transformed post-apartheid higher education system in South Africa (along with teaching and research). This third sector role of higher education is widely implemented in South Africa and is described differently by different institutions and entails a diverse…

The University as an Entrepreneurial Organization

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Grudzinskii, A.O.

2005-01-01

In the past ten years, the organizationally homogeneous Soviet system of higher education has been transformed into a heterogeneous set of educational structures. The institutional autonomy of educational institutions carrying out programs of higher education allows them considerable freedom in the choice of the means by which they provide for…

Globalization of Access to Higher Education: Lessons for Nigeria

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Uchendu, C. C.

2013-01-01

Education is such a powerful instrument for national transformation and development such that anything that affects an educational system negatively affects the national development. This study investigated the extent to which access to higher education is globalized and the implications for Nigeria. An ex-post facto research design was adopted…

College Instructors' Preparedness for Innovative Transformations in Higher Education

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Krasinskaia, L. F.

2012-01-01

Survey data show that instructors are aware of the need for changes in Russian higher education, but are rather demoralized by the difficult social and professional situation in which they work. And so, given the current functioning of higher education, a number of demotivating factors have an influence on instructors' satisfaction with their work…

Feminism, Gender and Global Higher Education: Women's Learning Lives

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David, Miriam E.

2012-01-01

In this invited commentary, I offer a critique of two lacunae in the emerging field. I consider how aspects of research on the transformations of global higher education constitute an emergent sociology of higher education, and I also review how the dominant tendencies occlude gender and feminist perspectives. By way of enticing readers to…

Leveraging Service Blueprinting to Rethink Higher Education: When Students Become "Valued Customers," Everybody Wins

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Ostrom, Amy L.; Bitner, Mary Jo; Burkhard, Kevin A.

2011-01-01

There is much discussion today about the need to transform higher education. Experts and researchers list numerous challenges: low student retention and graduation rates, the increasing cost of higher education, and concerns that graduates don't possess the skills required to compete successfully in today's interconnected, global marketplace.…

Finding the Next "Wave" in Internationalisation of Higher Education: Focus on Malaysia

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Abd Aziz, Mohd Ismail; Abdullah, Doria

2014-01-01

This article presents a case study of Malaysia's inroad in internationalising its higher education system for the past three decades and proposes recommendations and the way forward in internationalisation. Internationalisation is one of the critical agenda in Malaysia's higher education transformation with an end target of becoming an…

Cutting-Edge Technologies and Social Media Use in Higher Education

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Benson, Vladlena, Ed.; Morgan, Stephanie

2014-01-01

The inclusion of social media in higher education has transformed the way instructors teach and students learn. In order to effectively reach their students in this networked world, teachers must learn to utilize the latest technologies in their classrooms. "Cutting-Edge Technologies and Social Media Use in Higher Education" brings…

Critical Race Ethnography of Higher Education: Racial Risk and Counter-Storytelling

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Ramos, Teresa

2013-01-01

The Ethnography of the University Initiative (EUI) joins a long history of critique, challenge and transformation of higher education. EUI courses are an important site for the creation of non-traditional narratives in which students challenge "business-as-usual" in higher education. For under-represented students, this includes inquiry…

An Appraisal of the Internationalisation of Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Alemu, Sintayehu Kassaye

2014-01-01

Over the past decades, the development of the internationalisation of higher education has revised the conceptual framework of higher education, enhanced its scope, scale and importance, and transformed its world, as well as reshaping relationships between countries. More powerful universities play a central role and are suppliers of knowledge,…

Modularized and Outcomes-Led Planning of Higher Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa.

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Ntshoe, I. M.

1999-01-01

Examines modularization and outcomes-based planning of higher education in South Africa as part of transforming higher education in a post-apartheid society. Discusses principles and assumptions of modularization and outcomes-based planning, identifies intended and unintended outcomes, and notes such issues as the origins of outcome-based…

Institutional Diversity in Russian Higher Education: Revolutions and Evolution

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Froumin, Isak; Kouzminov, Yaroslav; Semyonov, Dmitry

2014-01-01

This paper is devoted to changes in the structure of the higher education system in Russia, analysing both historical context and current institutional diversity. The review starts from the Soviet quasi-corporate system when the state combined demand-side and supply-side roles in higher education. The post-Soviet transformation brings new forces…

Decolonising the Future in the Untransformed Present in South African Higher Education

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Fomunyam, Kehdinga George

2017-01-01

South Africa as a nation became democratic in 1994 because of the end of apartheid. Since 1994, higher education has geared towards transformation and redress of the inequalities created by the inhuman policies of apartheid. While few applaudable steps have been taken towards this direction, South African higher education remains largely…

The South African Higher Education System: Performance and Policy

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Cloete, Nico

2014-01-01

Transformation in higher education in South Africa over the last 20 years has been strongly shaped by post-apartheid pressures. Recent research shows that South Africa's current higher education system can be described as medium knowledge-producing and differentiated, with low participation and high attrition. In the decade following 1994, both…

Beginning the Dialogue on the e-Transformation: Behavior Analysis' First Massive Open Online Course (MOOC).

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Rehfeldt, Ruth Anne; Jung, Heidi L; Aguirre, Angelica; Nichols, Jane L; Root, William B

2016-03-01

The e-Transformation in higher education, in which Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are playing a pivotal role, has had an impact on the modality in which behavior analysis is taught. In this paper, we survey the history and implications of online education including MOOCs and describe the implementation and results for the discipline's first MOOC, delivered at Southern Illinois University in spring 2015. Implications for the globalization and free access of higher education are discussed, as well as the parallel between MOOCs and Skinner's teaching machines.

The Virtual University: Creating an Emergent Reality.

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Latta, Gail F.

Higher education has traditionally been defined as a two dimensional affair concerned with content (curriculum) and pedagogy (instructional design). Information technologies are transforming the educational enterprise into a three-dimensional universe through the diversification of instructional delivery systems. The success of higher education in…

European Higher Education and the Process of Change

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Ríos, Cristina

2011-01-01

European higher education has experienced substantial changes as a result of the ongoing implementation of the "Bologna Process." Twenty nine (29) European countries signed the "Bologna Declaration" in 1999 committing themselves to transform, through cooperation, an archaic and separated assortment of higher education…

Institutional Transformation: Service Learning Across the Curriculum at Olivet College.

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Bassis, Michael S.; And Others

1996-01-01

Higher education is challenged to provide greater accountability, cost reduction, and collegial inclusivity. Olivet College has created a model for institutional transformation through a cost-effective service-learning program based on character education. Olivet's redesigned curricular and cocurricular offerings help students discover ways to…

Higher Education, Learning Regions and the Malaysian Transformation Policies

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Azman, Norzaini; Sirat, Morshidi; Ahmad, Abdul Razak

2014-01-01

The process of globalisation has undoubtedly impacted countries, bringing about different challenges for each country, region and locality. Many countries have responded positively to the demands and challenges through a societal transformation process with an emphasis on developing tertiary education, research and innovative capacities. Drawing…

Strategies of Raising the Quality of Higher Education and Attaining Equality of Educational Opportunities

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Petrovskiy, Igor V.; Agapova, Elena N.

2016-01-01

The aim of the research is to develop the policy and strategy recommendations to increase the quality of higher education in Russian Federation. The study examines the significance of equal educational opportunities and the influence of this factor on the educational systems of developing countries. Transformational processes in the domain of…

Organisational Culture and Technology-Enhanced Innovation in Higher Education

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Zhu, Chang

2015-01-01

Higher education institutions are evolving and technology often plays a central role in their transformations. Educational changes benefit from a supportive environment. The study examines the relationship between organisational culture and teachers' perceptions of and responses to technology-enhanced innovation among Chinese universities. A…

Perspectives: Prior Learning Assessment Challenges the Status Quo

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Boilard, Steve D.

2011-01-01

Offering some relief from a raft of reports about declining education attainment and increasing college costs, Anya Kamenetz celebrates Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) for boosting higher education productivity, access, and affordability ("Change," September/October 2011). According to Kamenetz, PLA is transforming higher education by leveraging…

Meeting the Challenges of Higher Education in India through Open Educational Resources: Policies, Practices, and Implications

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Thakran, Archana; Sharma, Ramesh C.

2016-01-01

Over the past two decades, the education sector in India has undergone a substantial transformation. Recent advances in technology have provided access to high quality educational resources and information on the Internet. This article examines the role of open educational resources (OER) in addressing the challenges of higher education in India,…

Continuing Education: Making a Difference. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Continuing Higher Education (68th, Los Angeles, California, October 27-30, 2006)

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Barrineau, Irene T., Ed.

2006-01-01

The 68th Annual Meeting of the Association for Continuing Higher Education was themed "Continuing Education: Making a Difference." The conference sessions explored continuing education's ability to transform lives, communities, and institutions while producing a strong return on investment. Speakers reflected on continuing education's…

California's "Gold Standard" for Higher Education Falls Upon Hard Times

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Keller, Josh

2009-01-01

Few documents in higher education have enjoyed the influence or longevity of the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the 1960 law that transformed the state's public colleges and served as a blueprint for public systems across the country. Even today, almost 50 years after it was written, the master plan retains a mythic status in…

Pedagogy and Student Services for Institutional Transformation: Implementing Universal Design in Higher Education

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Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed.; Goff, Emily, Ed.

2008-01-01

PASS IT seeks to address a compelling need in higher education by developing a corps of trainers to facilitate professional development workshops in the implementation of Universal Design (UD) and Universal Instructional Design (UID) in higher education. UID, an adaptation of the architectural concept of Universal Design, is a relatively new model…

The Corporate Assault on Higher Education and Union Responses

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Lafer, Gordon

2017-01-01

Higher education is under siege by a barrage of policy initiatives that aim to fundamentally transform the academy. The most visible and most sustained assault has come in the form of funding cuts. Nationally, funding for public higher education was 18 percent lower in 2016 than in 2008, amounting to a $10 billion total disinvestment. In many…

Higher Education in Transition: From Corruption to Freedom of Information in Post-Soviet Georgia

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Rostiashvili, Ketevan

2012-01-01

This article examines higher education reforms in the Republic of Georgia, tracing changes before and after the Rose Revolution. The transformation of this higher education system is one of gradual evolution, moving from a centrally controlled and corrupt system into a more transparent and organized system through a series of reforms, including…

Communists, Humboldtians, Neoliberals and Dissidents: Or the Path to a Post-Communist Homo Oeconomicus

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Kascak, Ondrej

2017-01-01

The neoliberalisation of higher education in post-communist central and eastern Europe, the new EU member states, is not seen as being distinct. Implementation of the Bologna Process and Lisbon Strategy means it has become part of the competitive global sphere of higher education. The transformation of post-communist higher education has attracted…

Re-Imagining Higher Education Leadership--In Conversation with South African Female Deputy Vice-Chancellors

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Moodly, Adéle L.; Toni, Noluthando M.

2017-01-01

Part of the decolonisation and transformation of higher education institutions is the re-construction of its leadership. This requires not only a review but also a dissolution of traditions, conventions and organisational forms that universities have inherited, including a re-imagining of leadership in higher education. Equity in representation of…

Inter- and Intra-Regional Dynamics on the Idea of Universities in East Asia: Perspectives from Japan

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Yonezawa, Akiyoshi; Hoshino, Akinari; Shimauchi, Sae

2017-01-01

The authors analyze the profile and dynamism of the Japanese higher education system in comparison with the higher education systems of other East Asian countries, with special reference to East-West hybrid patterns. The authors reflect on the development and transformation of Japanese higher education, especially its interaction with neighboring…

A Systematic Literature Review of Funding for Higher Education Institutions in Developed Countries

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Zhang, Qilong; Ning, Kang; Barnes, Ruth

2016-01-01

Resource allocation and funding in higher education is crucial to the success of reform and transformation of our higher education system. With a view to identifying trends and best practices in the area, utilizing a method of systematic literature review, we have critically reviewed relevant theories and practices from developed counties that are…

Students' Evaluations of Profit and Utility of Higher Education: A Comparative Case Study

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Davidovitch, Nitza; Lobovam Elena; Pryamikova, Elena; Semenova, Tatiana; Pechenkina, Tatiana; Yachmeneva, Maria

2013-01-01

This paper reviews the recent turn toward a capitalist approach to higher education with specific reference to the social, demographic, and legislative changes, including growing academic capitalism, which led to a transformation in Israel's higher education system. In an empirical comparative case study of students from Israel and Russia, this…

Opportunities and Threats of the MOOC Movement for Higher Education: The European Perspective

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Schuwer, Robert; Gil-Jaurena, Inés; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan; Costello, Eamon; Dalsgaard, Christian; Brown, Mark; Jansen, Darco; Teixeira, Antonio

2015-01-01

The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) movement is the latest "big thing" in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) which threatens to transform Higher Education. Both opportunities and threats are extensively discussed in literature, comprising issues on opening up education for the whole world, pedagogy and online versus campus education.…

Mentor Development in Higher Education in Botswana: How Important Is Reflective Practice?

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Geber, H.; Nyanjom, J. A.

2009-01-01

Mentor development in higher education in Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Botswana is explored in this article. Changes in education policy require mentors to engage in individual as well as organisational change and transformation. Most studies focus on mentee development and the resulting organisational change but there is very little…

Reforming a University during Political Transformation: A Case Study of Yangon University in Myanmar

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Esson, James; Wang, Kevin

2018-01-01

Since 2010, Myanmar has been transitioning from an authoritarian military regime towards a parliamentary democracy. Several education policies have been launched as part of this political transformation process, including the reform of Myanmar's flagship higher education institution, Yangon University. This article investigates the reform of…

Facilities & Technology: The Transformation of "Campus." APPA Thought Leaders Series 2015

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APPA: Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers, 2015

2015-01-01

The 2015 Thought Leaders symposium focused on the topic of "Facilities & Technology: The Transformation of 'Campus.'" Educational institutions that master new technologies will have an edge in the increasingly competitive higher education landscape. This report discusses the factors related to integrating technology and the campus…

Educating Transformational Leaders in Mexico at Universidad De Monterrey

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Cantón, Alicia

2016-01-01

Mexico faces numerous social, economic, and political challenges. Higher education institutions provide opportunity for change by educating socially responsible leaders to become civically engaged citizens.

Women in Higher Education in Post WWII Occupied Japan: The Effect of Democratic Reforms.

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Moroishi, Yasumi

This study explores postwar educational reform in Japan from 1945 to 1952 and focuses on issues related to women's higher education. It describes the transformation of the educational system and the effect of the educational reforms of U.S. occupation forces on post-World War II Japan. The basic research design emphasizes narrative historical…

Dialogue Education in the Post-Secondary Classroom: Reflecting on Dialogue Processes from Two Higher Education Settings in North America

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Gunnlaugson, Olen; Moore, Janet

2009-01-01

In this article, educators Olen Gunnlaugson and Janet Moore reflect on their experiences developing and facilitating two dialogue-based courses. They proceed with a brief overview of dialogue education and how they are situating their approaches to dialogue within the field of higher education and in terms of transformative learning. Each then…

Contemporary Research Discourse and Issues on Big Data in Higher Education

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Daniel, Ben

2017-01-01

The increasing availability of digital data in higher education provides an extraordinary resource for researchers to undertake educational research, targeted at understanding challenges facing the sector. Big data can stimulate new ways to transform processes relating to learning and teaching, and helps identify useful data, sources of evidence…

Negotiating Queer and Religious Identities in Higher Education: Queering "Progression" in the "University Experience"

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Falconer, Emily; Taylor, Yvette

2017-01-01

This article addresses the negotiation of "queer religious" student identities in UK higher education. The "university experience" has generally been characterised as a period of intense transformation and self-exploration, with complex and overlapping personal and social influences significantly shaping educational spaces,…

Examining the Discourses of Cross-Cultural Communication in Transnational Higher Education: From Imposition to Transformation

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Djerasimovic, Sanja

2014-01-01

The expansion of transnational higher education programmes over the last decade has foregrounded the themes of internationalisation, cross-cultural learning and cooperation in international research, whilst also raising questions about the appropriateness of educational programmes originally tailored for very different contexts, about the nature…

How to Assess Transformative Performance towards Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions

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Mader, Clemens

2012-01-01

This article highlights the role of sustainability appraisal for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Traditional HEI appraisal systems lack a way to assess the integration of sustainability principles reflecting societal needs with the consequences of research, education and management of HEIs. Two appraisal systems are discussed. The Austrian…

The Right to Higher Education: Beyond Widening Participation. Foundations and Futures of Education

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Burke, Penny

2012-01-01

The landscape of higher education has undergone change and transformation in recent years, partly as a result of diversification and massification. However, persistent patterns of under-representation continue to perplex policy-makers and practitioners, raising questions about current strategies, policies and approaches to widening participation.…

International Experience: An Opportunity for Professional Development in Higher Education

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Hamza, Aswan

2010-01-01

This qualitative study examines the role of international experience in the transformative learning of female educators as it relates to professional development in a higher education context. It also investigates how the learning productions of these experiences were transferred to the participants' home country. Nine American female faculty and…

Art Schools for Tomorrow: Challenges and Opportunities

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Higher Education Management and Policy, 2005

2005-01-01

Across the OECD, discussions are taking place amongst policymakers, educational managers and educationalists about the future of higher education. More and more is being demanded of higher education at a time when the funds available are shrinking and the costs are rising. Internationalisation and globalisation have transformed the once benign…

Evolutionary Andragogy within Learning Community for Embodied Transformation in Higher Education: A Case Study of the Next Wave of Leadership Training

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Brabant, Michael Ian

2015-01-01

As the world is experiencing unprecedented changes and challenges, it is essential to develop educational approaches that enable current and future leaders to be effective in meeting them. To do so, education must foster transformation of the learner to achieve an inclusive, dynamic, and flexible approach to life. This dissertation involved a case…

The Challenge of Bologna: What United States Higher Education Has to Learn from Europe, and Why It Matters That We Learn It

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Gaston, Paul L.

2010-01-01

In 1999, a declaration formalizing "the European process" was signed at and informally named for Europe's oldest university: Bologna. "The Bologna Process" has transformed higher education in Europe. This book is essential reading for anyone concerned about the ability of America's higher education system to position the…

Speaking of Internationalisation: An Analysis Policy of Discourses on Internationalisation of Higher Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa

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McLellan, Carlton E.

2008-01-01

This article explores the policy implications of internationalisation of higher education in post-apartheid South Africa. It uses several of the country's policy documents and analyses what they infer about the process of internationalisation and its role in the transformation of South African higher education and society. The particular policy…

Competition, Autonomy and New Thinking: Transformation of Higher Education in Federal Germany

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Mayer, Peter; Ziegele, Frank

2009-01-01

Germany has recently gone through a fundamental process of reform of its higher education system. The last 15 years have been characterised by significant changes in virtually all aspects of the system. The impacts of the Bologna Process have been far reaching. The reform of the governance and funding systems in higher education has also been…

Having, Being and Higher Education: The Marketisation of the University and the Transformation of the Student into Consumer

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Molesworth, Mike; Nixon, Elizabeth; Scullion, Richard

2009-01-01

In this paper we express concerns that the marketisation of British higher education that has accompanied its expansion has resulted in some sections becoming pedagogically limited. We draw from Fromm's humanist philosophy based on "having" to argue that the current higher education (HE) market discourse promotes a mode of existence,…

NetGENgagement: How the Net Generation College Student Uses Social Media in Academic and Social College Experiences

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Sesterhenn, Shannon Marie

2012-01-01

The landscape of higher education is constantly evolving. Similar to a wave that washes ashore and transforms the shoreline, the same is occurring with higher education and its "shoreline". With the influx of technology and social media on college and university campuses, higher education institutions have had to grapple with whether or…

The Role of Higher Education in Promoting Lifelong Learning. UIL Publication Series on Lifelong Learning Policies and Strategies: No. 3

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Yang, Jin, Ed.; Schneller, Chripa, Ed.; Roche, Stephen, Ed.

2015-01-01

There is no doubt that universities have a vital role to play in promoting lifelong learning. This publication presents possible ways of expanding and transforming higher education to facilitate lifelong learning in different socio-economic contexts. Nine articles address the various dimensions of the role of higher education in promoting lifelong…

Educating for Community Change: Higher Education's Proposed Role in Community Transformation through the Federal Promise Neighborhood Policy

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Hudson, Elizabeth

2013-01-01

This study investigated a federal comprehensive community initiative, the Promise Neighborhood initiative, in order to understand higher education community engagement in an embedded context. Promise Neighborhood programs aim to create a place-based system of family and education services that can support youth from early childhood through college…

New England Board of Higher Education: Policy Issues and Initiatives for the Community College Sector

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Harney, John O.; Chan, Monnica

2015-01-01

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) promotes greater educational opportunities and services for the residents of New England through a variety of programs and state services. Much has changed since NEBHE's founding: New technologies have transformed our workplaces, schools, and homes--and postsecondary education has become a required…

Social Media in Tertiary Education--Vhembe Further Education Training College Case Study

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Mungofa, Manzira Francis; Peter, Tsvara

2015-01-01

Social media technologies are being widely used by students in institutions of higher education and these are transforming their way of learning, social conduct, communication and networking. The intent of this research was conducted to determine value of social media technologies to students in higher education but with a focus that was directed…

The Transformative Power of Taking an Inquiry Stance on Practice: Practitioner Research as Narrative and Counter-Narrative

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Ravitch, Sharon M.

2014-01-01

Within the ever-developing, intersecting, and overlapping contexts of globalization, top-down policy, mandates, and standardization of public and higher education, many conceptualize and position practitioner research as a powerful stance and a tool of social, communal, and educational transformation, a set of methodological processes that…

Top Strategic Issues Facing HBCUs, Now and into the Future

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Hodge-Clark, Kristen; Daniels, Brandon D.

2014-01-01

Created in a time of segregation and discrimination to educate students of color, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have played a pivotal role in transforming the landscape of higher education in the United States. Today, in an era of rapid transformation, HBCUs face historic challenges as well as new obstacles. Questions about…

Body, Mind, Spirit: Twelve Juicy Stories of Transformation from Yoga Practice in Higher Education

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Dolan, Maureen A.

2012-01-01

The subject of this inquiry is to explore university students' stories of transformation from the practice of integral yoga in an undergraduate course exploring human biology, health, and spirituality. The stories of participants give evidence for successful educational performance when yoga and meditation are combined with academic learning in…

Higher Education's Responsiveness in Mexico and the United States to a New Economy and the Impacts of NAFTA. "Understanding the Differences": A Working Paper Series on Higher Education in the U.S. and Mexico. Working Paper Number 4.

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Santillanez, Elizabeth J.

This working paper discusses the critical role that higher education in the United States and Mexico must play since the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The paper gives an overview of recent transformations in areas of economic development and business needs which require that higher education better prepare…

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Towards Quality Higher Education in the Arab World: Challenges of the Present and Aspirations of the Future

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Awwad, Mohammad Amin

2013-01-01

This paper aims at providing an objective evaluation and transformation of Higher Education in the Arab World with a focus on its contribution to knowledge and human development. It argues that despite the great expansion in the number of higher education institutions and the great increase in the number of students enrolled in them, the needs and…

Bachelor of What, Master of Whom? The Humboldt Myth and Historical Transformations of Higher Education in German-Speaking Europe and the US

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Ash, Mitchell G.

2006-01-01

Public debate on higher education reform today is dominated by competing views about what higher education institutions, particularly universities, are or should become. To a surprising extent, these views are based upon highly simplified characterisations of university history. The claims in question have been repeated so often that they have…

Liberalizing the Academy: The Transformation of Higher Education in the United States and Germany. Research & Occasional Paper Series: CSHE.1.15

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Schulze-Cleven, Tobias

2015-01-01

Over the past two decades, public higher education has become widely recognized for its contribution to socio-economic adjustment. This paper probes its evolution in two large and affluent democracies, the United States and Germany, whose higher education systems represent distinct ideal types. The analysis argues that public authorities in both…

(R)evolution in American Higher Education. David Dodds Henry Lecture (14th, Chicago, Illinois, December 4, 1992).

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Langenberg, Donald N.

In this lecture, one of a series given annually at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), the chancellor of the University of Maryland System said that a revolution is underway in American higher education. This revolution is tied to major transformations in society at large to which higher education must respond. The most pressing symptom…

The Dynamic Flux of Continuing Higher Education: Redefining the New Roles, Responsibilities, and Expectations

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Braverman, Lisa R.

2013-01-01

Continuing higher education has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, illustrated by such innovations as MOOCs, globalization, strategic collaborations with government and industry, and increased entrepreneurship. As a result, continuing education (CE) units have experienced a fundamental shift in the way they conduct business in…

The Integration of Spirituality and Transformational Leadership in Higher Education

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Patton, Cheryl; Webster, Natasha; Moore-Dent, JoAnne

2017-01-01

As concerns about the skyrocketing costs of a college degree have converged with the increasing availability of open educational resources (OER), higher education administrators are asking faculty and curriculum designers to use OERs to design courses and programs. This case study explores the decision making process and outcomes of an online,…

The Impact of Marketing Strategies and Satisfaction on Student Loyalty: A Structural Equation Model Approach

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Chen, Yu-Chuan

2016-01-01

The dynamic changes in higher education observed over the last 20 years have transformed the educational market. The potential value of promoting student satisfaction and loyalty in higher education has become a significant issue. This study investigates the directions and strengths of the relationships among marketing strategies, student…

Credits, Curriculum, and Control in Higher Education: Cross-National Perspectives.

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Mason, Terrence C.; Arnove, Robert F.; Sutton, Margaret

2001-01-01

Examines higher education in Indonesia, Nicaragua, and Vietnam to illustrate how use of a credit system is linked to policies and institutions associated with capitalist, market-based economies, and how the credit system, embedded within a network of other educational practices, has transformed the university into an institution focused more on…

Access, Equity, and Capacity in Asia-Pacific Higher Education. International and Development Education

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Neubauer, Deane, Ed.; Tanaka, Yoshiro, Ed.

2011-01-01

Access, equity and capacity are elements within the higher education environment that interact in complex ways to affect virtually all other aspects of such institutions. This volume examines various features of how these concepts are generated, transformed throughout policy environments, and deployed across the complex differences of higher…

Evaluation of Online Graduate Epidemiology Instruction and Student Outcomes

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Knapke, Jacqueline; Haynes, Erin; Breen, Julie; Kuhnell, Pierce; Smith, Laura; Meinzen-Derr, Jareen

2016-01-01

In the last two decades, online learning has transformed the field of higher education. Also during this time, institutions of higher education have seen increases in their adult learner populations. The flexibility and accessibility of an online education model is often particularly appealing to adult learners, who bring unique needs,…

Closing the Achievement Gap Means Transformation

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Colgren, Chris; Sappington, Neil E.

2015-01-01

Educating students in public schools has never been at a higher priority. As this nation enters the informational-based economy public schools are going to be required to educate far more students at a higher and more rigorous level. Inspired by theories of educational equity, this study sought to explore the problem that not all students in…

The Rising of Phoenix, and What It Means for Higher Education

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Cronin, Joseph M.; Bachorz, Patricia M.

2005-01-01

Academic leaders are not sure how to deal with for-profit universities, especially those that offer degrees online. One perspective is that they may disappear, victims of criticism, fraud, and abuse. However, thoughtful analysts believe that an Internet revolution is transforming higher education worldwide. If that is true, educators had better…

Transcending Apartheid in Higher Education: Transforming an Institutional Culture

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Suransky, Caroline; van der Merwe, J. C.

2016-01-01

Twenty years after Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa, deeply entrenched inequalities and injustices are still at the core of the country's social fabric. South Africa's public and private sectors continue to battle with the situation and higher education institutions are no exception. The South African Ministry of Education has…

We All Learned a Little: Or, For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Uvarov, E. A.

2015-01-01

The article analyzes the problem of education's transformation into a business, one that fundamentally changes the mission of higher educational institutions. It focuses attention on the fact that the instability of the activity and the uncertainty of the prospect of development of higher education in this country are reducing the quality of…

Russian Higher Education and European Standards of Quality Assurance

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Motova, Galina; Pykko, Ritta

2012-01-01

This article considers the relevance and implementation of European approaches to quality assurance in the context of the Russian educational system. It covers the issues of transformation of the higher education system during the post-Soviet period, specific features of the state accreditation system, the impact of the European Standards and…

The Global State of Higher Education and the Rise of Private Finance. Issue Brief

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Hahn, Ryan

2007-01-01

In the past two decades, higher education around the globe has undergone a remarkable transformation. Technological innovation coupled with globalization has drastically altered the structure and finance of educational systems of all countries seeking to benefit from the global economy. In the countries of the Organisation for Economic…

Professionalisation as a Modern Global Tendency in the Development of Higher Pedagogical Education in Foreign Countries and Ukraine

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Desiatov, Tymofiy

2014-01-01

The paper deals with the professionalisation of higher pedagogical education as a modern global tendency that places new demands on the quality of education, direction and level of training. It has been noted that the modernization of European education appeared legitimate, since geographical and socio-economic transformations have led to the…

Effective and Ineffective Uses of Emerging Technologies: Towards a Transformative Pedagogical Model

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Ng'ambi, Dick

2013-01-01

Although there is an increasing use of emerging technologies (ETs) in higher education internationally and in South Africa in particular, there is little evidence that their use is transforming teaching and learning practice. Anecdotal evidence shows that there is a dichotomy between the technologies supported and used in higher education…

Higher Education for Our Time

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Burnett, Dana D.; Collins, Natalia D.

2010-01-01

Public higher education is currently experiencing a decline in financial support from state governments, an acceleration of enrollment growth, and a shift from a transformational to a transactional student relationship. Private institutions are also struggling with increasing operational costs, and decreases in revenue from endowments and…

Collaborative Autoethnography as a Pathway for Transformative Learning

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Blalock, A. Emiko; Akehi, Meg

2018-01-01

Through the exercise of collaborative autoethnography, we propose intentional and purposeful dialogue can act as a pathway for transformative learning. We seek to first deepen our understandings of transformative learning, particularly for underserved students in higher education and second to advance autoethnographic methods, a method that…

Working toward Transformational Leadership in Higher Education.

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Allen, Kathleen E.

1996-01-01

Argues that, before colleges and universities can develop leaders, they must develop a coherent vision of what leadership is. Uses a historian's concept of transformational leadership to explore the various dimensions of leadership, such as its moral dimension. Outlines reasons for instituting and transforming leadership development programs. (RJM)

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Faculty Transformation in Curriculum Transformation: The Role of Faculty Development in Campus Internationalization

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Niehaus, Elizabeth; Williams, Letitia

2016-01-01

Curriculum transformation is often cited as one of the key strategies for internationalizing higher education in the United States, and faculty members play a central role in this process. The purpose of the study we report here was to explore the potential for professional development initiatives to foster the transformation in perspectives…

Higher Education Transformations for Global Competitiveness: Policy Responses, Social Consequences and Impact on the Academic Profession in Asia

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Mok, Ka Ho

2015-01-01

Since the mid-1990s, the pressure of globalization and the pressing demands of a knowledge economy led to a series of educational reforms. The focus of these was the promotion of quality education and massification of higher education. After the Asian financial crisis in 1997, the governments in different parts of Asia have implemented…

Doing Feminist Difference Differently: Intersectional Pedagogical Practices in the Context of the Neoliberal Diversity Regime

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Smele, Sandra; Siew-Sarju, Rehanna; Chou, Elena; Breton, Patricia; Bernhardt, Nicole

2017-01-01

At present there is a small, albeit growing, body of literature on pedagogical strategies and reflections which addresses the ways educators attempt to challenge the effects of neoliberalism on higher education. In this article, we reflect upon our pedagogical practices in higher education in this moment of neoliberal transformation wherein, as…

The Case of Educational Peacebuilding inside the United Nations Universities: A Review and Critique

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Kester, Kevin

2017-01-01

This article examines higher education for peace inside the United Nations (UN). It offers an overview and synthesis of core concepts, organizing frameworks and theoretical premises in the field of peace and conflict studies (PACS) higher education and in the UN universities in particular, as the field aspires toward transformative learning and…

Expansion of Higher Education and Consequences for Social Inequality (The Case of Russia)

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Konstantinovskiy, David L.

2017-01-01

The expansion of higher education leads to a number of consequences. The case of Russia has both specific features and features common to processes taking place in other countries. This paper offers a retrospective description of educational system manipulation and changes that have occurred due to general transformations in Russia. The new labor…

Transforming the World in Which We Live: Laureate's Transnational Civic Learning Project

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Plater, William M.

2017-01-01

Higher education serves as an agent of social change that plays a significant role in the development of socially conscious and engaged students. The duty higher education has toward society, the role for-profit educational institutions play in enhancing the public good, and the prospect of making social change an element of these providers'…

The New Higher Education Paradigm and the Changing Roles of Employers, Students, and Faculty in Geoscienses and Other Disciplines

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Schejbal, D.

2013-12-01

There is a new paradigm emerging in higher education. Like all paradigm shifts, however, during the evolutionary process, it is nearly impossible to tell what the final results will be. Nevertheless, we have indications of the directions of change, and they will be significant and transformative for many academic programs, colleges, and universities. In this session, we will explore some of the most notable changes that are impacting higher education, including the industrialization and commodification of education; the focus on accountability and its implications for teaching; the impact of external pressures from legislators, employers, students and parents; and the social, national, and global contexts that are forcing transformation. Geosciences, like many other disciplines is impacted by these changes and must find new ways to navigate and adapt in order to survive and thrive in the emerging paradigm.

Meeting the Challenge of Free Education: How to Make Money When the Competition Is Giving It Away

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Matkin, Gary W.

2011-01-01

In the very near future, the huge and rapidly growing store of free, online learning opportunities will completely transform higher continuing education. The beginnings of this transformation are already evident and the factors compelling this change are so powerful that free learning is no longer a "trend." Rather, free learning is an imperative…

Presidential Leadership: Making a Difference. American Council on Education/Oryx Press Series on Higher Education.

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Fisher, James L.; Koch, James V.

This work focuses on the transformational theory of leadership, which advocates appointment of a strong charismatic president to lead and transform the university through the power of his or her own vision for the future. The authors argue that this type of leadership is far more effective than the transactionalist leadership style, which…

Contemplative Administration: Transforming the Workplace Culture of Higher Education

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Beer, Laura E.

2010-01-01

A contemplative approach to higher education is receiving increased attention and application in the classroom. Applying contemplative practices to administration, however, has received little attention in the literature. This case study offers a unique look at Naropa University and its implementation of contemplative administration. Findings…

Institutionalizing Diversity: Transforming Higher Education

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McRae-Yates, Velda

2009-01-01

This case study examines plausible efforts to institutionalize diversity in a higher education setting so it becomes part of the strategic mission, and permeates the interactions, discussions, and operations. Review of literature, surveys, and in-depth interviews are conducted at a Massachusetts institution to gather information from faculty,…

Individuals in Action: Bringing about Innovation in Higher Education

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Hasanefendic, Sandra; Birkholz, Julie M.; Horta, Hugo; van der Sijde, Peter

2017-01-01

This article addresses academics who innovate in higher education and their characteristics. We undertake a qualitative case study of six individuals who implemented disruptive and transformative pedagogical approaches and curricular practices in their departments and/or at their institutions. Our findings point to six common…

This Old House: Revitalizing Higher Education's Architecture.

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Flynn, William J.

2000-01-01

Asserts that in order to transform colleges into learning organizations, the infrastructure of higher education must be analyzed. States that basic relationships must be redesigned--the pedagogical interaction between teacher and student, the tension between faculty and administration, the caste system relationship that has existed between faculty…

Strategic Enrollment Management: Transforming Higher Education

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Bontrager, Bob; Ingersoll, Doris; Ingersoll, Ronald

2012-01-01

As external forces demand change in the delivery of postsecondary education and institutions seek to take advantage of new opportunities, the potential for achieving higher levels of student and institutional success is vast. New technologies, communication tools, data use, and organizational constructs present key factors in improving the…

Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Education in Poland. OECD Skills Studies

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OECD Publishing, 2017

2017-01-01

This report presents evidence-based analysis on Poland's higher education transformation process towards an innovative, interconnected and multidisciplinary entrepreneurial system, designed to empower its students and staff to demonstrate enterprise, innovation and creativity in teaching, research and societal engagement. Using the OECD-European…

Supporting Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Higher Education in Ireland. OECD Skills Studies

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OECD Publishing, 2017

2017-01-01

This report presents evidence-based analysis on Ireland's higher education transformation process towards an innovative, interconnected and multidisciplinary entrepreneurial system, designed to empower its students and staff to demonstrate enterprise, innovation and creativity in teaching, research and societal engagement. Using the OECD-European…

Today's Higher Education IT Workforce

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Bichsel, Jacqueline

2014-01-01

The professionals making up the current higher education IT workforce have been asked to adjust to a culture of increased IT consumerization, more sourcing options, broader interest in IT's transformative potential, and decreased resources. Disruptions that include the bring-your-own-everything era, cloud computing, new management practices,…

Doing Academic Planning: Effective Tools for Decision Making.

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Nedwek, Brian P., Ed.

This sourcebook was designed to provide academic planners with the tools to perform core functions and activities that facilitate the transformation of higher education institutions from provider-centered cultures and organizations to learner-centered franchises. The readings examine partnerships and alliances needed for higher education to…

Learning as Transformation: Critical Perspectives on a Theory in Progress. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.

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Mezirow, Jack, Ed.

Stemming from a 1998 Columbia University conference on transformative learning, this 3-part book contains 12 articles that examine the concept of how adults learn to change ("transform") their frames of reference. The following are included in Part One: Developing Concepts of Transformative Learning: "Learning To Think Like an Adult: Core Concepts…

Spellings Tries to Transform Panel's Ideas into Action

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Field, Kelly

2007-01-01

Nearly 300 leaders from the worlds of business, higher education, and philanthropy convened in Washington last week to discuss how to carry out the recommendations of the U.S. Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education. By the end of the day, they had produced a list of 25 "action items" but no plan for how to put them…

Telling the Truth. A Report on the State of the Humanities in Higher Education.

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Cheney, Lynne V.

This report examines the problem of the pervasiveness of politics in today's higher education, particularly in the humanities, and argues the need for college and university campuses to return to seeking the truth and telling it rather than straying into the position that the aim of education is for students to become politically transformed. Too…

From Localization to Internationalization of Higher Education: Globalization and Transformation of University Education in Uganda

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Sekiwu, Denis

2010-01-01

The thrust for globalisation of society has taken centre stage. This means that people around the world are required to develop high level but low cost technologies and innovative competencies in order to enhance social development. In the field of higher education, university managers need to join the technological revolution by adopting low cost…

Universal Higher Education and Positional Advantage: Soviet Legacies and Neoliberal Transformations in Russia

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Smolentseva, Anna

2017-01-01

The great expansion of participation in higher education in Russia in the post-Soviet period was the layered and contradictory result of both conditions established in the Soviet period, and the structuring of reforms after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992. The Soviet government was strongly committed to the expansion of education across…

Quality Practices: An Open Distance Learning Perspective

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Ramdass, Kemlall; Nemavhola, Fulufhelo

2018-01-01

Global transformation in higher education over the past two decades has led to the implementation of national policies in order to measure the performance of institutions in South Africa. The Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC) adopted the quality assurance (QA) model for the purposes of accountability and governance in South African Higher…

Study Quality in Higher Education Institution: Philosophy and Praxeology of Management

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Juodaityte, Audrone

2004-01-01

This article defines total quality philosophy, its transformations and significance for study quality in higher education institution. It reveals the concepts, principles and problems of study quality management and provides overview of implementation of study quality management at today's European universities. The experience of two European…

Ten Reasons Service Science Matters to Universities

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Spohrer, Jim; Fodell, Dianne; Murphy, Wendy

2012-01-01

Higher education is being reshaped little by little every day. Slowly but surely, from the smallest community colleges to the teaching institutions to the most prestigious research universities, a new set of key performance indicators (KPIs) is transforming what excellence means in higher education. For developed and emerging market nations…

Worlds of Higher Education Transformed: Toward Varieties of Academic Capitalism

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Schulze-Cleven, Tobias; Olson, Jennifer R.

2017-01-01

This article explores the changing character and consequences of state authorities' evolving relationships with universities in the United States, Germany, and Norway--typical cases for different national worlds of higher education. It argues that across the three OECD countries, welfare states have strengthened market principles in university…

Race and Assessment Practice in South Africa: Understanding Black Academic Experience

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Jawitz, Jeff

2012-01-01

Despite efforts to transform the racialised system of higher education in South Africa inherited from apartheid, there has been little research published that interrogates the relationship between race and the experience of academic staff within the South African higher education environment. Drawing on critical discourse analysis and critical…

A Tectonic Shift in Global Higher Education

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Daniel, John; Kanwar, Asha; Uvalic-Trumbic, Stamenka

2006-01-01

Europeans lament that their universities are lagging behind those in the United States, while Americans worry that their academic leadership is threatened by complacency. Both groups, however, are missing the tectonic shift that will transform the map of higher education worldwide--the growth of universities in the developing world. Spreading…

(Re)Thinking (Trans)Formation in South African (Higher) Education

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Le Grange, Lesley

2011-01-01

In this article I outline two broad sets of changes characterising the South African higher education landscape. The first relates to, among other things, structural changes (such as mergers and incorporations), the reorganisation of teaching programmes (influenced by the mode 2 knowledge), and the introduction of performativity regimes, most…

STARS: A Year in Review

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Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2011

2011-01-01

The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System[TM] (STARS) is a program of AASHE, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. AASHE is a member-driven organization with a mission to empower higher education to lead the sustainability transformation. STARS was developed by AASHE with input and insight from…

Exploring the Transformative Potential of Bluetooth Beacons in Higher Education

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McDonald, Kieran; Glover, Ian

2016-01-01

The growing ubiquity of smartphones and tablet devices integrated into personal, social and professional life, facilitated by expansive communication networks globally, has the potential to disrupt higher education. Academics and students are considering the future possibilities of exploiting these tools and utilising networks to consolidate and…

New Opportunities and Old Challenges: Romanian Denominational Higher Education in the Bologna Process

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Szolar, Eva

2010-01-01

The Europeanization process has created new opportunities for Romanian Christian higher education institutions, but these are coupled with new waves of secularization. The secularization and the transformation of institutional identity are the result of inner institutional decisions only apparently, since these decisions were undertaken in order…

Evaluation in Higher Education

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Bognar, Branko; Bungic, Maja

2014-01-01

One of the means of transforming classroom experience is by conducting action research with students. This paper reports about the action research with university students. It has been carried out within a semester of the course "Methods of Upbringing". Its goal has been to improve evaluation of higher education teaching. Different forms…

Strategies of Higher Education Institutions Development in Great Britain

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Komochkova, Olga

2015-01-01

The current stage of higher education sector transformation in Ukraine has been indicated. The study of foreign experience, namely of Great Britain, and the use of positive aspects of such experience have been justified. Information sources of Universities UK (Universities UK Strategic Plan 2013-2018; Efficiency and Effectiveness in Higher…

Industrialized Higher Education and Its Sustainable Alternatives

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Ostenson, Joseph A.; Clegg, Joshua W.; Wiggins, Bradford J.

2017-01-01

We argue that academic life is increasingly giving way to forces of industrialization and that many of the problems confronting higher education arise within this transformation. We discuss how a culture of standardization has led to academic monocultures; how faculty autonomy has been subverted by topdown management structures; how locally based…

Curriculum Review Evaluation on Entrepreneurial Education in Cross River State Higher Institutions

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Ambekeh, Udida Lucy

2013-01-01

This study investigated curriculum organization and delivery towards functional entrepreneurial education transformation of students in Higher Institutions in Cross River State -- Nigeria. To guide the conduct of this study, two research questions and one hypothesis were formulated. Proportionate stratified sampling technique was used in the…

From Crisis to Crisis. American College Government 1636-1819.

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Herbst, Jurgen

The history of the institutional, governmental, and legal development of American higher education before 1820 is examined. This study portrays the early history of American higher education as the transformation of European institutions by American conditions, views the old as coexisting but also competing with the new, perceives institutional…

Mordecai Johnson: An Early Pillar of Black Higher Education.

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McKinney, Richard I.

2000-01-01

Discusses Mordecai Johnson, who became Howard University's first African American president and transformed Howard into the leading center for black higher education, where students could acquire knowledge, skills, and inspiration to prepare them to make a difference in the world. During his tenure, faculty and student numbers tripled. His major…

Managing Technology in Higher Education: Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning

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Bates, A. W.; Sangra, Albert

2011-01-01

Universities continue to struggle in their efforts to fully integrate information and communications technology within their activities. Based on examination of current practices in technology integration at 25 universities worldwide, this book argues for a radical approach to the management of technology in higher education. It offers…

Perspective Transformation and International Service-Learning: An Insider's Look through Stephanie's Story

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Webster, Nicole; Arends, Jessica H.

2012-01-01

Institutions of higher education have continuously struggled to find ways to keep young adults engaged. In order to do so, they have introduced a number of techniques and programs into the curriculum, but these programs do not necessarily translate to transformational learning for students. This article discusses the transformation of an…

Evaluating the Effect of Transformational Leadership on Knowledge Sharing Using Structural Equation Modelling: The Case of Iraqi Higher Education

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Al-husseini, Sawasn; Elbeltagi, Ibrahim

2018-01-01

Leadership style has been suggested as an important factor affecting knowledge management in organizations. Transformational leadership has been acknowledged as having a positive general influence on knowledge management. However, there is a lack of empirical studies examining the relationship between transformational leadership and knowledge…

Transformations Encouraged by Story Telling: Middle Eastern Adult Learners' Experiences Abroad

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Nguyen, Shelbee R.

2014-01-01

Professionals in the field of adult and higher education recognize the path into any learning community is riddled with complexities of life exigencies. This author states that he found "light at the end of the tunnel" in an experiential, transformative study abroad course in Spanish language and culture. Transformative learning abroad…

Women's Ways of Coping with Continuing Education.

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Clouder, Lynn

1997-01-01

Women may attempt to cope with conflicting school and family roles by trying to work harder, altering personal expectations or behavior, or altering externally imposed expectations. When possible, continuing educators can help by transforming the inflexibilities of higher education. (SK)

Organizing the University-Industry Relationship: A Case Study of Research Policy and Curriculum Restructuring at the North-West University in South Africa

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Boersma, F. K.; Reinecke, C. J.; Gibbons, M.

2008-01-01

A major requirement for transformation contained in the new education policy in South Africa is that the graduate outputs of the higher education system should match the needs of a modernizing economy. This paper addresses the organizational aspect of university-industry relationships that is an element of the transformation. In empirical terms,…

Who We Are: (In)visible African American Women Setting Traditions of Excellence and Paving Paths for Transformation

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O'Bryant, Camille

2015-01-01

The purpose of this lecture is to provide the voice and visibility of African American women who have upheld the tradition of excellence set by Amy Morris Homans in the development of physical education in higher education for women and set pathways to transition our field to be more inclusive and diverse and have served as transformative leaders…

US Army Cultural Obstacles to Transformational Leadership

DTIC Science & Technology

2007-03-30

Transformational leaders pay special attention to each individual follower’s needs for achievement and growth by acting as coach or mentor. Followers and...mistakes, and errors…and takes corrective action as necessary. In the less desirable passive MBE style, the leader waits passively for deviances ...institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The views expressed in

Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education Act

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2010-03-25

House - 04/30/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness. (All Actions) Tracker: This bill has the status IntroducedHere are the steps for Status of Legislation:

Connecting Critical Theory of Technology to Educational Studies

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Kruger-Ross, Matthew James

2013-01-01

In this article, I explore how transformative learning theory, an approach to educating drawn from adult education, can be used to provide access to the critical theory of technology for educators. Rather than focusing primarily on K-12 teachers and educational systems or higher education and other postsecondary instruction, I connect learning as…

Time Is Money...and the Enemy of College Completion: Transform American Higher Education to Boost Completion and Reduce Costs. Testimony before the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training

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Jones, Stan

2012-01-01

This paper presents Stan Jones' testimony before the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. In his testimony, he talks about a new American majority of students that is emerging on campuses, especially at community colleges. These students must delicately balance long hours at jobs they must…

Higher Education in Hong Kong: A Case Study of Universities Navigating through the Asian Economic Crisis

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Stevenson, Phoebe Hsu

2010-01-01

Since the establishment of the University of Hong Kong in 1911, higher education in Hong Kong has been transformed from an elitist system to one that supports the Hong Kong government's vision of a highly educated workforce and widely accessible lifelong learning. Between the late 1970s and 1994 the system expanded from admitting 2% of college-age…

Exploring the Transformational Learning Experiences of Bahamian Students Studying in the United States

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Hunter-Johnson, Yvonne; Newton, Norissa

2016-01-01

Within recent years, there has been a trend of students (traditional and nontraditional) travelling abroad, more particularly to the United States, with the view of pursuing higher education at both the graduate and undergraduate level. Among the most popular influential factors to obtain higher education internationally are government and private…

Strategic Directions for Careers Services in Higher Education. NICEC Project Report.

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Watts, A. G.

Higher education career services are more strongly developed in the United Kingdom than in other European countries. Increasing numbers of students and pressures on university budgets and recent major transformations in the structures of work and career (including reduced recruitment into graduate training programs in large companies and erosion…

Reflective Practice for Psychology Students: The Use of Reflective Journal Feedback in Higher Education

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Bruno, Andreina; Dell'Aversana, Giuseppina

2017-01-01

Reflective journals have emerged as an effective means of monitoring and developing reflective practice in higher education, as part of a wider metacognitive strategy to transform traditional learning approaches. In addition, assessment procedures of reflective journals appear to be an important factor in enhancing commitment to learning and…

Women, Higher Education and Family Capital: "I Could Not Have Done It without My Family!"

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Webber, Louise Anne

2017-01-01

Previous research suggests that through engagement with higher education (HE), mature female students experience identity change and transformation which could lead to conflict and strain on family relationships. This paper analyses the links between family support and students' feelings of success. The findings are based on qualitative research…

Reimagining Internationalization in Higher Education: International Consortia as a Transformative Space?

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Tadaki, Marc; Tremewan, Christopher

2013-01-01

From ongoing practices and rhetorics of globalization have emerged a new set of actors, logics and relations between and beyond institutions of higher education and research. As universities across the world continue to grapple with fundamental changes in resource structures and institutional missions, the "rolling back" of state support…

Digital Storytelling and Diasporic Identities in Higher Education

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Benick, Gail

2012-01-01

The increase in global migration to Canada has changed the demographic profile of students in Canadian higher education. Colleges and universities are becoming increasingly diverse by race, ethnicity, and culture. At the same time, the process of teaching and learning is on the cusp of transformation with technology providing the tools to alter…

China's Strategy for the Internationalization of Higher Education: An Overview

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Yang, Rui

2014-01-01

Over the past decades, the internationalization of higher education in China has had considerable achievements, and has contributed to the current transformation of the Chinese system into one of the largest and arguably most promising ones in the world. Setting the Chinese experience in an international context, this article assesses the latest…

The Transformation of Online Teaching Practice: Tracing Successful Online Teaching in Higher Education

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Baran, Evrim

2011-01-01

This dissertation was an in-depth investigation of successful online teaching in the context of higher education. It is presented in nontraditional dissertation format as approved by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Iowa State University. This dissertation includes three publishable journal articles that would represent Chapter 2, 3…

Tennessee Higher Education Fact Book: 2013-2014

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Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2014

2014-01-01

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional level. At the center of these reforms is the need for more Tennesseans to be better…

Tennessee Higher Education Fact Book: 2012-2013

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Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2013

2013-01-01

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional level. At the center of these reforms is the need for more Tennesseans to be better…

Special Issue: The Global Growth of Private Higher Education

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Kinser, Kevin; Levy, Daniel C.; Casillas, Juan Carlos Silas; Bernasconi, Andres; Slantcheva-Durst, Snejana; Otieno, Wycliffe; Lane, Jason E.; Praphamontripong, Prachayani; Zumeta, William; LaSota, Robin

2010-01-01

This volume begins its global tour with the case of Mexico. The Mexican case is significant because of its original importance in defining the primary types of private higher education. It shows trends that reflect rapid transformations in the country and tensions in developing countries at the intersection of resource constraints, relatively weak…

Shaping a Gender Equality Policy in Higher Education: Which Human Capabilities Matter?

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Loots, Sonja; Walker, Melanie

2015-01-01

South African institutions still confront gendered inequalities, irrespective of transformative national policies, compounded by the absence of a national gender equality policy for higher education. We therefore explore the potential of the capabilities approach (CA) to inform policy formation and argue for the development of a policy for higher…

Corporatisation, Competitiveness, Commercialisation: New Logics in the Globalising of UK Higher Education

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Robertson, Susan L.

2010-01-01

This paper examines the changing form and scope of higher education in the UK with a specific focus on contemporary "globalising" developments within the sector and beyond. Situated within an analysis of transformations under way in the wider global and regional economy, and drawing on Jessop's strategic relational approach (SRA), I…

The Model of Transformational Change for Moral Action: A Conceptual Framework to Elevate Student Conduct Practice in Higher Education

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Neumeister, James R.

2017-01-01

Higher education faces heightened scrutiny regarding student misconduct, but collegiate disciplinary processes often have minimal impact on students. Their ineffectiveness is partially attributable to the absence of a conceptual framework that guides conduct administration by linking theory, practice, and outcomes. This article presents a…

Transforming Diversity in Canadian Higher Education: A Dialogue of Japanese Women Graduate Students

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Mayuzumi, Kimine; Motobayashi, Kyoko; Nagayama, Chikako; Takeuchi, Miwa

2007-01-01

In this paper, we shed light on the dynamic nature of "diversity" in higher education from the perspectives of four Japanese women graduate students seeking possibilities through different ways of knowing. Using an autoethnographical methodology embedded in a dialogue format of "zadankai", we examine the stereotypes of Japanese…

Instruments as Empirical Evidence for the Analysis of Higher Education Policies

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Reale, Emanuela; Seeber, Marco

2013-01-01

This paper focuses on policy implementation in Higher Education (HE) analysed through the evolution and transformation of policy instruments related to government funding and evaluation. We investigate how steering and governance tools have been put into action, in order to analyse how original policy rationales and justifications have evolved and…

Chief Diversity Officers in U.S. Higher Education: Impacting the Campus Climate for Diversity

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Mednick Takami, Lisa

2017-01-01

Chief Diversity Officers remain a relatively new phenomenon among higher education executive leadership positions. Existing literature on CDOs' professional profile, their ability to impact campus climate for diversity, and their obstacles in the pursuit of campus climate change and deeper cultural transformation is still quite limited. This basic…

A Reinterpretation of Institutional Transformations in European Higher Education: Strategising Pluralistic Organisations in Multiplex Environments

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Frolich, Nicoline; Huisman, Jeroen; Slipersaeter, Stig; Stensaker, Bjorn; Botas, Paulo Charles Pimentel

2013-01-01

The paper draws on institutional theory with special attention to recent contributions that aim at developing its micro-foundations. We address the question of how individual higher education institutions deal with institutional pluralism. We develop an analytical framework inspired by institutional theory, the sensemaking perspective in…

Techno-Literacy and Blogging within a Formal Higher Education Setting

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Arenas, Edilson; Lynch, Julianne

2015-01-01

For the last two decades, higher education institutions have been actively engaged in the use of online technologies with the aim of transforming the ways we teach and learn to improve students' learning experiences and outcomes. However, despite significant investment in infrastructure and training and a wide-scale uptake of such technologies,…

Graduates' Orientations to Higher Education and Their Retrospective Experiences of Teaching and Learning

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Spronken-Smith, Rachel; Buissink-Smith, Nell; Bond, Carol; Grigg, Gabrielle

2015-01-01

In this article, we sought a relation between orientation to higher education and curricular experiences, and elucidated the nature of transformative curricular experiences. Twenty-four graduates from humanities and science degrees in the year 2000 were interviewed approximately five years later to obtain their retrospective views on the purpose…

Transformation in Higher Education: The Inevitable Union of Alchemy and Technology

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Harpur, John

2006-01-01

From the first time that humans drew together in learned groups of scholars and disciples, questions have been raised about the purpose, sustainability and values of such gatherings. The development of information technologies together with mass participation in Higher Education has sharpened disputes between innovation and tradition like never…

The American College in the Nineteenth Century. Vanderbilt Issues in Higher Education.

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Geiger, Roger L., Ed.

Chapters in this collection explore the development of U.S. colleges. The contributors consider these institutions in the contexts of the transformation in the experience of college students, regional variations in college development, the revolution in the purposes of U.S. institutions of higher education, and the increasing dominance of…

The Effect of Market-Oriented Subcultures on Post-Merger Higher Education Institutions

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Heidrich, Balazs; Chandler, Nick

2011-01-01

Over the last decade, HEIs (higher education institutions) around the world have undergone transformation for a number of reasons, including mergers and acquisitions. The reasons for this vary from remaining competitive in an ever-increasingly competitive academic environment to being forced to do so. With deeply ingrained traditions, long tenures…

Collaboration and Interconnectivity: Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Services and Higher Education Institutions in Nottingham

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Murphy, Peter; Greenhalgh, Kirsten; Parkin, Craig

2013-01-01

This article will describe the developing relationship between Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Services and the two higher education institutions in Nottingham. It will chronicle how a very traditional relationship has been transformed, initially by a simple consultancy project, into a much closer working relationship characterised by a much…

Semantic Ambiguity & Theological Diversity: A Descriptive Study of the "Integration of Faith and Learning" in Protestant Higher Education

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Cosgrove, Preston B.

2012-01-01

In 1971 ten Christian colleges resisted the ongoing trend of secularization within American higher education through the formation of a Consortium designed promote collaboration among Christian institutions. Since then, the Consortium has transformed into the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU), with 116 member institutions…

The National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education: An Academic Society for the 21st Century

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Estes, Steven G.

2015-01-01

This article offers the transcript of Steven Estes' address at the plenary session of the 2015 Annual Conference of the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE), Clearwater Beach Hilton Hotel, Clearwater, Florida, January 9. Consistent with the conference's theme of "Tradition, Transition, and Transformation," in…

The Relationship between Spiritual Intelligence, Mindfulness, and Transformational Leadership among Public Higher Education Leaders

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Gieseke, Amy R.

2014-01-01

Since the mid-1990s, researchers have grown increasingly interested in the effect of spirituality on a person's ability to lead others. The spiritual leadership literature has expanded to include the role of spirituality in particular leadership settings, such as higher education, and within particular leadership types, particularly…

Higher Education Leaders' Transformative Learning and Leadership Experiences Responding to Student Drug Abuse

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Battin, James Vernon

2017-01-01

Today's academic and social environment creates uncertainties, new roles, frequent changes, and challenging situations for student affairs academic leaders. The purpose of this study was to explore how student affairs academic leaders described their recent challenging experiences in addressing student drug abuse in higher education. The…

Leading Change: How Boards and Presidents Build Exceptional Academic Institutions

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MacTaggart, Terrence

2011-01-01

In a time of transformation in higher education, "Leading Change: How Boards and Presidents Build Exceptional Institutions" fills a significant void in leadership literature and focuses on the changing level of board engagement. This book examines 18 institutions, across the spectrum of higher education, at which the board played a…

Transformations in Higher Education: Looking Ahead at Management Issues in the '80s.

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Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., New York, NY.

Future changes that may affect higher education and management approaches that should be used by governing boards and administrators are discussed. Population trends that will affect academic and support programs are noted, and it is suggested that a declining demand from traditional students may cause institutions to specialize in selected…

A Study into the Effects of eLearning on Higher Education

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Singh, Gurmak; O'Donoghue, John; Worton, Harvey

2005-01-01

The Internet is a technological development that has the potential to change not only the way society retains and accesses knowledge but also to transform and restructure traditional models of higher education, particularly the delivery and interaction in and with course materials and associated resources. Utilising the Internet to deliver…

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Unearthing White Academics' Experience of Teaching in Higher Education in South Africa

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Jawitz, Jeff

2016-01-01

The real and imagined racial differences and similarities between groups of students and staff have consequences in everyday experiences in South Africa. One aspect of engaging with the challenges facing higher education transformation post-Apartheid is through understanding how the racialized context interacts with the experience of teaching.…

Amenable Performance Management in Higher Education: Integrating Principles of Agency and Stewardship Theories

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Seyama, Sadi Mokhaneli

2015-01-01

The considerable transformation of higher education (HE), driven by the South African government's demand for accountability of resources for the attainment of its mandate has altered the "business" of academia. In response to the financial austerity measures, performance management (PM) systems have been implemented in South African HE…

Dogs Are More Fun Than Computers: Seven Random Observations about Information Technology in Higher Education.

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McCredie, John W.

1999-01-01

The recipient of an award for leadership in information technology (IT) in higher education discusses some considerations in approaching IT use, including finding balance and avoiding burnout; transformations made possible by technology; problems and frustrations of rapid technological advance; organizational values and IT; and the manner in which…

Managing the Industrial Labor Relations Process in Higher Education.

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Julius, Daniel J., Ed.

This book contains 25 essays on the subject of industrial relations divided into the following parts: Essays and their authors are as follows: "The Context of Collective Bargaining in American Colleges and Universities" (Kenneth P. Mortimer); "Transformation of the U.S. Collective Bargaining System: The Impact on Higher Education" (James P.…

Threshold Concepts in Higher Education: A Synthesis of the Literature Relating to Measurement of Threshold Crossing

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Nicola-Richmond, Kelli; Pépin, Geneviève; Larkin, Helen; Taylor, Charlotte

2018-01-01

In relation to teaching and learning approaches that improve student learning outcomes, threshold concepts have generated substantial interest in higher education. They have been described as "portals" that lead to a transformed way of understanding or thinking, enabling learners to progress, and have been enthusiastically adopted to…

Changing Returns to Education in Spain During the 1980s.

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Vila, Luis-Eduardo; Mora, Jose-Gines

1998-01-01

Presents evidence on returns to education for Spanish employees during the 1980s, a period of remarkable structural transformation. Results show a declining payoff to education between 1981 and 1991 for lower and intermediate educational levels. Higher education does not show a reduction in return. Earnings inequality by gender declined noticeably…

The Intellectual Supermarket.

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Demb, Ada

2002-01-01

Discusses how separating undergraduate education into its two primary components--general education and the major--and then applying the perspective of a supermarket analogy leads to startling conclusions about possible transformations of the production and distribution system for higher education at the undergraduate level and for implementing…

The Degree Qualifications Profile. Defining Degrees: A New Direction for American Higher Education to Be Tested and Developed in Partnership with Faculty, Students, Leaders and Stakeholders

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Adelman, Cliff; Ewell, Peter; Gaston, Paul; Schneider, Carol Geary

2011-01-01

Through this document, Lumina Foundation for Education offers a "Degree Qualifications Profile," a tool that can help transform U.S. higher education. A Degree Profile--or qualifications framework--illustrates clearly what students should be expected to know and be able to do once they earn their degrees--at any level. This Degree…

Unlocking the Transformational Power of Continuing Education. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Continuing Higher Education (71st, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 15-18, 2009)

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Jerman, Jerry, Ed.

2009-01-01

The 2009 proceedings of the Association for Continuing Higher Education represent the professional presentations of the keynote sessions, the concurrent sessions, and the business meeting of the association's 71st annual conference, held at the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel in Philadelphia on November 15-18, 2009. The conference provided an engaging…

Transformative Science Teaching in Higher Education

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Fraser, Sharon P.

2015-01-01

University science teaching remains fairly traditional in its approach, incorporating teacher-centred and lecture-based methodologies and utilizing cook book laboratory experiences. Innovative science lecturers, however, have transformed their understanding and practice as teachers, placing their students at the heart of their actions and engaging…

MOOCs and Democratic Education

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Carver, Leland; Harrison, Laura M.

2013-01-01

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have entered the world of online education with a splash, and their potential to transform higher education is being widely hailed. Indeed, many involved in the creation, implementation, and facilitation of this new format regularly speak in terms of "revolution" and massive "disruption." If…

Intellectual Entrepreneurship as a Platform for Transforming Higher Education

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Beckman, Gary D.; Cherwitz, Richard A.

2008-01-01

The thesis of this article is that "Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE)" provides an intellectually authentic philosophical foundation capable of sustaining cross-campus entrepreneurship education. Drawing upon initiatives begun at The University of Texas at Austin, we document how IE educates "citizen-scholars." Specifically,…

Pushing a Stone up a Hill: A Case Study of the Working Environment of South African Academics

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Portnoi, Laura M.

2015-01-01

South African higher education has been experiencing profound and vigorous transformations in the post-apartheid era. At the same time, global trends toward competition and employment equity contribute to the complexities of the country's higher education environment. These global and local developments combine to impact the working environment of…

The Potential of Critical Feminist Citizenship Frameworks for Citizenship and Social Justice in Higher Education

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Bozalek, Vivienne; Carolissen, Ronelle

2012-01-01

There is a paucity of South African literature that uses feminist critical approaches as a conceptual tool to examine intersections of social justice and citizenship. This article aims to address this gap by examining the potential of critical feminist approaches to transform conceptions of citizenship in higher education. It outlines how…

Hutchins's University of Utopia: Institutional Independence, Academic Freedom, and Radical Restructuring

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Hoff, Peter Sloat

2009-01-01

In a crisis-plagued world looking to higher education for knowledge, wisdom, and solutions, higher education itself is stumbling. Its transformational thinking has frozen up like an overstressed computer program; and we need, in effect, to "push the reset button." In 1953, the renowned and controversial president of the University of Chicago,…

ESL Students' Perceptions of the Use of Higher Order Thinking Skills in English Language Writing

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Ganapathy, Malini; Kaur, Sarjit

2014-01-01

The transformation of the education curriculum in the Malaysia Education Development Plan (PPPM) 2013-2025 focuses on the Higher Order Thinking (HOT) concept which aims to produce knowledgeable students who are critical and creative in their thinking and can compete at the international level. HOT skills encourage students to apply, analyse,…

Academic Workload: The Silent Barrier to the Implementation of Technology-Enhanced Learning Strategies in Higher Education

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Gregory, Mary Sarah-Jane; Lodge, Jason Michael

2015-01-01

The effect of technology-enhanced learning (TEL) strategies in higher education has arguably been transformative despite the not-insignificant barriers existing in this context. Throughout the discourse very little attention has been paid to those primarily responsible for this implementation--academic teaching staff. This paper aims to highlight…

Global Pressures, Local Reactions: Higher Education and Neo-Liberal Economic Policies

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Shumar, Wesley

2004-01-01

As a summary piece, this essay describes more fully the wider globalizing context in which both students and institutions of higher education are now located. It explores three transitions that signal this new configuration: the creation of new information and media technologies; the transformation of time and space; and the expansion of the…

An Exploratory Study into Work/Family Balance within the Australian Higher Education Sector

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Pillay, Soma; Kluvers, Ron; Abhayawansa, Subhash; Vranic, Vedran

2013-01-01

The higher education landscape is undergoing major transformation, with a significant impact on the work and family practices of academics and professional staff. The purpose of this exploratory study is to examine the extent to which (1) time-related, (2) strain-related and (3) demographical variables impact on the work/family balance of academic…

Universities at the Crossroads: Industry or Society Driven?

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Nathan, Robert Jeyakumar; Siang, Terence Tan Gek; Shawkataly, Omar

2013-01-01

Higher education is viewed as part of the national agenda in transforming Malaysia into a high-income nation. This has resulted in a sky-rocketing number of graduates in Malaysia's recent history. Industry relies on higher education as the source of skilled employees, and it is important for industry to attract and retain talented employees in…

The Second-Cycle Reform of 1976 in Retrospect (The Implications of Vocationalism in France).

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Geiger, Roger L.

The attempt to give the third and fourth years of university study in France more vocational relevance (the second cycle reform of 1976) is analyzed in relation to the fundamental transformations taking place in French higher education in the areas of access to higher education, institutional diversification, and university governance. Although…

Towards a Response-able Pedagogy across Higher Education Institutions in Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Ethico-Political Analysis

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Bozalek, Vivienne; Zembylas, Michalinos

2017-01-01

Internationally there has been some interest in how critical pedagogies might be enabled in higher education to support transformative social agendas. Few writers, however, have theorised the ethico-political aspects of this effort from a feminist new materialist perspective. By focusing on the analysis of an inter-institutional collaborative…

The Transformative Potential of Teacher Care as Described by Students in a Higher Education Access Initiative

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Foster, Karen C.

2008-01-01

The "attitude-achievement gap" characterizing economically disadvantaged students of color is reexamined in a study of student perceptions of a higher education access program. Their descriptions of past and present experiences of teachers are contextualized in research citing the impact of stress, social stigma, and teacher misperceptions on…

Social Diversity and Democracy in Higher Education in the 21st Century: Towards a Feminist Critique

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David, Miriam E.

2009-01-01

This paper takes a feminist perspective on the UK literature on mass higher education in the 21st century, building on US critiques about marketization, neo-liberalism and "academic capitalism". Concepts of equality and diversity have been transformed by neo-liberalism and how these changes have constrained democratic contributions to UK…

American Higher Education: Journalistic and Policy Perspectives from "National CrossTalk"

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Trombley, William H., Ed.; Sallo, Todd, Ed.

2012-01-01

In the first decade of the 21st century, the nation, the states, and colleges and universities began to grapple with the challenges of globalization, changing demography, the implications of the digital era, and of a less expansive public sector. Although not a transformative period for higher education, the decade saw significant innovations in…

The Transformation of China's Key Science and Technology Universities in the Move to Mass Higher Education

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Zhou, Guangli; Zha, Qiang

2010-01-01

China's key science and technology universities are modelled on the French "Ecole Polytechnique". As such, they are utilitarian institutions, rooted in the concept of cultivating manpower for society's economic progress, and tending to ignore the development of the individual. As China's elite higher education system took in a rapidly…

Higher Education System and the "Open" Knowledge Transfer: A View from Perception of Senior Managers at University Knowledge Transfer Offices

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Sharifi, Hossein; Liu, Weisheng; Ismail, Hossam S.

2014-01-01

Higher education institutions (HEIs) have become increasingly entrepreneurial. Such a shift is highly dependent on the managers of university knowledge transfer offices whose perceptions can be critical in this transformation. This study examines such senior managers' perceptions concerning the "open" paradigm in relation with the…

Transnational Governance of Higher Education: On Globalization and International University Ranking Lists

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Lindblad, Sverker; Lindblad, Rita Foss

2009-01-01

This paper is about globalization in higher education and how "globalism" is playing a role in stimulating university transformation around the world. The authors' specific focus is on international university ranking lists. Such lists are being given increasingly more space and attention in the mass media and by governments as well as by…

Generating Ethnographic Research Questions: An Anthropological Contribution to the Study of Higher Education

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Friberg, Torbjörn

2016-01-01

As part of recent complex transformations, it seems that higher educational organisations are being forced to reorganise, standardise and streamline in order to survive in the new political and economic context. How are ethnographers in general going to approach these contemporary phenomena? By drawing on the conceptual history of anthropology,…

From Conventional Wisdom to Higher Education Transformation: Does It Take a Crisis to Make Fundamental Change?

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Kaufman, Roger

2010-01-01

With huge financial challenges being imposed on higher education, some react to crises to make changes and meet financial requirements. Changes are made that would be unthinkable without imposed demands. Two examples of universities that successfully responded to limited budgets to make major changes in organization, structure, and programs are…

Defence Science Research, Higher Education and the Australian Quest for the Atomic Bomb, 1945-60.

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Reynolds, Wayne

1997-01-01

Recounts the efforts of the Australian government to create an atomic research and development program after World War II. Describes initial cooperation with Britain and the push for the transformation of Australian higher and secondary education in service of national scientific development. Discusses effects of the end of Commonwealth…

How Was the Bologna Process in Poland, the Netherlands and Flanders Implemented?

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Lipnicka, Magdalena

2016-01-01

The Bologna Process is an important factor which has had an impact on higher education in Europe. In this paper the implementation of the Bologna Process in Poland, the Netherlands and Flanders is discussed, to show how the different contexts influenced its realization. In order to study the transformation of higher education, new institutionalism…

The Social Condition of Higher Education: Globalisation and (beyond) Regionalisation in Latin America

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Gomes, Alfredo M.; Robertson, Susan L.; Dale, Roger

2012-01-01

This article aims to discuss the relationship between higher education (HE), globalisation and regionalism projects focusing on HE in Latin America and Brazil. It is claimed that HE has predominantly taken the diverse, yet concerted and co-ordinated routes of globalisation and regionalisation and, by doing so, been profoundly transformed. The…

Vision 2010: The Future of Higher Education Business and Learning Applications

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Carey, Patrick; Gleason, Bernard

2006-01-01

The global software industry is in the midst of a major evolutionary shift--one based on open computing--and this trend, like many transformative trends in technology, is being led by the IT staffs and academic computing faculty of the higher education industry. The elements of this open computing approach are open source, open standards, open…

Between the "Local" and the "Global": South African Geography after Apartheid

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Mather, Charles

2007-01-01

South Africa's higher education system has undergone significant change since the end of apartheid. A central theme in the debates on higher education transformation has been the tension between the global imperatives of development and the need for universities to respond to the legacy of apartheid. This paper explores this tension by considering…

Viewing International Students as State Stimulus Potential: Current Perceptions and Future Possibilities

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Owens, Deborah L.; Srivastava, Prashant; Feerasta, Aniqa

2011-01-01

In this difficult economic climate state policy makers are increasingly focused on higher education as an economic development tool. Many rust belt states are looking to transform themselves from a state dependent on manufacturing and agriculture to a more diverse knowledge based economy. Many nations use higher education as a catalyst for…

Revolution in Higher Education: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable

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DeMillo, Richard A.

2015-01-01

Colleges and universities have become increasingly costly, and, except for a handful of highly selective, elite institutions, unresponsive to twenty-first-century needs. But for the past few years, technology-fueled innovation has begun to transform higher education, introducing new ways to disseminate knowledge and better ways to learn--all at…

Transforming Higher Education through Organizational Meditation: A Story of the Executive Learning Series on Equity & Empowerment

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Balajee, Sonali S.; Todd, Joshua

2018-01-01

Equity, diversity, and inclusion are frequently on the lips of higher education professionals yet we struggle to infuse these concepts throughout the academy as evidenced in challenges recruiting faculty of color, graduating students of color, and hostile environments reported by students. The authors posit that this is because, to date, most…

Cultivating Inquiry-Driven Learners: A College Education for the Twenty-First Century

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Conrad, Clifton; Dunek, Laura

2012-01-01

Inquiry-driven learners anticipate, embrace, and adapt to disruptive change. Clifton Conrad and Laura Dunek advance a transformative purpose of a college education. They invite stakeholders from across higher education to engage in vigorous dialogue about the aims of a college education--and how to realize those aims. Increasingly influenced by…

Voices in the Air: Making Sense of Policy and Practice in Education

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Husbands, Chris

2016-01-01

The expectations of education have never been higher: around the world, governments are re-shaping their education systems, transforming early years, schools and universities through far-reaching reform in curriculum, assessment, teaching, accountability and funding. As Director of the Institute of Education for five years of tumultuous change in…

Interpreting Experiences of Students Using Educational Online Technologies to Interact with Teachers in Blended Tertiary Environments: A Phenomenological Study

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Tuapawa, Kimberley

2017-01-01

Although educational online technologies (EOTs) have transformed the delivery of learning in higher education, significant EOT challenges have impeded their effectiveness, preventing widespread implementation. The persistence of these challenges suggests that tertiary education institutes (TEIs) have experienced a gap in understandings about the…

A Proposed Framework for Global Leadership Education: Learning Objectives and Curricula

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Brown, LeAnn M.; Whitaker, Brett L.; Brungardt, Curtis L.

2012-01-01

Many traditional leadership education paradigms are challenged by the transformational nature of globalization and are limited in application in diverse and complex contexts. In order to address these issues, a new framework must be adopted within higher education leadership programs to educate the next generation of global leaders. This paper…

Transformative Learning through Internationalization of the Curriculum in Higher Education

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Clifford, Valerie; Montgomery, Catherine

2015-01-01

Over the last three decades, universities have, almost universally, adopted the mantra of internationalization. However, the implications of internationalization for transformative learning through curriculum receive little consideration. This article draws on data from a fully online course entitled "Internationalizing the Curriculum for All…

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Managing the Transition: A Case Study of Self-Regulation in the Learning of First-Term Business and Management Undergraduate Students at an English University

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Stoten, David William

2015-01-01

The growth in opportunities to enter higher education in the past two decades has led to a remarkable increase in the proportion of the British population who are now educated to graduate level. This transformation of the landscape of higher education has also been associated with an increase in student dropout, increasing dependence on lecturers,…

Where Have All the Leaders Gone?

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Gmelch, Walter H.

This paper examines personal challenges that academic leaders face, attributes that institutional leaders should possess to succeed in transforming the university, how institutions of higher education can build the capacity for preparing new leaders, and how universities can respond to the leadership crisis in this time of transformation. Personal…

Transforming Future Teaching through "Carpe Diem" Learning Design

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Salmon, Gilly; Wright, Phemie

2014-01-01

Academic staff in Higher Education (HE) need to transform their teaching practices to support more future-orientated, digital, student-centered learning. Promoting, enabling and implementing these changes urgently requires acceptable, meaningful and effective staff development for academics. We identify four key areas that are presenting as…

Design Thinking Accelerated Leadership: Transforming Self, Transforming Community

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Lake, Danielle; Ricco, Michael E.; Whipps, Judy

2016-01-01

Higher education institutions are continually seeking to recruit nontraditional adult students yet struggle at the same time to meet their needs effectively. The following case study offers strategies to address this situation by documenting the pedagogical design and initial outcomes of an interdisciplinary, nineteen-month leadership-themed…

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Are Planning Students becoming Transformational Leaders?

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Nagy, Beth

2012-01-01

This research asks us to consider the intersection of three major themes in the pedagogy of teaching Planning students: sustainable community theories, transformational leadership and community engagement. The intersection, a critical Planning pedagogy, should be a part of any Planning program, embedded within the curriculum of higher education.…

University Students' Perceptions of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) in Their Educational Experiences at a Regional Australian University

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Sadowski, Christina; Pediaditis, Mika; Townsend, Robert

2017-01-01

Higher education institutions, and the way education is delivered and supported, are being transformed by digital technologies. Internationally, institutions are increasingly incorporating online technologies into delivery frameworks and administration -- both through internal learning management systems (LMS) and external social networking sites…

On the Logic and Process of Collaborative Innovation in Higher Vocational Education and Industrial Development

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Zhibin, Tang; Weiping, Shi

2017-01-01

Modern development of vocational education requires the joint participation of multiple departments and entities, and industry-education cooperation is a basic requirement. Against the backdrop of the third industrial revolution, cultivating skilled, innovative graduates and transforming the model of industrial technical innovation requires…

Framework for Transforming Departmental Culture to Support Educational Innovation

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Corbo, Joel C.; Reinholz, Daniel L.; Dancy, Melissa H.; Deetz, Stanley; Finkelstein, Noah

2016-01-01

This paper provides a research-based framework for promoting institutional change in higher education. To date, most educational change efforts have focused on relatively narrow subsets of the university system (e.g., faculty teaching practices or administrative policies) and have been largely driven by implicit change logics; both of these…

Transformative Critique: What Confucianism Can Contribute to Contemporary Education

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Sigurðsson, Geir

2017-01-01

Critical thinking is currently much celebrated in the contemporary West and beyond, not least in higher education. Tertiary education students are generally expected to adopt a critical attitude in order to become responsible and constructive participants in the development of modern democratic society. Currently, the perceived desirability of…

From Higher Education to Open Education: Challenges in the Transformation of an Online Traditional Course

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Núñez, José Luis Martín

2017-01-01

Open education has revolutionized the educational environment. Massive open online courses have become the main showcase for open educational resources, but the competition to establish a position in this movement has led to the rapid publication of many courses of arguable quality. This paper presents and analyzes the process of creating a small…

Education Priorities for the 83rd Texas Legislature: Policy Recommendations for Public Education and Higher Education

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Texas Business Leadership Council, 2013

2013-01-01

Texas' ability to create an education system that delivers on workforce and post-secondary readiness for all students is crucial to our long-term prosperity. We must fully transform our state's education system to meet the challenges and opportunities so clearly evident today. Yet, according to a report commissioned by the Houston Endowment from…

A Renewed Vision for Higher Education in Public Health

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Hunter, David J.; Lapp, Ian

2015-01-01

We are transforming the educational strategy at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health guided by 5 principles: (1) development of T-shaped competencies (breadth across fields, depth in primary fields), (2) flexible and modular design accommodating different needs through the lifecycle, (3) greater experiential learning, (4) 3 levels of education (informative, formative, and transformative learning), and (5) integrated instructional design (online, in person, and in the field). We aim to create an arc of education resulting in continuous learning. We seek to bridge the research versus education dichotomy and create research–teaching congruence, adapting the values of peer review and quality assessment that we routinely accept for grant and article review to education. PMID:25706003

Confronting the Labor Problem in Catholic Higher Education: Applying Catholic Social Teaching in an Age of Increasing Inequality

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McCartin, Joseph A.

2018-01-01

Over the past four decades, the United States has witnessed the rise of an economy of growing inequality and exploitation, and this economic transformation has entangled Catholic institutions of higher education in what Pope Francis has called "an economy of exclusion and inequality." In recent years, some institutions have taken steps…

Higher Education Reforms and the Academic Profession from a Comparative Perspective

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Arimoto, Akira

2014-01-01

In the 21st century, when the universalization of higher education demands diversified students to be more involved in study and rather than in learning, the ideal of scholarship is expected to transform toward both teaching orientation and study orientation, with a focus on the teaching and study process in the classrooms with a result of being a…

Measures of Success: Cruel Optimism and the Paradox of Academic Women's Participation in Australian Higher Education

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Lipton, Briony

2017-01-01

This paper examines the reworking of gender in the measured university and the impact this has on gender equality in academia. Neoliberal market rationalities and measurements embedded in academic publishing, funding and promotion have transformed Australian higher education and impacts upon the careers of academic women in ways that are gendered.…

A Phenomenographic Study of Students' Conceptions of Quality in Learning in Higher Education in Rwanda

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Mbabazi Bamwesiga, Penelope; Fejes, Andreas; Dahlgren, Lars-Owe

2013-01-01

The aim of this study is to understand the different ways that university students conceptualise quality in learning by drawing on a phenomenographic approach. A total of 20 students in higher education in Rwanda were interviewed and analysis of the interviews generated an outcome space of conceptions of quality in learning as transformation,…

Colorado and the Higher Education Voucher Experiment: Finance Revolution or "Hail Mary Pass?"

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Reindl, Travis

2005-01-01

In May 2004, Colorado Governor Bill Owens signed Senate Bill 189 into law, essentially transforming how public higher education is funded in that state. The measure, the first of its kind in the nation, changes the flow of state appropriations from the traditional enrollment-based black grant to institutions into two more market-based streams: (1)…

Leveraging Informal Leadership in Higher Education Institutions: A Case of Diffusion of Emerging Technologies in a Southern Context

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Ng'ambi, Dick; Bozalek, Vivienne

2013-01-01

In the last decade, emerging technologies and transformative practices have diffused into higher education social systems in ways that formal leadership styles are increasingly stretched to both keep abreast of and to manage. While many scholars have argued for the importance of the role of leadership styles in shaping the strategic direction of…

Laboratories of Reform? The Europeanization and Internationalization of Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe

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Dakowska, Dorota; Harmsen, Robert

2015-01-01

This introductory article deals with higher education (HE) transformations in Central and Eastern Europe in the context of democratization and globalization. The authors first briefly survey the wider canvas of reform since 1989, particularly probing the extent to which the countries of the region may be treated as a distinctive or a cohesive…

South Korea Seeks a New Role as a Higher-Education Hub

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McNeill, David

2008-01-01

In less than two generations, ambitious technocrats have transformed the southern half of the Korean peninsula from one of Asia's poorest nations into the 11th largest economy in the world. Now they want to turn South Korea into the East Asian capital of higher education. Several American colleges are in talks to set up academic and research…

Power, Pedagogy and Personalization in Global Higher Education: The Occlusion of Second-Wave Feminism?

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David, Miriam; Clegg, Sue

2008-01-01

In this paper, in keeping with developing feminist methodologies, we reflect on how we became second-wave feminists in the 1970s. We consider how the theories and practices that we were involved in have been changed as the global socio-political context has transformed higher education practices. Second-wave feminism originated as a political…

Too Many Executives Today Just Don't Get It! And What Will It Take to "Get It" in Higher Education"?

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Nolan, Richard L.; And Others

1990-01-01

It is proposed that too many executives, in industry and higher education, don't yet understand the need to transform their organizations to survive in the information economy. The executive must engage in the process of creating opportunities to strategically apply information technology. Five campus information technology managers respond. (MSE)

The Construction of Academic Identity in the Changes of Finnish Higher Education

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Ylijoki, Oili-Helena; Ursin, Jani

2013-01-01

This article sets out to explore how academics make sense of the current transformations of higher education and what kinds of academic identities are thereby constructed. Based on a narrative analysis of 42 interviews with Finnish academics, nine narratives are discerned, each providing a different answer as to what it means to be an academic in…

Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy: Emerging Education Hubs in Asia

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Lee, Jack T.

2015-01-01

Several education hubs have emerged in Asia and the Middle East in recent years with a specific focus on cross-border higher education. Through considerable efforts in policy planning and generous funding, these hubs aim to transform a country or city into an eminent destination for education, research, and training. The inherent design of these…

Alabama Education Report Card, 2012-2013: A Year in Review

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Alabama State Department of Education, 2014

2014-01-01

Beginning in January of 2012, the Alabama State Board of Education embarked on a bold and transformation plan for K-12 public education known as PLAN 2020. Foundational to this plan was a new definition of a successful and prepared high school graduate informed by community colleges, institutions of higher education, and business and industry,…

Transforming Higher Education in the Information Age: Presidents Respond.

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Breslin, Richard D.; And Others

1991-01-01

College presidents respond to an article by Richard Nolan challenging college and university presidents and chancellors to transform their campuses for survival and competitive advantage in the information age. Respondents include Richard D. Breslin, David M. Clarke, Joseph Cronin, Thomas Ehrlich, Donald N. Langenberg, Harold McAninch, and Donald…

Collaborative Transformations: Cooperative Inquiry as a Catalyst for Change

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Napan, Ksenija; Green, Jennifer K.; Thomas, Judith A.; Stent, Warwick J.; Jülich, Shirley J.; Lee, Debora; Patterson, Lynnemaree

2018-01-01

This research demonstrates that cooperative inquiry (CI) offers authentic opportunities for academics to transform their teaching, paving the way for additional collaborative practices in higher education across a range of disciplines. Using data from cycles of action and reflection, a multidisciplinary group of seven tertiary teachers committed…

Leadership Styles at Syrian Higher Education

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Khalifa, Bayan; Ayoubi, Rami M.

2015-01-01

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the two major types of leadership, i.e transactional and transformational, and organizational learning at public and private universities in Syria. It further aims at exploring the role of transactional and transformational leadership in enhancing organizational learning at Syrian universities.…

Transforming the Curriculum: Ethnic Studies and Women's Studies.

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Butler, Johnnella E., Ed.; Walter, John C., Ed.

This book provides a collection of 19 essays that discuss curricular change in higher education regarding ethnic and women's studies, and presents the theoretical and practical bases for accomplishing this restyling. The papers and authors are as follows: "The Difficult Dialogue of Curriculum Transformation: Ethnic Studies and Women's Studies"…

Sustainable Knowledge Transformation in and through Higher Education: A Case for Transdisciplinary Leadership

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Khoo, Su-Ming

2017-01-01

This article explores inter- and transdisciplinarity, given the need for more complex, relevant, and transformative knowledge to shift society towards more sustainable futures. It connects practical questions about economic, societal, and ecological limits to questions about the limitations of academic knowledge. Transdisciplinarity involves…

Transformative? Integrative? Troublesome? Undergraduate Honors Student Reflections on Information Literacy Threshold Concepts

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Scott, Rachel E.

2017-01-01

In this exploratory study the authors ask students enrolled in a credit-bearing undergraduate research methods course to rank and evaluate the troublesome, transformative, and integrative nature of the six frames currently comprising the "Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education." The results indicate that students have…

Transformational Leadership and Organizational Commitment: A Study of UNC System Business School Department Chairs

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Luton, Bill

2010-01-01

Ample evidence is available citing a positive relationship between transformational leadership and organizational commitment (Boerner et al., 2007; Bono & Judge, 2003; Bycio, Hackett, & Allen, 1995; Chen, 2004; Emery & Barker, 2007; Walumbwa, Orwa, Wang, & Lawler, 2005). The majority of research on leadership in higher education,…

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Understanding the Motivation and Transformation of White Culturally Responsive Professors

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Jenkins, China; Alfred, Mary

2018-01-01

The purpose of this study was to examine the motivation for White professors in higher education to become culturally inclusive in their teaching practices and the transformational experiences that created this motivation and shaped their development. The findings revealed personal convictions that centred on moral obligations towards teaching was…

Strategic Planning in Ireland's Institutes of Technology

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Elwood, Larry; Rainnie, Al

2012-01-01

This article focuses upon Ireland's institute of technology sector, which has been transformed from a 1970s technical orientation to its broader current role of research and higher education provision. The transformational shifts experienced by institutes over the previous three decades have been profound: increased autonomy, new managerial and…

Promoting Transformative Learning through Reading Fiction

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Hoggan, Chad; Cranton, Patricia

2015-01-01

This article is a report on research into the role of fiction in promoting transformative learning in higher education settings. Participants were 131 undergraduate and graduate students from two universities in the United States. To determine the type of learning promoted by reading fiction, we performed qualitative analyses on participants'…

The Four Phases of Russian Engineering Education in the Era of Social Experiments

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Churlyaeva, Natalya

2013-01-01

We consider some peculiarities in the evolution of Russian engineering education as it underwent two radical paradigmal transformations during the past century, especially from the viewpoint of restrictions that inhibited access to higher education (HE). The driving forces of this evolution are revealed and some negative results are shown. While…

Hybrid Learning: An Effective Resource in University Education?

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Alducin-Ochoa, Juan Manuel; Vázquez-Martínez, Ana Isabel

2016-01-01

The organisation of university education in Europe is undergoing profound changes as a consequence of the establishment of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). This transformation entails methodological changes that are focused on student work. The student is now considered to be an autonomous individual who is able to choose a path of study…

A Multicase Study Analysis of the Intersection of Institutional and State Policy and Educational Innovation

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Brock, Kathleen Patrice

2013-01-01

American higher education institutions, specifically public universities and colleges, have reached a key point in their histories and it is within this moment that these institutions must transform operations, deliver education in new ways, and demonstrate unquestionable social and economic impact. Universities and colleges must increase…

Open Educational Resources (OER): Opportunities and Challenges for Indian Higher Education

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Dutta, Indrajeet

2016-01-01

Creation of knowledge workers holds key for success of a country. Unfortunately, many of the countries though having chain of human resources yet are unable to transform human resources to their advantage as they face multiple challenges like poverty, poor economy, poor infrastructure, limited access to education and inadequate technological…

Turning Right at the Crossroads: The Nelson Report's Proposals to Transform Australia's Universities

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Duckett, S. J.

2004-01-01

During 2002, the Australian Education Minister conducted a year-long review of tertiary education under the title "Higher Education at the Crossroads." The policy statement arising from that review was released on 13 May 2003. It incorporates a combination of new financial incentives on students and universities, potential expansion of…

Three Academics' Narratives in Transforming Curriculum for Education for Sustainable Development

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Wahr, Fiona; Underwood, Jenny; Adams, Luise; Prideaux, Verity

2013-01-01

The expectation is that higher education curricula which purports to incorporate education for sustainable development (ESD) supports university graduates in becoming more sustainable. It would then follow that if academics are to offer such curricula they need to be adequately equipped with the motivations, knowledge and skills to teach it.…

Development and Validation of a Supportive Learning Environment for Expertise Development Questionnaire (SLEED-Q)

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Elvira, Quincy; Beausaert, Simon; Segers, Mien; Imants, Jeroen; Dankbaar, Ben

2016-01-01

Development of professional expertise is the process of continually transforming the repertoire of knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to solve domain-specific problems which begins in late secondary education and continues during higher education and throughout professional life. One educational goal is to train students to think more like…

The South African Engineering Education Model with a European Perspective: History, Analogies, Transformations and Challenges

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Kloot, Bruce; Rouvrais, Siegfried

2017-01-01

South Africa, with its national cultural diversity and post-apartheid challenges and commitments, finds echoes in the European context, especially considering the imperatives of openness and non-discrimination in higher education. With an historical tradition of excellence in engineering education, the emphasis on supporting educationally…

Transformation: Reinforcing Bridges to the 21st Century: Proceedings of the Annual Missouri Conference on Blacks in Higher Education (7th, Kirksville, Missouri, April 24-25, 1997).

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Dawson-Threat, Janice, Ed.

These proceedings present summaries of presentations and roundtable discussion sessions from a Missouri Conference on Blacks in Higher Education. Session summaries are: (1) "Measuring Inter-Racial Differences and Attitudes" (O.C. Bobby Daniels); (2) "Flight of the Maple Leaf Canada Economic Outlook: Impact on Women" (James E.…

Student-Staff Partnerships as Transformational: The "Students as Learners and Teachers" Program as a Case Study in Changing Higher Education

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Cook-Sather, Alison

2014-01-01

In this article the author offers an example of a student-staff partnership program based in a higher education context in the United States. This program positions undergraduate students as pedagogical consultants to academic staff. The goal of the program is to counter traditional hierarchies and imbalanced power relations and foster a shift in…

Promoting Social Change Amongst Students in Higher Education: A Reflection on the Listen, Live and Learn Senior Student Housing Initiative at Stellenbosch University

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Dunn-Coetzee, Munita; Fourie-Malherbe, Magda

2017-01-01

Twenty-two years after apartheid South African higher education is still struggling with challenges around access, success and transformation. Stellenbosch University (SU), as a historically white university, is striving to become significantly better and different in terms of relevance and active role-playing. SU wants to prepare students to…

What Are We Educating Our Youth for? The Role of Education in the Era of Vocational Schools for "Dummies" and Diploma Mill Universities in Ukraine

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Korzh, Alla

2013-01-01

This qualitative multisite case study contextualized in the political economy of Ukraine examines orphanage youth's conceptualization of the role of vocational and higher education in the neoliberal era and highlights educational transformations in Ukraine. Drawing on Bourdieu's forms of capital (cultural, social, and economic), this research…

Determinants of Higher Education Choices and Student Satisfaction: The Case of Poland

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Sojkin, Bogdan; Bartkowiak, Pawel; Skuza, Agnieszka

2012-01-01

The dynamic changes in tertiary education that were observed in Poland for the last 20 years transformed the Polish educational market and led to the immense expansion of educational institutions. The rapid increase in the number of students that continued until 2006 is however over and Polish universities have begun to compete for their clients.…

Core Values and the Road to Change.

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Green, Madeleine F.; Eckel, Peter; Hill, Barbara

1998-01-01

Study of 26 colleges and universities participating in the American Council on Education's Project on Leadership and Institutional Transformation revealed some common characteristics of their approach to organizational change, which suggest a distinctive "higher education style" of effective change. These characteristics relate to…

Organizational Leadership Process for University Education

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Llamosa-Villalba, Ricardo; Delgado, Dario J.; Camacho, Heidi P.; Paéz, Ana M.; Valdivieso, Raúl F.

2014-01-01

This paper relates the "Agile School", an emerging archetype of the enterprise architecture: "Processes of Organizational Leadership" for leading and managing strategies, tactics and operations of forming in Higher Education Institutions. Agile School is a system for innovation and deep transformation of University Institutions…

The American Faculty: The Restructuring of Academic Work and Careers

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Schuster, Jack H.; Finkelstein, Martin J.

2008-01-01

Higher education is becoming destabilized in the face of extraordinarily rapid change. The composition of the academy's most valuable asset--the faculty--and the essential nature of faculty work are being transformed. Jack H. Schuster and Martin J. Finkelstein describe the transformation of the American faculty in the most extensive and ambitious…

Contradictory Transformations: Observations on the Intellectual Dynamics of South African Universities

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Sheehan, Helena

2009-01-01

What sort of expectations of transformation of higher education have been aroused by liberation movements? Has the new South Africa fulfilled such expectations? This paper explores the promises and processes that have enveloped South African universities in recent decades. It focuses on the underlying assumptions shaping academic disciplines in…

Transformation in Higher Education: A Case Study of Successful Organization Change and Rebirth

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Kirby, Janet A.

2011-01-01

This history and case study of the transformation of a private Catholic junior college to a branch campus of a private Catholic university system is one of successful organization change achieved through entrepreneurial leadership, resilient culture, teleological change processes, and sound business strategies. The use of the term…

Information Technology and Tomorrow's University: A President's Confessions and Advice

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Koester, Jolene

2011-01-01

Higher education is in a transformational period, and this author believes that information technology will play a central role in this transformation, offering unimaginable opportunities and demanding unforeseen responses. She also believes that IT professionals can and should be at the core of envisioning and shaping the future of colleges and…

Counting on Demographic Equity to Transform Institutional Cultures at Historically White South African Universities?

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Booi, Masixole; Vincent, Louise; Liccardo, Sabrina

2017-01-01

The post-apartheid higher education transformation project is faced with the challenge of recruiting and retaining black academics and other senior staff. But when we shift the focus from participation rates to equality-inequality within historically white universities (HWUs), then the discourse changes from demographic equity and redress to…

Transformative World Language Learning: An Approach for Environmental and Cultural Sustainability and Economic and Political Security

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Goulah, Jason

2008-01-01

In this article, the author responds to the Modern Language Association's report, "Foreign Languages and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World" (2007) by arguing for an explicit and interdisciplinary transformative world language learning approach toward environmental and cultural sustainability and economic and political…

Transforming Support for Students with Disabilities in UK Higher Education

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Taylor, Mark; Turnbull, Yvonne; Bleasdale, Jo; Francis, Hulya; Forsyth, Henry

2016-01-01

Intended UK government changes to the Disabled Students' Allowance will have a significant impact on the support that UK universities provide for students with disabilities. In this article we examine the types of transformation that may be needed to support for university students with disabilities, from a socio-technical perspective. The…

The Transformative Role of Difference in the Development of Feminist Scholars at UCLA.

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Safarik, Lynn

This study of academic feminism uses cultural and critical theory, feminist poststructuralism, and oral history to examine the transformative role of feminist scholarship in higher education. Nine feminist scholars were selected as participants using four sampling criteria: primary discipline (predominatly from the humanities and social sciences);…

Liberating Knowledge: A Librarian's Manifesto for Change

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Fister, Barbara

2010-01-01

Libraries are an interesting instance of the radical transformations that higher education is experiencing. The neoliberal turn that has led to the commodification of what scholars do--teach and create knowledge--has had a profound effect on the academic library. But the political economy of the transformed library is invisible to many if not most…

Effects of Transactional and Transformational Governance on Academic Teaching: Empirical Evidence from Two Types of Higher Education Institutions

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Wilkesmann, Uwe

2013-01-01

The leadership literature distinguishes two modes of governance, which can also be applied to the governance of universities: transactional and transformational. Transactional governance encompasses all forms of managerial governance, including selective incentives and monitoring capacity. The theoretical underpinning of this mode can be found in…

Life Style Types and Patterns of Retirement of Educators

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Snow, Robert B.; Havighurst, Robert J.

1977-01-01

Administrators in higher education disclosed life style patterns for the "retirement period" from ages 65 to 75. Two contrasting patterns are described-Transformers and Maintainers. These groups reported differences in boyhood experiences, attitudes toward retirement, and choices of activity after age 65. (Author)

Managing the Changing Nature of Distance and Open Education at Institutional Level.

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King, Bruce

2001-01-01

Discusses changes that distance and open learning are facing, partly because the context of higher education generally is being transformed. Topics include globalization; massification; increasing government intervention; technological developments; resistance from teachers; individualization; institutional change; and the need for management…

Between Efficiency and Transformation: The Opinion of Deans on the Meaning of Quality in Higher Education

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Olaskoaga-Larrauri, Jon; Barrenetxea-Ayesta, Miren; Cardona-Rodríguez, Antonio; Mijangos-Del Campo, Juan José; Barandiaran-Galdós, Marta

2016-01-01

The literature on quality management at higher education institutions has for some time been working on the basis of two issues: a) the diversity of ideas as to what "quality" means, which makes it harder to apply the principles of quality management in this context; and b) the idea that this diversity is in some way a response to the…

The Transformation of the Motivation Sphere as a Factor in the Formation of the Professional and Personality Qualities of Graduates of Higher Educational Institutions

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Shashkova, S. N.

2010-01-01

The problems of the formation of the professional and personality qualities of graduates of higher educational institutions became especially relevant during the period in which Russia was making the transition to the new economic course of action, the system of market relations. However, the roots of these problems are to be found in the…

On the Way into the Bologna Reform--A Consideration of the Quality and the Role of Human Resource Management in Higher Education System

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Kohont, Andrej; Nadoh Bergoc, Jana

2010-01-01

In the article the concept of higher education quality is discussed, putting an emphasis on the concept of quality as a transformation. In this context the teachers are stimulated to use contemporary teaching/learning tools and to take active role in the development and empowerment of learners. The role of human resource management (HRM) is also…

Writing Our Way: Giving Voice to Adult Learning. Adult Higher Education Alliance Annual Conference Proceedings (41st, Orlando, Florida, March 9-10, 2017)

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Elufiede, Kemi, Ed.; Flynn, Bonnie, Ed.; Olson, Joann S., Ed.

2017-01-01

The 41st annual conference of the Adult and Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) was held at the University of Central Florida in March 2017 and explored the theme, "Writing Our Way: Giving Voice to Adult Learning." Papers in these proceedings include: (1) Transformative Learning Following Job Loss-A Dissertation Renewal (Robert Benway); (2)…

Tronto's Notion of "Privileged Irresponsibility" and the Reconceptualisation of Care: Implications for Critical Pedagogies of Emotion in Higher Education

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Zembylas, Michalinos; Bozalek, Vivienne; Shefer, Tammy

2014-01-01

This article takes on some of care theorist Joan Tronto's ideas on care and responsibility and asks what implications they have for critical pedagogies in higher education. The authors argue that Tronto's political ethics of care framework enriches the transformative potential of critical pedagogies, because it helps expose how power and…

Neoliberalism, Urbanism and the Education Economy: Producing Hyderabad as a "Global City"

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Kamat, Sangeeta

2011-01-01

This paper examines the emergence of Hyderabad as a hub of the global information technology economy, and in particular, the role of higher education in Hyderabad's transformation as the labor market for the new economy. The extensive network of professional education institutions that service the global economy illustrates the ways in which…

Transforming Higher Education and Student Engagement through Collaborative Review to Inform Educational Design

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von Konsky, Brian R.; Martin, Romana; Bolt, Susan; Broadley, Tania; Ostashewski, Nathaniel

2014-01-01

This paper reports on staff perceptions arising from a review process designed to assist staff in making informed decisions regarding educational design, approaches to engage students in learning, and the technology to support engagement in the classroom and across multiple locations and delivery modes. The aim of the review process was to…

Flipping the Classroom: Turning an Instructional Methods Course Upside Down

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Marks, Diane B.

2015-01-01

Higher education and teacher education in particular are entering a time of transformation. With major forces like shifting demographics, new technologies, and the move from an industrial to an information society, teacher educators need not only to prepare teachers for new ways of teaching, but also must adopt and model best practices for these…

The Role of Mentoring in the Educational Attainment and Career Development of Women Presidents in Colleges of Education in Ghana

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Tawiah, Augustine

2009-01-01

Mentorship has been identified in the adult and higher education literature as a transformational tool for mainstreaming disadvantaged people by providing direction, networks, and opportunities for empowerment to break barriers (Harlley, 2001). Current global interests in mentorship principles and practices are also supported by evidence of the…

Using Assessment to Bring about Cultural Change: The Value of Assessing Learning Spaces

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Harris, Michael; Cullen, Roxanne

2008-01-01

In considering the issue of transforming higher education, people tend to think of the university in the abstract: the idea of providing education and what that means in these changing times. The authors suggest that the physical university should also be considered. At Ferris State University, educators have made a comprehensive effort to…

Video-Based Learning Platforms: A Key to Educational Transformation in Emerging Markets

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Aji, Sandeep

2016-01-01

One of the most explosive areas of growth in the field of higher education is currently in emerging international markets. In developing nations, lack of access to high-quality teachers and educational materials is often the key obstacle preventing students from gaining the skills and knowledge they need to pursue new opportunities and advance in…

Distance Learning in the 21st Century University: Key Issues for Leaders and Faculty

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Amirault, Ray J.

2012-01-01

The changes precipitated by today's computer-based technologies are perhaps no more keenly felt than in the field of education, where technological innovation signals fundamental transformations in the manner in which educational programs will be delivered to 21st century students. Online learning is providing higher education institutions with an…

Closing the Gap: Can Service-Learning Enhance Retention, Graduation, and GPAs of Students of Color?

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Mungo, Monita Hollis

2017-01-01

The education system is responsible for the choices and chances provided to the students it serves. Although racial disparities continue to impede some students' chance of success in education, service-learning in the classroom context may be the transformative strategy needed to make institutions of higher education the "great…

Enhancing Students' HOTS in Laboratory Educational Activity by Using Concept Map as an Alternative Assessment Tool

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Ghani, I. B. A.; Ibrahim, N. H.; Yahaya, N. A.; Surif, J.

2017-01-01

Educational transformation in the 21st century demands in-depth knowledge and understanding in order to promote the development of higher-order thinking skills (HOTS). However, the most commonly reported problem with respect to developing a knowledge of chemistry is poor mastery of basic concepts. Chemistry laboratory educational activities are…

Art, Media and Design Research and Practice: Views of Educators in a "New" Australian University

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Melles, Gavin

2011-01-01

During the late 1980s and early 1990s further and higher education in the UK and Australia underwent restructuring, bringing institutional mergers and the transformation of institutes of technology and colleges of education into "new" universities. Vocational fields, including the creative arts and industries of design and film, came…

Beneath the Surface: A Narrative Inquiry into Educational and Cultural Experiences of Kenyan Adult Women Learners in U.S.A. Universities

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Gatua, Mary Wairimu

2011-01-01

This qualitative study examines educational and socio-cultural experiences of seven Kenyan women pursuing higher education in the United States. The study uses in depth interviews to explore the participants' socio-cultural experiences, how they negotiate their multiple identities, and their transformative learning experiences. Three theoretical…

Design of the Technology-Rich Classroom Practices and Facilities Environments

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Nelson, Angela C.

2013-01-01

It is widely recognized that technology in the classroom has the potential to transform education at every stage from Pre-K, to K-12, to Higher Education and Adult Education. Using the Digital Teaching Platform as an exemplar of 21st Century classroom instruction style, the author offers an overview of classroom technology and its effects on…

Transforming higher education and the professional preparation of nurses.

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Sturgeon, David

Since the early 1990s, nurse education in the UK has been directly influenced by Department of Health policy and by the structure and management of higher education. Market forces, consumer values, increasing demand for quality and accountability, and technological advances have influenced the academic landscape and the provision for nurse education within it. Despite the recent Government confirmation that new nurses will all be educated to degree level from 2013, the future direction of nursing, and nurse education, is still far from certain. The Government proposes significant change to the higher educational sector in order to enhance employer engagement. Foundation degrees are an integral component of the Government's policy for developing the vocational skills and for widening participation in higher education. As a result of this, and other policy initiatives, it is likely that a smaller supply of graduate nurses will provide future leadership and supervision in the delivery of nursing. It is also likely that there will be greater demand for postgraduate-level education for registered nurses.

Gaming across Cultures: Experimenting with Alternate Pedagogies

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Pillay, Soma; James, Reynold

2013-01-01

Purpose: Higher education is influenced, to an increasing extent, by changing student demographics. This requires educators to design and deliver learning systems which will enhance students' learning experience with innovative, real world and engaging resources. The authors predict that transformations in the learning systems will increase as…

Transforming Early Childhood Education through Critical Reflection

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Anderson, Elizabeth M.

2014-01-01

There is tension growing in early childhood education between an emphasis on higher learning standards, teacher-directed activities, and evidence-based instructional methods and maintaining active, dynamic and integrated learning experiences for young children. This short essay highlights the ways in which our existing values and beliefs,…

The Web and the Rites of Knowing.

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Michelson, Bruce

2001-01-01

Discusses the World Wide Web and epistemology in the context of higher education. Topics include the transformation of cultural assumptions by net-based information systems; information revolutions; views of and use of information technology; the organization of knowledge; and the changing role of students in educational history. (LRW)

A Lens to the Enterprise.

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Zemsky, Robert, Ed.

1999-01-01

This essay is based on a series of roundtables convened through the Knight Collaborative National Medical Education Roundtable. It reports that the challenges and transformations experienced in recent years by community-based medical schools and clinical campuses offer a lens to the whole higher education enterprise, and asks the fundamental…

Service Learning: Listening to Different Voices.

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Ayers, George E., Ed.; Ray, David B., Ed.

This report presents the perspectives of three educators from historically black colleges and universities on the advancement of community service and service-learning in higher education. Each of the essays is introduced by a leader in the service-learning community. They include: (1) "Curriculum Transformation and Service Learning"…

The Role of Leaders in Transforming Learners and Learning in the Higher Learning Institutions in Kenya

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Okinyi, Nyaruri Paul; Kwaba, Jacob Gekonge; Nyabuto, Neria Nyanchama

2015-01-01

The importance of leadership in organizations has increased and leadership training and development has advanced and peoples' performance. Institutions in higher education are investing heavily in advancement of leadership programs aimed at improving learners' leadership skills and scholars. To this day, many scholars in higher institutions…

Generative Dialogue as a Transformative Learning Practice in Adult and Higher Education Settings

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Gunnlaugson, Olen

2006-01-01

This article explores Scharmer's account of generative dialogue, which followed from Bohmian dialogue in the 1980s and Isaacs' research with the MIT Dialogue Project in the early 1990s. It presents the author's view that generative dialogue offers a useful theoretical framework and effective means for facilitating transformative learning processes…

The Relationship between Transformational Leadership Style and Employees' Perception of Leadership Success in Higher Education

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Jackson, Tatrabian D.

2016-01-01

The problem addressed examined whether two merged academic institutions was successful in implementing a transformational leadership style within the united organization. Successful leadership cannot be limited to the perception of only the leader, but must include the perceptions of the follower as well. The focus of this study was to investigate…

Teaching Transformational Leadership to Undergraduate Agricultural Leadership Students: Using the Personality Trait of Agreeableness to Improve Understanding

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Lamm, Kevan W.; Carter, Hannah S.; Stedman, Nicole L. P.; Lamm, Alexa J.

2014-01-01

Training undergraduate agricultural students to be strong, positive leaders will have a large impact on the industries they work within and therefore should be of utmost importance to agricultural educators. Transformational leaders (TL) tend to have higher performing, more satisfied teams; consequently, development of TL characteristics should…

Teaching & Learning in a Hybrid World. An Interview with Carol Twigg

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Veronikas, Susan Walsh; Shaughnessy, Michael F.

2004-01-01

Dr. Carol A. Twigg is Executive Director of the Center for Academic Transformation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The mission of the center is to serve as a source of expertise and support for those in higher education who want to take advantage of the capabilities of information technology to transform their academic practices. The center…

New Frontiers: Exploring the Power and Possibilities of the Unconference as a Transformative Approach to Faculty Development

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Hale, Enoch; Bessette, Lee Skallerup

2016-01-01

In the spirit of exploration, this paper discusses the what, why and how of unconferencing and explores its implications as a transformative approach to faculty development in higher education. The authors define an unconference faculty development experience as: a less-structured opportunity for participants to learn and grow by sharing…

The Transformative Potential of International Service-Learning at a University with a Christian Foundation in the UK

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Bamber, Phil

2011-01-01

This article draws upon the findings of a study at Liverpool Hope University (LHU) into the transformative nature of International Service-Learning (ISL) experiences for student participants. This research is concerned with the implications of these findings for professional practice, in particular how ISL is constructed in Higher Education policy…

Seeking Solutions though the Mirror of Finnish Experience: Policy Recommendations for Regional University Transformation in China

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Cai, Yuzhuo; Yang, Po; Lyytinen, Anu; Hölttä, Seppo

2015-01-01

China has recently launched a radical reform to transform over 600 regional universities into application and technology oriented institutions. The reform is a response to diverse labour market demands, regional economic development and the suboptimal structure of the higher education system, and uses international experiences as a reference.…

Student-Centredness: The Link between Transforming Students and Transforming Ourselves

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Blackie, Margaret A. L.; Case, Jennifer M.; Jawitz, Jeff

2010-01-01

It is widely accepted in the higher education literature that a student-centred approach is pedagogically superior to a teacher-centred approach. In this paper, we explore the notion of student-centredness as a threshold concept and the implications this might have for academic staff development. We argue that the term student-centred in the…

Moving Teaching and Learning with Technology from Adoption to Transformation

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Hartman, Joel L.

2008-01-01

Information technology has been an important part of higher education since the development of the lantern slide in the mid-1800s. However, occasions in which the academy has been "transformed" by technology are rare. Viewed in a historical perspective, these occasions can be considered as a series of three epochs: the online public-access catalog…

Team based learning in nursing and midwifery higher education; a systematic review of the evidence for change.

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Dearnley, Chris; Rhodes, Christine; Roberts, Peter; Williams, Pam; Prenton, Sarah

2018-01-01

The aim of this study is to review the evidence in relation to the experiences and outcomes of students on nursing and/or midwifery higher education programmes, who experience team based learning. To examine the relationship between team based learning and attainment for nursing and midwifery students in professional higher education. To examine the relationship between team based learning and student satisfaction for nurses and midwifery students in higher education. To identify and report examples of good practice in the implementation of team based learning in Nursing and Midwifery higher education. A systematic Review of the literature was undertaken. The population were nurses and midwives studying on higher education pre and post registration professional programmes. The intervention was learning and teaching activities based on a team-based learning approach. Data sources included CINAHL and MEDLINE. ERIC and Index to Theses were also searched. International research papers published in English between 2011 and 2017 that met the inclusion criteria were included in the study. Papers that met the criteria were subjected to quality appraisal and agreement amongst authors for inclusion in the review. A total of sixteen papers were reviewed and four themes emerged for discussion. These were Student Engagement, Student Satisfaction, Attainment and Practice Development and Transformational Teaching and Learning. There is a tentative, though growing body of evidence to support TBL as a strategy that can impact on student engagement, student satisfaction, attainment, practice development and transformative teaching and learning. The literature indicates that implementing TBL within the curriculum is not without challenge and requires a sustained and structured approach. Staff and students need to understand the processes involved, and why they should be adhered to, in the pursuit of enhanced student experiences and outcomes for nurses and midwives in Higher Education. Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Real Time, Real Life Journeys toward Institutional Engagement

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Adamek, Margaret A.; Alter, Theodore; Bridger, Jeffrey; Ferrick, John; Shapiro, Kenneth

2004-01-01

Creating a culture of engagement on college campuses requires investment and energy at the individual and institutional level. For a decade, the W. K. Kellogg Foundation has sponsored the Food Systems Professors Education initiative involving thirteen land-grant colleges of agriculture and their partners, designed to transform higher education and…

Wiki Based Collaborative Learning in Interuniversity Scenarios

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Katzlinger, Elisabeth; Herzog, Michael A.

2014-01-01

In business education advanced collaboration skills and media literacy are important for surviving in a globalized business where virtual communication between enterprises is part of the day-by-day business. To transform these global working situations into higher education, a learning scenario between two universities in Germany and Austria was…

First-Year Student Motivations for Service-Learning: An Exploratory Investigation of Minority Student Perceptions

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Pearl, Andrew J.; Christensen, Robert K.

2017-01-01

As a high-impact educational practice ("Kuh, 2008"), service-learning can have a transformational effect on students, communities, instructors, and higher education institutions. However, despite cautions ("Butin, 2006, p. 481"), student enrollment in service-learning remains overwhelmingly White and female ("Jacoby,…

An Online Adult-Learner Focused Program: An Assessment of Effectiveness

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Todd, Curtis L.; Ravi, Kokila; Akoh, Harry; Gray, Vance

2015-01-01

The landscape of higher education has significantly changed. Methods of instructional delivery, student profiles and degree offerings have transformed traditional brick and mortar institutions. Distance educational courses and programs, either fully online or hybrid, have been a major contributing factor in this shift. While a high percentage of…

Improving Outcomes from Your Planning Process during Turbulent Times

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Kahn, Jay V.

2011-01-01

The retreat of state funding for higher education and other factors has increased competition and program duplication among campuses. Subsidies of in-state student tuition has shrunk; the perception of public good investments has transformed into students paying their educational costs, for what is considered private good, by borrowing against…

Tensions between Rhetoric and Practice in Entrepreneurship Education; An Ethnography from Danish Higher Education

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Robinson, Sarah; Blenker, Per

2014-01-01

Promoting entrepreneurialism, enterprise and entrepreneurial behaviour is a goal shared by many governments. European policy rhetoric strongly supports the promotion of entrepreneurial, creative and innovation skills in all disciplines and the cultivation of entrepreneurial mindsets. The transformation of society from an industrial society into a…

The Transformation of Higher Education through Prior Learning Assessment

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Kamenetz, Anya

2011-01-01

Providing college credit for prior learning is nothing new. The American Council on Education's Credit Recommendation Service (CREDIT), the largest national program making credit recommendations for workplace and other training, dates to 1974. Several colleges that specialize in the practice--Excelsior and Empire State in New York, Thomas Edison…

Educational Geopolitics and the "Settler University" in Ariel

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Templer, Bill

2007-01-01

Along with patterns of neo-liberal transformation spreading through Israeli higher education, a distinctive element of Israeli academe is the extent to which university staff and researchers actively or more often tacitly support the broader aims of the government and the Occupation, including its daily murders, abominations and indignities…

MOOCs as Change Agents to Boost Innovation in Higher Education Learning Arenas

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Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Altinay, Fahriye; Altinay, Zehra

2016-01-01

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) provide opportunities for learners to benefit from initiatives that are promoted by prestigious universities worldwide. The introduction of MOOCs in 2008 has since then transformed education globally. Consequently, MOOCs should be acknowledged as a pedagogical innovation and recognized as change agents and…

The Social Inclusion Meme in Higher Education: Are Universities Doing Enough?

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Hughes, Katie

2015-01-01

Universities in the developed world have engaged in many attempts to transform unequal social relations, inherited from the past, through restructuring their tertiary education systems. On the whole, this endeavour has been generated by national governments. Discourses about "diversity" and "social inclusion" have driven this…

The Relevance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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Dorn, Renee Felicia

2013-01-01

Starting in the mid-1800s, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were created for the purpose of educating Black students. Since their inception, HBCUs have transformed from institutions of higher learning with a core curriculum of teaching and ministerial education serving the Black community to progressive colleges and…

Debates in Teaching Bioethics

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Kedraka, Katerina; Kourkoutas, Yiannis

2018-01-01

In this small scale study in higher education, a good educational practice on the teaching of Bioethics based on transformative learning and accomplished by debates is presented. The research was carried out in June 2016 at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece and it includes the assessment of…

Transforming Teaching Challenges into Learning Opportunities: Interdisciplinary Reflective Collaboration

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Callaghan, Ronel

2015-01-01

Teaching in higher education poses unique sets of challenges, especially for academics in the engineering, built sciences and information science education disciplines. This article focuses on how reflective collaboration can support academics in their quest to find unique solutions to challenges in different academic contexts. A reflective…

Gender Aspects of the Economic Payback of a Tuition-Charging Higher Education

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Baskakova, M. E.

2004-01-01

For many decades now the sphere of education in Russia has been considered to be among the most well off among other spheres of activity, from the standpoint of gender equality. One component of radical economic reforms in Russia in the 1990s was the transformation of education financing. During the reform years the number of students in higher…

Educational Opportunities and Academic Performance: A Case Study of University Student Mothers in Venezuela

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Pinilla, Bernarda; Munoz, Samaria

2005-01-01

The transformation of universities from elite to mass models in developing countries has given the opportunity to new social groups to participate in higher education. As a part of this process, diverse groups of students have benefited in different ways from the equal educational opportunities offered to them. In this paper, we approach the…

From Cultivation to Education: A Study of the Development of the Swedish Universities from a Traditional Cultural Institution to a Rational Educational Institution. R&D for Higher Education, 1980:9.

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Svensson, Lennart

The history of the Swedish universities and their roots in various traditions are traced. Attention is directed to the historico-sociological theory concerning the development and transformation of the Swedish universities from a traditional cultural institution to a rational educational institution. Six themes are covered: a general historical…

DIY.edu

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Demski, Jennifer

2012-01-01

The publication of Anya Kamenetz's "DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education" (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2010) caused quite a splash in the higher ed community. If, as she advocates, highly motivated students can access quality online coursework for free--if they can create their own learning paths based on…

The Retention of Tacit Knowledge in Higher Learning Administration

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Muniz, Andrew Everardo

2013-01-01

Higher education institutions (HEIs) could be among organizations without effective programs for preserving tacit knowledge (TK) when knowledge workers retire, quit, take a leave of absence, or are terminated. The theoretical underpinnings of this study were neuroscience related to brain learning physiology, transformational leadership theory,…

Virtualization and New Geographies of Knowledge in Higher Education: Possibilities for the Transformation of Knowledge, Pedagogic Relations and Learner Identities

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Taylor, Carol A.; Dunne, Mairead

2011-01-01

This article considers some of the ways in which the transformative power of Web 2.0 digital technology is reconfiguring learning, knowledge and academic identities in the contemporary university. Through a focus on five specific examples, we consider the impact of virtualization processes on spatiality, materiality and embodiment, and pedagogic…

Transformational Leadership Characteristics of College and University Presidents of Private, Title III and Title V-Eligible Institutions

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Hempowicz, Christine D.

2010-01-01

The purpose of this study was to investigate the transformational leadership characteristics of college and university presidents of private Title III and Title V-eligible institutions. Private institutions of higher education comprise approximately half of the total post-secondary institutions in the U.S. However, they are at greater risk for…

Investigating Causality between Global Experience and Global Competency for Undergraduates in Contemporary China's Higher Education: A Transformative Learning Theory Perspective

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Li, Jian; Xu, Jinhui

2016-01-01

The purpose of this study is to investigate the causal relationship between global experience and global competency from a transformative learning theory perspective. China society is becoming more and more linguistically and culturally diverse in a global context. Moreover, Chinese students should be knowledgeable about the international issues…

The Politicisation of the University in South Africa and Its Consequent Demise

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Higgs, P.

2010-01-01

In the light of transformational discourses in higher education in South Africa, it has become necessary to pose the question--what is a university? Such a question requires that the idea of the university, as well as its role in society be reflected upon critically. This author contends that much of present day transformational discourse in…

Exploring a Transformative Orientation to Sustainability in Universities: A Question of Loose and Tight Framings

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Scott, William A. H.

2015-01-01

This review essay examines three new books on higher education and sustainability. It explores a number of the issues raised in the books, in particular, the meaning of a transformative orientation towards sustainability. The idea of loose and tight conceptual framings of sustainability is employed. A tight framing is where an institution embodies…

Organizational Transformation to Promote Knowledge Transfer at Universities and R&D Institutions in Sonora, Mexico

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Balderrama, Jorge Ines Leon; Lopez, Lydia Venecia Gutierrez; Lafarga, Cuitlahuac Valdez

2013-01-01

Using the results of an empirical study in the State of Sonora, Mexico, this paper reports on an attempt to identify trends and transformations that have taken place in the way knowledge transfer activities are organized and structured in higher education institutions and research centres. The research was designed to provide a characterization of…

Five Systematic Transformations and Their Impacts on Academic Profession in China

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Dan, Mao; Fengqiao, Yan

2015-01-01

The dynamism of contemporary Chinese society reflects itself in higher education and the academic profession. The remarkable changes in the past 30 years include the shifting from a planned system to a market system on one hand, and the shifting from a closed system to an open system on the other hand. Five obvious transformations in higher…

Transformational leadership in medical practice: capturing and influencing principles-driven work.

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Gabel, Stewart

2012-01-01

The importance of leadership in medicine is well recognized. Transformational leadership is a well-defined model that provides an empirically supported approach to foster organizational and personal change. It has been applied in health care settings with favorable outcomes. Transformational leadership is intended to help subordinates and followers transcend usual expectations of their own capabilities to reach higher levels of performance and personal meaning. The application of transformational leadership is appropriate to physicians in many roles, including to those who are supervisors in medical education or practice as team members in outpatient settings. Illustrations exemplify these points.

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Using Google Drive to Facilitate a Blended Approach to Authentic Learning

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Rowe, Michael; Bozalek, Vivienne; Frantz, Jose

2013-01-01

While technology has the potential to create opportunities for transformative learning in higher education, it is often used to merely reinforce didactic teaching that aims to control access to expert knowledge. Instead, educators should consider using technology to enhance communication and provide richer, more meaningful platforms for the social…

Transforming University Governance in Ukraine: Collegiums, Bureaucracies, and Political Institutions

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Osipian, Ararat L.

2014-01-01

The massification of higher education in Ukraine is a fact, while financing the system is still an issue. External pressures from the central government and the market require changes in university governance. Europeanization of the educational system and adherence to the principles laid down by the Bologna Declaration add to already existing…

The Interpretation of Problem Based Learning: A Case Study

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Li, Huichun

2013-01-01

Currently, there are a large number of higher education institutions transforming their traditional educational approaches to PBL. In order to address the challenges for PBL implementation for a university, it is quite necessary to investigate how the managers and staff members interpret PBL in practice. Through the exploration of a university…

Mirroring, Gestaltswitching and Transformative Social Learning: Stepping Stones for Developing Sustainability Competence

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Wals, Arjen E. J.

2010-01-01

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify components and educational design principles for strengthening sustainability competence in and through higher education. Design/methodology/approach: This is a conceptual paper that uses an exemplary autobiographical empirical case study in order to illustrate and support a line of reasoning.…

Modelling and Managing Student Loyalty: A Study of a Norwegian University College

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Nesset, Erik; Helgesen, Oyvind

2009-01-01

Higher education institutions are becoming increasingly businesslike, a shift that is transforming student loyalty into an important strategic theme for universities and colleges. This paper reports a "cross-over" study that uses well-known theories from service marketing in a new context, that of educational services addressing customer…

World-Class Higher Education and the Emerging Chinese Model of the University

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Li, Jun

2012-01-01

China's recent quest to develop world-class universities is a significant phenomenon within the worldwide transformation of tertiary education. Taking a cultural approach and drawing on empirical findings, this article investigates the emerging Chinese model of the university, considering its key features and contributions to global communities.…

Transforming Teaching and Learning through the Virtual Classroom

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Dougherty, Kevin J.

2012-01-01

There is a perfect storm brewing in post-secondary education (PSE) in Ontario. Four major forces are combining in this storm, an ever growing higher education participation rate, the growing demand for effective and timely knowledge delivery, the need to drastically alter how one views teaching and learning, and accelerated technological changes.…

Fabulation as a Pedagogical Possibility: Working towards a Politics of Affirmation

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Kruger, Frans; Le Roux, Adré

2017-01-01

The wave of student-led protests that have taken place across the South African higher education landscape over the last two years provides us, as teacher educators, with the opportune time to reflect on how our pedagogical practices relate to larger societal transformative imperatives. We engage with the relationship between pedagogical practices…

Media Management Education: Key Themes, Pedagogies, and Challenges

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Förster, Kati; Rohn, Ulrike

2015-01-01

The media sphere has changed significantly as a result of globalization, technology, and new habits of media use. Scholars in journalism and mass communication thus call on a transformation and reinvention of higher education in the field. The purpose of this article is to investigate how media management is taught across different institutions,…

A Call to (Link) Arms

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Gee, E. Gordon

2009-01-01

The transformative effect of higher education--to change individual lives and remedy global problems of all kinds--is without question and it is shared equally among individuals. Public or private, two-year, four-year, research, and liberal arts--each of the institutions has a sacred responsibility to educate the next generation of citizens and to…

Enterprise Risk Management Can Be a Strategic Opportunity. Perspectives…Presenting Thought Leaders' Points of View

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Beasley, Mark S.

2013-01-01

Declining resources, new delivery models for education, questions regarding the value of research, issues surrounding athletics, physical security threats, and slowing demand for college graduates represent only a few of the risks on the horizon for colleges and universities. Higher education is transforming rapidly, creating both opportunities…

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Converging technologies in higher education: paradigm for the "new" liberal arts?

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Balmer, Robert T

2006-12-01

This article discusses the historic relationship between the practical arts (technology) and the mental (liberal) arts, suggesting that Converging Technologies is a new higher education paradigm that integrates the arts, humanities, and sciences with modern technology. It explains that the paradigm really includes all fields in higher education from philosophy to art to music to modern languages and beyond. To implement a transformation of this magnitude, it is necessary to understand the psychology of change in academia. Union College in Schenectady, New York, implemented a Converging Technologies Educational Paradigm in five steps: (1) create a compelling vision, (2) communicate the vision, (3) empower the faculty, (4) create short-term successes, and (5) institutionalize the results. This case study of Union College demonstrates it is possible to build a pillar of educational excellence based on Converging Technologies.

Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning: Leading and Supporting the Transformation on Your Campus. EDUCAUSE Leadership Strategies. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.

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Barone, Carole A., Ed.; Hagner, Paul R., Ed.

This book offers academic leaders advice to help their institutions initiate, implement, and manage the transformation to technology-enhanced teaching and learning in order to become Internet-based communication and learning environments. The book contains the following chapters: (1) "Engaging the Faculty" (Paul R. Hagner and Charles A.…

"As an Undergrad, I Don't Have the Right to an Opinion": Reconstructing Students as Creative Meaning-Makers in the Applied English Language Classroom

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Oostendorp, Marcelyn

2017-01-01

The transformation of higher education has been a pressing concern for policy makers and practitioners. This article provides examples of the transformative potential of assessments designed within the framework of a multi-literacies and heteroglossic pedagogy in an Applied English Language course at a South African university. These assessments,…

Technologies of polytechnic education in global benchmark higher education institutions

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Kurushina, V. A.; Kurushina, E. V.; Zemenkova, M. Y.

2018-05-01

The Russian polytechnic education is going through the sequence of transformations started with introduction of bachelor and master degrees in the higher education instead of the previous “specialists”. The next stage of reformation in the Russian polytechnic education should imply the growth in quality of teaching and learning experience that is possible to achieve by accumulating the best education practices of the world-class universities using the benchmarking method. This paper gives an overview of some major distinctive features of the foreign benchmark higher education institution and the Russian university of polytechnic profile. The parameters that allowed the authors to select the foreign institution for comparison include the scope of educational profile, industrial specialization, connections with the leading regional corporations, size of the city and number of students. When considering the possibilities of using relevant higher education practices of the world level, the authors emphasize the importance of formation of a new mentality of an engineer, the role of computer technologies in engineering education, the provision of licensed software for the educational process which exceeds the level of a regional Russian university, and successful staff technologies (e.g., inviting “guest” lecturers or having 2-3 lecturers per course).

Mediating Authentic Learning: The Use of Wiki's and Blogs in an Undergraduate Curriculum in South Africa

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Titus, Simone

2013-01-01

Over the past few years, the virtual landscape of South African higher education institutions has changed as a result of ubiquitous and ever-present technological initiatives that can potentially provide students with a flexible learning space. Within these learning spaces, Web 2.0 tools have transformed educators' pedagogical approaches to…

"What's Good,""What's Next": Understanding the Personal Transformative Meaning of Education through Guided Design.

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Borchardt, Donald A.

Ego development is an implicit aim of higher education and can be one of its most significant results, according to R. P. Weathersby. There are several developmental stages, each having characteristics to describe personality traits, style of behavior, conscious preoccupations, and ways of thinking. From lowest level to highest, the stages are:…

Family Formation in Post-Soviet Ukraine: Changing Effects of Education in a Period of Rapid Social Change

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Perelli-Harris, Brienna

2008-01-01

Focusing on post-Soviet Ukraine, this paper examines how social transformations changed family formation, leading to the world's lowest fertility rate. The findings show that before Ukraine gained independence, highly educated women had higher first birth rates after controlling for school enrollment and marriage. After independence, highly…

Social Software and Academic Practice: Postgraduate Students as Co-Designers of Web 2.0 Tools

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Carmichael, Patrick; Burchmore, Helen

2010-01-01

In order to develop potentially transformative Web 2.0 tools in higher education, the complexity of existing academic practices, including current patterns of technology use, must be recognised. This paper describes how a series of participatory design activities allowed postgraduate students in education, social sciences and computer sciences to…

What's in the"'Co"? Tending the Tensions in Co-Creative Inquiry in Social Work Education

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Phillips, Louise; Napan, Ksenija

2016-01-01

Higher education is one of many fields of practice that have undergone a so-called "dialogic turn" whereby processes of co-creation proliferate as a means of generating knowledge. According to dialogic ideals, co-creation harnesses the transformative potential of dialogue across difference and empowers participants as co-learners or…

Determining Distance Education Students' Readiness for Mobile Learning at University of Ghana Using the Theory of Planned Behavior

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Tagoe, Michael Ayitey; Abakah, Ellen

2014-01-01

The use of mobile technologies in the classroom is transforming teaching and learning in higher institutions. This study investigated University of Ghana Distance Education students' perceptions toward mobile learning. The paper using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) explained how students' beliefs influenced students' intention to adopt…

Tapping Energy by Conserving It: Educational Institutions Are Going Green and Taking Alumni Along for the Ride

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Lenney, Raina

2010-01-01

"Campuses in general are paying much more attention to sustainability," says Paul Rowland, executive director of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, which is dedicated to empowering colleges and universities to lead the sustainability transformation in society. Rowland says that in the past four…

Managing Transformation: How Do Undergraduate Students Experience the Process of Reentry after International Service Learning?

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Hetzell, Leah B.

2017-01-01

As calls for institutions of higher education to educate globally competent citizens have intensified over the last two decades, the field of international service learning (ISL) has responded resoundingly. ISL programs have been implemented at many institutions and there have been countless studies that demonstrate the great power for student…

College Outcomes for Work, Life, and Citizenship: Can We Really Do It All?

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Humphreys, Debra

2009-01-01

When the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) launched the Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) initiative in 2005, they certainly knew that it would not be easy to achieve the sort of transformation needed to ensure that higher education serves all students--and society--more effectively. The LEAP initiative builds…

Curriculum Development and Faculty Perceptions of an RN to BSN Program Development at a Community College

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Davis, Kelly

2017-01-01

Transformative change is occurring in the nursing profession, higher education, and healthcare. There is increased employer demand for baccalaureate prepared nurses. Currently, associate degree programs educate the majority of entry-level nurses in the United States. One solution to meet the increased demand for baccalaureate prepared nurses is to…

Breaking Ground in Higher Ed: A Look at New Models

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Mroz, Donald; Mulgrew, Francis X.

2012-01-01

The debate about the need for change in America's K-12 education system has been raging for decades. Teachers, parents, administrators and government leaders alike have been grappling with how to transform a system that has been failing too many students for too long, according to a recent Center for Education Policy study. Until recently, the…

Examining the Need for Chinese Language Programs in Mid-Atlantic Community Colleges

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Uhey, Ruth Ann Johnson

2012-01-01

Public education reform designed for K-12 and higher education exists to transform teaching and learning within the United States in order to graduate today's student. One specific initiative on the federal, state, and local levels is the implementation of Chinese language programs. Some of the Chinese language programs in the K-12 education…

Toward the 21st Century: Preparing Proactive Visionary Transformational Leaders for Building Learning Communities. Human Resource Development. Orange County Cluster.

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Groff, Warren H.

This document describes the Orange County Cluster human resources development (HRD) seminar that was conducted as part of Nova University's nontraditional practitioner-oriented, problem-solving, field-based distance education program in higher education. Discussed first are HRD in the agricultural and business industrial eras and changing HRD…

Transformations in Higher Education in Agricultural and Food Sciences in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Ruffio, P.; Barloy, J.

1995-01-01

From an analysis of educational reform and the teaching crisis in agricultural/food sciences in Central and Eastern Europe emerged three key issues: (1) redefinition of the role of agricultural/food science managers; (2) replacement of production orientation with a comprehensive approach to rural development; and (3) recognition of the educational…

On Financing the Training of Master's-Degree-Holders in Russian Higher Education

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Khalin, V.

2010-01-01

Education is currently one of the key resources that enable countries to flourish and grow economically; as world experience has shown, the importance of this factor will increase steadily. To a large extent, the full-fledged restructuring of the Russian economy depends on the character and effectiveness of transformations in Russia's system of…

From Unbundling to Rebundling: Design Principles for Transforming Institutions in the New Digital Ecosystem

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Bass, Randy; Eynon, Bret

2017-01-01

The last five years have been active and noisy ones for the impact of technology and online education on the future of colleges and universities. Much has been said to disparage the traditional institutional model and champion strategies of disrupting or "unbundling" higher education, powered by the explosion of Web-based learning…

Transforming the Preparation of Educational Leaders: A Case for Ethical District-University Partnerships

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Sherman, Whitney H.

2006-01-01

A good number of scholars have recently addressed concerns about the disconnect between higher education and K-12 practice. According to Goldring and Sims (2005), those involved with leadership preparation must connect thought to action. Although many have taken the position that collaboration is essential, it has been much more difficult to…

Educational Development in South Africa: From Social Reproduction to Capitalist Expansion?

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Boughey, Chrissie

2007-01-01

At an international level, the peaceful transition to democracy in South Africa has often been lauded as miraculous. While political transformation might have been highly successful, changes in other spheres have proved to be much more problematic. This paper examines the change in higher education in South Africa and, more particularly, the role…

Mercy Mission and Transformative Change: Evaluation of a Revised Governance Structure

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Affenito, Sandra G.; Artz, Judy; Carlson, Vivian

2014-01-01

The University of St. Joseph, a Mercy institution, was founded during the Great Depression to provide women a gateway to higher education for careers in fields that would serve the well-being of society. Recently, the institution has undergone changes to modernize its organizational structure. Consistent with its commitment to educate people of…

Higher Education's Influence on the Confessional Practices of Roman Catholic Laity in the Greater Miami Area

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Ferrari, Joseph L.

2013-01-01

This qualitative phenomenological study of 20 Roman Catholic laypersons in the Greater Miami area investigated the phenomenon of transformation of confessional practice as a result of the undergraduate educational experience. By searching for meaning in each individual's story, two themes or factors and six sub themes emerged. The themes were…

Learning Is Change: Creating an Environment for Sustainable Organizational Change in Continuing and Higher Education

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Schultz, Christie

2014-01-01

This article explores the ways in which learning itself is a form of organizational change and, as such, supports organizational readiness for change. The study considers a continuing education unit within a major Canadian university that managed to transform its decentralized and independent student records and administration system (student…

Renewing the Promise-The Public's Universities in a Transforming World. Report of the Commission on Public University Renewal

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American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2005

2005-01-01

Public higher education stands as one of the true success stories in our nation's history. It is a story of transformation-for students, main streets, communities, and states-from the Industrial Age to the Space Age and now to the Information Age. For nearly a century and a half, the American people have looked to state colleges and…

Organization of Individual Work of Students under Competence-Oriented Approach to Education in Higher School

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Ualiyeva, Nazym T.; Murzalinova, Alma Z.

2016-01-01

The main objective of this research is to identify the essence, content and specifics of organization of individual work of higher school students under competence-oriented approach. The research methodology is related to the choice of competence-oriented approach to ensure transformation of individual work into individual activity in…

Leadership and Gender in Higher Education: A Case Study

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Young, Paula

2004-01-01

Literature concerning leadership styles in HE provides no distinct view on whether style relates to gender. Transformational styles are regarded by some as particularly suited to times of change, and likely to be adopted by women; but others argue such styles are unsuited to HE. In a study of leadership within an institute of higher education…

The Existential Self: Challenging and Renegotiating Gender Identity through Higher Education in England

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Fuller, Carol

2018-01-01

This article explores perceptions of the role of education as a potential medium of transformation and a vehicle to challenge and renegotiate symbolic and cultural notions of gender identity. Drawing on data collected at two time points over 10 years, it considers four young women from working-class backgrounds in England who aspired to and then…

How Does Research Evaluation Impact Educational Research? Exploring Intended and Unintended Consequences of Research Assessment in the United Kingdom, 1986-2014

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Marques, Marcelo; Powell, Justin J. W.; Zapp, Mike; Biesta, Gert

2017-01-01

Research evaluation systems in many countries aim to improve the quality of higher education. Among the first of such systems, the UK's Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) dating from 1986 is now the Research Excellence Framework (REF). Highly institutionalised, it transforms research to be more accountable. While numerous studies describe the…

Contemporary Issues Necessitating Reform in Higher Education Programs and Curricula in Response to Challenges of Employability

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Adebisi, M. A.; Akinkuowo, F. O.

2015-01-01

Learning at the tertiary level of education could be described as being effective and functional, if it results in bringing about the expected transformation in the lives of its graduates over a period of time. Moreover effective learning should produce graduates who are adequately informed and technically equipped to become productive workers and…

The Growing Importance of the Privateness in Education: Challenges for Higher Education Governance in China

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Mok, Ka Ho

2009-01-01

The economic transition in China since the late 1970s has led not only to drastic social transformations but also to rapid advancements in science and technology, as well as the revolution in information and communications technology. In order to enhance the global competence of the Chinese population in coping with the challenges of the…

Minding the Gap: Tapping the Potential of Women to Transform Business. GMAC® Research Report RR-16-01

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Bruggeman, Paula; Chan, Hillary

2016-01-01

This white paper, highlights the advancement of women in the workplace, in higher education, and in graduate business education, in particular, and discusses the barriers and obstacles that impede women from progressing to the top levels of business leadership. It offers some thoughts on how changing the gender dynamics in businesses and in…

Time to Stop Beating around the Bush: A German Perspective on National Standards in the Bologna Process

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Wex, Peter

2007-01-01

It is undeniable that in Germany today higher education (HE) cannot be as it was in Humboldt's day 200 years ago. The mass university, together with social and politico-educational challenges, has created problems which require fundamental and lasting solutions. The key question is: how can the transformation from the industrial age to the…

Catching the Spark: Student Activism and Student Data as a Catalyst for Systemic Transformation

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Bragg, Debra; McCambly, Heather; Durham, Brian

2016-01-01

The newest student activist movement appears to be amplifying what some higher education practitioners have talked about for a long time: students of color have been granted access to an educational opportunity that was not as advertised, and the result is not good enough. Others are shining the spotlight on race, class, identity, and equity as…

The Public Field in Brazil: Toward a Multidisciplinary Educational Approach for the Professional with Multiple Roles

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Lucio, Magda L.; Almeida, Lindijane S. B.; Silveira, Raquel M. C.

2018-01-01

Contemporary public management in Brazil is undergoing a great deal of transformation. From the year 2008 the Brazilian Federal government has been investing in policies and planned actions that aim to expand access to Higher Education. This paradigm shift was possible through the understanding that the agenda of public problems required trained…

The Interplay of Space, Place and Identity: Transforming Our Learning Experiences in an Outdoor Setting

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Cassidy, Alice L. E. V.; Wright, W. Alan; Strean, William B.; Watson, Gavan P. L.

2015-01-01

In this paper, we use a day-long professional development workshop for higher education faculty conducted in an outdoor setting as the starting point for an examination of the value of such activities. We explore the potential benefits, in terms of learning and holistic well-being, of educational activities designed to provide participants with…

Toward the 21st Century: Preparing Proactive Visionary Transformational Leaders for Building Learning Communities. Human Resource Development. Tampa Cluster. Winter 1994.

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Groff, Warren H.

This document describes the Tampa Cluster human resources development (HRD) seminar that was conducted as part of Nova University's distance education program in higher education (PHE). Discussed first are HRD in the agricultural and business industrial eras and changing HRD practices/needs, Nova University's PHE and HRD program, the proceedings…

Higher Mathematics Education at a Distance: The Use of Computers at the Open University of the Netherlands.

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Hummel, Hans G. K.; Smit, Herjan

1996-01-01

Describes mathematics courses developed for guided self-study at a distance. The courses incorporate new educational media and special didactic techniques. Provides details about how a computer can be used in such a setting, and focuses on a computer practical examination used for an advanced course in Fourier transforms. (27 references) (DDR)

Addressing the Educational Needs of Incarcerated Youth: Universal Design for Learning as a Transformative Framework

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Karger, Joanne; Currie-Rubin, Rachel

2013-01-01

The education provided to youth in detention and juvenile corrections facilities may be the last opportunity for these youth to reconnect with learning and graduate from high school. A large percentage of youth who exit these facilities do not return to school. Dropping out is associated with a number of negative outcomes, including higher rates…

College and Career Readiness: K-12 and Higher Education Collaborating for Student Success. coNCepts. Issue 5, Jan 2014

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Harris, Buddy

2014-01-01

"coNCepts" is a state-specific policy primer of The Hunt Institute. Each issue focuses on a critical topic in education policy, highlights key research for North Carolina policymakers, and prompts discussion of solutions. This issue begins by describing North Carolina's economy as having experienced a remarkable transformation during the…

Faculty Perceptions Regarding Institutional Inclusion and Effectiveness of Part-Time Academic and Technical Faculty at Gadsden State Community College

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Buzan, Thomas G., Jr.

2017-01-01

The interaction with, accountability for, and inclusion of part-time instructors is a growing concern of higher education. The increase and development of virtual classrooms, online courses, and other transformative technologies have also impacted this particular phenomenon. As students become more focused on a customized education that fits their…

Lessons from the UK Know How Funds Initiative: Development of Peer Education for Business in Emergent Market Economies

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Morrison, A.

2003-01-01

The relationship that has existed historically between industry and higher education in Western economies is currently being mirrored in the transforming economies of the former Soviet Union. These emerging market economies have been encouraged by their association with a now obsolete British Council awards scheme to study historical and current…

Leadership and performance in higher education: a comparative analysis in Portugal and Spain

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Cerda Suarez, Luis Manuel; Hernandez, Wilmar

2012-12-01

In the last decade, many changes have taken place in the field of university education. Professional practice demands that future graduates design and market products, preserve the interests of their clients, take responsibilities in public administration or participate in politics. Universities must educate professionals so that they become social leaders, consultants, advisers, entrepreneurs; in short, people with the capacity to solve problems. Professors recognise this situation; however, they do not always apply participatory teaching styles to develop these capacities in the students. This paper offers a tool to evaluate the implementation of a transformational teaching style in the classroom, developing joint work between professors and students. Its main contribution is that it assessed several teaching techniques based on this transformational style. This research was carried out in Portugal and Spain.

Empirical Investigation of Moderating and Mediating Variables in between Transformational Leadership and Related Outcomes: A Study of Higher Education Sector in North India

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Jyoti, Jeevan; Bhau, Sonia

2016-01-01

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the multi-layer effect of transformational leadership (TL) on employee-related outcomes, i.e. relational identification (RI) and satisfaction with leader (SWL). Further, role of leader member exchange (LMX) and the association period in between TL and RI as well as SWL shall also be examined. So,…

Measuring Curricular Impact on Dental Hygiene Students' Transformative Learning.

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Springfield, Emily C; Smiler, Andrew P; Gwozdek, Anne E

2015-12-01

Previous research has suggested that transformative learning can be fostered in higher education by creating active learning experiences that are directly related to content taught, are personally engaging, and can stimulate reflection. The aim of this qualitative study was to assess changes experienced by students in an e-learning dental hygiene degree completion program beyond attainment of competence-changes that may be described as transformative learning. The data used were transcripts of focus groups that had been conducted with each of the first five cohorts of students to graduate from the program; a total of 30 of the 42 students in the five cohorts (71%) participated. Using their previously developed Transformation Rubric for Engaged Learning, the authors categorized focus group data to identify changes in students' confidence, pride, skills, perceptions of the world, and personal identity at the transformative and nontransformative levels. Every participant reported at least one change; overall, the students averaged 8.3 changes. The vast majority (84%) of these changes were transformative. Middle-performing students showed a disproportionately higher rate of transformational changes in the areas of confidence and pride. The e-learning program appeared to have had a significant transformative impact on students, but additional research on the effect on middle-performing students is warranted.

Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship, 1984: transformation of a profession.

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Gilfoyle, E M

1984-09-01

Professional evolution includes a period of disunity, a phase when old values and concepts are being examined, and new perspectives emerge. Disunity can be a positive impetus for dynamic change. Transformation provides a higher level reintegration through which new understanding and progress unfold. Occupational therapy's transformation is now; it is time for careful analysis and creative synthesis. Transformation is a three-fold process of integration of past, present, and future into an upward spiral of professional development. Transformation is a constant flow of activities influenced by both internal and external factors. Although there are multidimensions that influence occupational therapy's transformation, three major components are inherent in the profession's paradigm shift: society's decline in patriarchal authority; decline in allegiance to a biomedical model; and shift in values, dimensions of practice, and education that form the reality of occupational therapy. Transformation of our profession will be a paradigm shift: in our value system of purposeful activity to a new perspective of occupation and occupational, in our quest to develop a unifying theory for recognition of the unifying force of values, in our concepts and theories to include the science of occupation and the art of purposefulness from total allegiance to scientific knowledge to include intuitive knowledge, from being an allied medical field to an independent health profession that is both educationally and medically related, from a biomedical model to a paradigm of wellness, in balancing of feminine and masculine values of human nature in organizing educational curricula and entry-level requirements that reflect our value system and predicted practice dimensions.

Between Instrumental and Developmental Learning: Ambivalence in Student Values and Identity Positions in Marketized UK Higher Education

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Tomlinson, Michael

2015-01-01

The move towards a market-driven HE system in the UK and active policy promotion of students as consumers has generated much commentary on the ways in which students' expectations and experiences have been transformed. This article introduces and develops a conceptualization of contemporary higher students' views of their relationship to higher…

The Social Construction of a Teacher Support Team: An Experience of University Lecturers' Professional Development in STEM

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Castro-Félix, Elvia; Daniels, Harry

2018-01-01

This paper focuses on understanding and exploring how a group of university engineering and science tutor educators learn and assimilate new conceptions about their role in the face of the forces of globalisation that are transforming the system of higher education. This research paper adopts the notion of the Teacher Support Team (TST) as…

The Economy Goes to College: The Hidden Promise of Higher Education in the Post-Industrial Service Economy

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Carnevale, Anthony P.; Rose, Stephen J.

2015-01-01

This report explores the crucial transformation of the United States from an industrial to a post-industrial economy, with a particular focus on the shifting skill levels and incomes of American workers. It shows the increasing value of postsecondary education in today's economy and examines how workers have fared as the nation's focus has shifted…