Geopolitical Transformations In Higher Education

Author : Marcelo Parreira do Amaral,Christiane Thompson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030944155

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Geopolitical Transformations in Higher Education by Marcelo Parreira do Amaral,Christiane Thompson Pdf

This book discusses the central role education and research play in generating both value and comparative advantages in the (imageries of) global competition, competitiveness and transnational value chains. They are seen as assets placed at the forefront of developments that are arguably reshaping individuals, society and economy. This edited volume explores these developments in terms of changing relations between society, economy, science and individuals. The idea that we live in global knowledge societies and knowledge-based economies or that present-day productive systems constitute an industry 4.0 have gained currency as descriptions of contemporary society that are said to bear direct and indirect consequences for political, economic, and social orders. In this context, innovation, science and education are central themes in contemporary discussions about the future of modern societies. Innovation is enthusiastically embraced as the panacea for all sorts of societal issues of our times; science is equally deemed to play a decisive role in solving current problems and in heralding a bright future with more wealth and more welfare for all citizens; education is conferred the task to producing individuals equipped with both skills and competences considered key to innovation but also displaying the attitudes and dispositions that will secure continuous innovation and economic growth.

Author : Bob Adamson,Jon Nixon,Feng Su
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9400792220

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The Reorientation of Higher Education by Bob Adamson,Jon Nixon,Feng Su Pdf

This book presents accounts of the repositioning of higher education institutions across a range of contexts in the East and the West. It argues that global governance, institutional organisation and academic practice are complementary elements within the process of institutional repositioning. While systems, institutions and individuals in the different contexts are subjected to similar global trends and pressures, the reorientation of higher education takes diverse forms as a result of the particularities of those contexts. That reorientation cannot be explained in terms of East-West dichotomies and divisions, but only with reference to the interflow across and within systems. Globalisation necessitates complex interconnectivities of regionality, culture and geopolitics that this book explores in relation to specific cases and contexts. ​

Author : Liudvika Leišytė,Jay R. Dee,Barend J.R. van der Meulen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781800378216

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Research Handbook on the Transformation of Higher Education by Liudvika Leišytė,Jay R. Dee,Barend J.R. van der Meulen Pdf

The Research Handbook on the Transformation of Higher Education captures the complexities and paradoxes associated with higher education transformation. Drawing upon current empirical and theoretical scholarship, it identifies the drivers, actors, developments and outcomes of transformational processes within the field.

Author : Nico Cloete
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1402040059

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Transformation in Higher Education by Nico Cloete Pdf

This book presents the most comprehensive and most thorough study of the developments in South African higher education and research after the first democratic elections of 1994 – that is of post-Apartheid South African higher education. This volume will provide its readers with a detailed insight into the new (i.e. post-1994) South African higher education system. The large number of experienced authors and editors involved in the book guarantees that the reader will be introduced in the new SA higher education system from a large number of perspectives that are presented in a consistent and coherent way. This book will be of interest to scholars, students, administrators, policymakers and politicians interested in South Africa, higher education and research, and policy analysis. "Publications on higher education are not new. But this volume, which is the first of its kind as a collective effort of tracing and examining the twists and turns taken by processes of change in the South African higher education system in a context of profound societal and global transformation, adds a fresh dimension to the debate. In its examination of the extent to which the changes were in line with policy intentions, particularly with regard to equity, democratisation, responsiveness and efficiency, and how a new institutional landscape started emerging, it makes a momentous contribution to the current debate about higher education restructuring." Njabulo Ndebele, Vice-chancellor, University of Cape Town and Chair of the South African Association of University Vice-chancellors "This book addresses a rich variety of issues on South African higher education. It puts these in the relevant context of the process of globalization and it shows that the South African experiences offer us a lot to learn. Highly recommended for those who are intrigued by the innovations taking place in South African higher education as well as for those who intend to grasp the effects of globalization." Frans van Vught, Rector Magnificus and founding Director of the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente, The Netherlands "Reflection is a crucial ingredient to learning. In this book on higher education we have reflections on a unique period in the history of a country that managed its transition to democracy in a way that was unique, but from which we can all learn. Higher education in South Africa played a vital role in that transition and was part of the many tensions, choices and influences. They have been thoughtfully captured." Brenda Gourley, Vice-chancellor, The Open University, UK and board member, Centre for Higher Education Transformation. "No contemporary higher education system has changed as dramatically as that in South Africa. This book, rich in data, examines the changes that took place and offers insights into how change frequently cannot be predicted. The analysis captures the excitement, high expectations, remarkable successes, and failures in the transformation of the apartheid system of higher education. This excellent study provides rich fare for comparative analysis." Fred M. Hayward, American Council on Education Pilot Project, Executive Vice President, Council for Higher Education Accreditation, US.

Author : Jenny J. Lee
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781978820777

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U.S. Power in International Higher Education by Jenny J. Lee Pdf

U.S. Power in International Higher Education demonstrates the advantage that the United States has in international higher education by presenting broad trends as well as in-depth accounts about how power is evident across a range of international activities.

Author : Kohei Arai
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 675 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031539633

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Advances in Information and Communication by Kohei Arai Pdf

Author : Meng-Hsuan Chou,Isaac Kamola,Tamson Pietsch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317231806

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The Transnational Politics of Higher Education by Meng-Hsuan Chou,Isaac Kamola,Tamson Pietsch Pdf

This edited volume introduces readers to the relationship between higher education and transnational politics. It shows how higher education is a significant arena for regional and international transformation as well as domestic political struggle replete with unequal power relations. This volume shows: The causes and impacts of recent transformations in higher education within a transnational context; Emerging similarities in objectives, institutional set-ups, and approaches taking place within higher education institutions across different world regions; The asymmetrical relations between various kinds of institutional, commercial and state actors across borders; The extent to which historical and colonial legacies are important in the transformation of higher education; The potential effects these developments have on the current structure of international political order. Drawing on case studies from across the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe, the contributors develop diverse perspectives explaining the impact of transnational politics on higher education—and higher education on transitional politics—across time and locality. This book is among the first multi-disciplinary effort to wrestle with the question of how we can understand the political role of higher education, and the political force universities exert in the realm of international relations.

Author : Ellen Hazelkorn
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317574071

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Global Rankings and the Geopolitics of Higher Education by Ellen Hazelkorn Pdf

Global rankings and the Geopolitics of Higher Education is an examination of the impact and influence that university rankings have had on higher education, policy and public opinion in recent years. Bringing together some of the most informed authorities on this very complex issue, this edited collection of specially commissioned chapters examines the changes affecting higher education and the implications for society and the economy. Split into four interrelated sections, this book covers: The development of rankings in higher education, how they have impacted upon both the production of knowledge and its geography, and their influence in shaping policymaking. Overviews of the significance of rankings for higher education systems in Europe, Asia, Africa, Russia, South America, India and North America. An analysis of rankings in relation to key concerns that pervade contemporary higher education. Examination of the role rankings are likely to play in the future directions for higher education. This is a significant scholarly work that analyses in depth an important development in higher education systems, and which is likely to have an important influence upon how we understand the higher education policy-making process – past, present and future. It provides new analysis and conceptual understanding for researchers, and firm evidence for policy makers to use when addressing the value of rankings in measuring the quality of their institutions. Besides bringing together a powerful cast of academics, this book incorporates contributions from heads of important international higher education organisations – from both those involved in making and also in administering key decisions. This timely, reflective and accessible book forms crucial reading for those studying the subject of rankings, as well as the broader implications and unintended consequences of rankings on national higher education policies. Extending beyond academic researchers and students, this book will also be of significant interest to policymakers, higher education leaders and key stakeholders.

Author : Maia Chankseliani,Iveta Silova
Publisher : Symposium Books Ltd
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781910744031

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Comparing Post-Socialist Transformations by Maia Chankseliani,Iveta Silova Pdf

This volume revisits the book edited by David Phillips and Michael Kaser in 1992, entitled Education and Economic Change in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (https://doi.org/10.15730/books.42). Two and a half decades later, this volume reflects on how post-socialist countries have engaged with what Phillips & Kaser called ‘the flush of educational freedom’. Spanning diverse geopolitical settings that range from Southeast and Central Europe to the Caucasus and Central Asia, the chapters in this volume offer analyses of education policies and practices that the countries in this region have pursued since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This book explores three interrelated questions. First, it seeks to capture complex reconfigurations of education purposes during post-socialist transformations, noting the emergence of neoliberal education imaginaries in post-socialist spaces and their effects on policy discussions about education quality and equity across the region. Second, it examines the ongoing tensions inherent in post-socialist transformations, suggesting that beneath the surface of dominant neoliberal narratives there are always powerful countercurrents – ranging from the persisting socialist legacies to other alternative conceptualizations of education futures – highlighting the diverse trajectories of post-socialist education transformations. And finally, the book engages with the question of ‘comparison’, prompting both the contributing authors and readers to reflect on how research on post-socialist education transformations can contribute to rethinking comparative methods in education across space and time.

Author : Sami Moisio
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317587774

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Geopolitics of the Knowledge-Based Economy by Sami Moisio Pdf

We live in the era of the knowledge-based economy, and this has major implications for the ways in which states, cities and even supranational political units are spatially planned, governed and developed. In this book, Sami Moisio delves deeply into the links between the knowledge-based economy and geopolitics, examining a wide range of themes, including city geopolitics and the university as a geopolitical site. Overall, this work shows that knowledge-based "economization" can be understood as a geopolitical process that produces territories of wealth, security, power and belonging. This book will prove enlightening to students, researchers and policymakers in the fields of human geography, urban studies, spatial planning, political science and international relations.

Author : Darryl S. L. Jarvis,Ka Ho Mok
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9811392935

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Transformations in Higher Education Governance in Asia by Darryl S. L. Jarvis,Ka Ho Mok Pdf

This book documents experimentation with various policy and governance approaches that produce structural differences in the composition and organisation of Asia’s higher education systems. In view of the wide variation in the public and private provision of higher education, it showcases how issues of access, equity and modes of participation are addressed, how institutional and programme quality are managed and how academic labour is treated and developed. The book both maps these differences and analyses the country-level dynamics, policy approaches and the problems faced by a variety of states in Asia in the race to develop competitive higher education systems. Focusing on the intersection of governance and higher education policy, it addresses the challenges facing higher education in Asia and the national responses of governments in terms of the organisation of the sector.

Author : Anna Wing Bo Tso,Alex Chi-keung Chan,Wendy Wing Lam Chan,Peter Edward Sidorko,Will W. K. Ma
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811683299

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Digital Communication and Learning by Anna Wing Bo Tso,Alex Chi-keung Chan,Wendy Wing Lam Chan,Peter Edward Sidorko,Will W. K. Ma Pdf

This edited book collects papers with perspectives from scholars and practitioners in Asia, Australia, and Europe to reveal the pros and cons, chances and challenges, constraints, and potential risks that educators and learners are facing as the new paradigm for communication and learning takes place, with a view to shedding light on the global education climate in the midst of the pandemic. Since the onset of the global pandemic, education has been revolutionized in almost every aspect. The emergency precautionary measures which were once supposed to be temporary school arrangements only have now become the new normal, reshaping our understanding of learning environments, redefining the pedagogic standards in terms of teaching practices, learning designs, teacher–student interaction, feedback, and assessment. Online teaching, distanced learning, flipped classrooms, and self-paced e-learning have all played an increasingly vital role in shaping a new education culture in various education settings, affecting school management, teachers, students, and parents alike. While ICT in education, alongside new media, has provided ample benefits and convenience for educators and students, communication and virtual lessons conducted in the socially distanced classroom appear to have brought issues such as the digital divide, e-mental health, insufficient technical support, inefficient classroom management, reduced interaction between teachers and students, not to mention the growing concerns over privacy and security.

Author : Taiwo, Rotimi,Idowu-Faith, Bimbola,Ajiboye, Simeon
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781668481233

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Transformation of Higher Education Through Institutional Online Spaces by Taiwo, Rotimi,Idowu-Faith, Bimbola,Ajiboye, Simeon Pdf

The surge in the demand for higher education is closely connected with the liberalization and globalization of education. Websites and social media have been chosen for promotional purposes for obvious reasons – they are globally accessible. For rapid communication of a significant amount of information, virile institutional websites and social media spaces with promotional messages have become very important assets for higher institutions and their stakeholders. Transformation of Higher Education Through Institutional Online Spaces presents multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to promotional discourses as presented on higher institution online spaces. Covering topics such as brand building and marketing, content marketing, curriculum marketing, digital marketing, higher education digital marketing, and higher education marketing campaigns, this book is ideal for educational website managers, educational institution managers, public relations units, researchers, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Author : Otto Hüther,Georg Krücken
Publisher : Springer
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319614793

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Higher Education in Germany—Recent Developments in an International Perspective by Otto Hüther,Georg Krücken Pdf

Otto Hüther and Georg Krücken analyze the developments of the last 20 years in their new book on German higher education. The foreign observer of German higher education, even the informed foreign observer, struggles to find denominators, not to mention common denominators of a bewildering array of approaches. Otto Hüther and Georg Krücken, in this book, do an absolutely splendid job of offering theoretical perspectives, qualitative and quantitative data, and comparative assessments This book discusses the main higher education structures in Germany, both conceptually and with a particular emphasis on recent developments like, e.g., the growth and differentiation of the system, governance reforms, and the Excellence Initiative. It analyses recent developments from an international perspective, as the German system is clearly embedded in broader, transnational trends. As such, the book provides a comprehensive and detailed account of both new dynamics and stable paths in the German higher education system. This book will be of interest to scholars and students dealing with higher education or Germany as an object of study (e.g. in education research, science studies, organization studies, sociology, psychology, political science), and to higher education managers, leaders, and policymakers who are interested in recent trends in German higher education

Author : Jisun Jung,Hugo Horta,Akiyoshi Yonezawa
Publisher : Springer
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811049897

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Researching Higher Education in Asia by Jisun Jung,Hugo Horta,Akiyoshi Yonezawa Pdf

This book discusses higher education research as a field of study in Asia. It traces the evolution of research in the field of higher education in several Asian countries, and shares ideas about the evolving higher education research communities in Asia. It also identifies common and dissimilar challenges across national communities, providing researchers and policymakers essential new insights into the relevance of a greater regional articulation of national higher education research communities, and their further integration into and contribution to the international higher education research community as a whole.