Reforms And Innovations In Higher Education

Author : Alexander M. Sidorkin,Mark K. Warford
Publisher : Springer
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319602462

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Reforms and Innovation in Education by Alexander M. Sidorkin,Mark K. Warford Pdf

This book investigates the interrelationship between educational reforms and pedagogical and technological innovations, as well as the implications of this relationship for the quality of human capital. By analyzing recent educational reforms in Russia and the US, the authors shed new light on how these reforms may help or hinder innovations, such as the introduction of computer technologies into classrooms, new methods of teacher evaluation, constructivist teaching methods, and governance in public schools. Taking labor economics as a useful lens for conceptualizing the diffusion of innovation, in the first part of the book the authors analyze book how certain power arrangements can block educational innovations in schools. In the second part they examine recent educational reforms in the US and Russia. The final part presents a vision of the next generation of educational reforms, which may enable innovation diffusion, rather than hamper it.

Author : Xiaohuan Su
Publisher : 五洲传播出版社
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Adult education
ISBN : 7801139933

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Education in China by Xiaohuan Su Pdf

The chapters in this book consider the past and present of education in China, elementary education, vocational education, higher education, adult education, education for ethnic minorities, modern distance education, teacher education and teachers, international exchanges and cooperation, the education funding system, and the study of education as a science.

Author : Allan Michael Hoffman,Stephen D. Spangehl
Publisher : Ace Higher Education
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 144220446X

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Innovations in Higher Education by Allan Michael Hoffman,Stephen D. Spangehl Pdf

Rising costs, increasing global competition, intensifying calls for accountability--all these pressures are bearing down upon the status quo of higher education today. Governments, funders, students, and parents are demanding strategic improvements in all aspects of postsecondary education. Reform cannot happen slowly--colleges and universities must take a rapid and dynamic approach to change. The answer lies in innovation, as this book shows, to promote fresh ideas and bring higher education professionals together to effect real and dramatic change.

Author : Consortium of Higher Education Researchers. Conference
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 1402034024

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Reform and Change in Higher Education by Consortium of Higher Education Researchers. Conference Pdf

This volume offers a comprehensive discussion of implementation analysis in higher education and an extensive review of relevant recent literature. Coverage analyzes the effective and specific complexities of the implementation of higher education policies in several countries, including: Australia, Austria, Finland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Author : Christine Musselin,Pedro N. Teixeira
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400770287

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Reforming Higher Education by Christine Musselin,Pedro N. Teixeira Pdf

This book analyzes the reforms that led to a differentiated landscape of higher education systems after university practices and governance were considered poorly adapted to contemporary settings and to their new missions. This has led to a growing institutional differentiation in many higher education systems. This differentiation has certainly contributed to making the institutional landscape more diverse across and within higher education systems. This book covers this diversity. Each part corresponds to a different but complementary way of looking at reforms and highlights what can be learnt on specific cases by adopting a specific perspective. The first part analyzes the ongoing reforms and their evolution, identifies their internal contradictions, as well as the redefinitions and reorientations they experience, and reveals the ideas, representations, ideologies and theories on which they are built. The second part includes comparison between countries but also other comparative perspectives such as how one reform is developed in different regions of the same country, as well as how comparable reforms are declined to different sectors. The last part addresses the impact of the reforms. What is known about the effectiveness of such instruments on higher education systems? This part shows that reforms provoke new power games and reconfigure power relations.

Author : Ben Wildavsky,Andrew P. Kelly,Kevin Carey
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781612504278

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Reinventing Higher Education by Ben Wildavsky,Andrew P. Kelly,Kevin Carey Pdf

The inspiration for this timely book is the pressing need for fresh ideas and innovations in U.S. higher education. At the heart of the volume is the realization that higher education must evolve in fundamental ways if it is to respond to changing professional, economic, and technological circumstances, and if it is to successfully reach and prepare a vast population of students—traditional and nontraditional alike—for success in the coming decades. This collection of provocative articles by leading scholars, writers, innovators, and university administrators examines the current higher education environment and its chronic resistance to change; the rise of for-profit universities; the potential future role of community colleges in a significantly revised higher education realm; and the emergence of online learning as a means to reshape teaching and learning and to reach new consumers of higher education. Combining trenchant critiques of current conditions with thought-provoking analyses of possible reforms and new directions, Reinventing Higher Education is an ambitious exploration of possible future directions for revitalized American colleges and universities.

Author : Hans G. Schuetze,Germán Álvarez Mendiola,Diane Conrad
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789460918001

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State and Market in Higher Education Reforms by Hans G. Schuetze,Germán Álvarez Mendiola,Diane Conrad Pdf

Universities have never been static. Even so, it is fair to say they have experienced a most radical transformation in the past twenty years. During this period, the role and responsibility of the state generally have been broadly limited while allowing ‘market forces’--private ownership and control--more influence. But even where the state is still the main provider or funder, it relies increasingly on ‘market mechanisms’, for example contractual relations between state and institutions, competition among providers for resources, and external assessment of ‘outputs’ which means the results or impact of what universities do, in particular teaching and research. The new terminology speaks of price and competition, inputs and outputs, resources, cost and benefits, demand and supply, provider and customer, consumers and investors, quality control and accountability. Education, and post-secondary education especially are increasingly seen as matters for markets. Formal post-secondary education becomes a service, commercialized and traded across national borders. This volume on changing relationship between state and market, contains, besides an introductory analytic overview of the issues, accounts from different countries, regions, and thematic perspectives. Chapter authors describe and analyze government reforms and other developments that have directly or indirectly affected this relationship. Although the geographical focus is on North America, especially Mexico, South East Asia and Europe, the phenomenon is not limited to these regions and countries but worldwide.

Author : Allan M. Hoffman,Stephen D. Spangehl
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781442204485

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Innovations in Higher Education by Allan M. Hoffman,Stephen D. Spangehl Pdf

Rising costs and increasing global competition press institutions to do more with less. At the same time, deep budget cuts and a general social and political impatience have revived calls for reform in educational affordability, curriculum, and outcome measurement. Yet within this environment, a myriad of success stories are being forged among educational institutions, supporting industries, and educational consortia that are embracing innovative approaches to all aspects of the higher education system. This book spotlights those fresh approaches and aims to bring higher education professionals together, as part of a broad, national movement to motivate reflection and encourage similar dynamic efforts. The editors and expert contributors focus in particular on areas such as measures of academic quality, benchmarking, faculty development, retention, curriculum development, technology, and facilities. In each case, this book illustrates successful pilot programs and documents tools that have proven to maximize efficiencies crucial to the continued success of the entire higher learning community.

Author : Tran Le Huu Nghia,Ly Thi Tran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429682131

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Students' Experiences of Teaching and Learning Reforms in Vietnamese Higher Education by Tran Le Huu Nghia,Ly Thi Tran Pdf

Located within the global changing contexts of higher education in the 21st century, this book examines the reform of the teaching and learning practices in Vietnamese universities under the Higher Education Reform Agenda and the influence of internationalization on the higher education sector. Specifically, it analyses the motives, current implementation, effectiveness, and challenges of these reforms, especially from student perspectives. Analyzing approximately 4300 survey responses and interviews with students, the book covers a range of key issues related to teaching and learning in higher education which have attracted attention in recent years, including: The learning environment Student support and first-year transition Student-centred teaching The use of credit-based curricula The use of information and communication technology At-home internationalization of higher education Assessment and feedback Work placements Informal learning via extra curricular activities Students’ perception of the values of university education.

Author : James E. Mauch,Paula L.W. Sabloff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429798511

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Reform and Change in Higher Education by James E. Mauch,Paula L.W. Sabloff Pdf

Originally published in 1995, Reform and Change in Higher Education is composed of 9 essays originally presented at a symposium, "International Perspectives on the Relationship Between Governments and Universities," and a UNESCO Forum of Experts on Strengthening Capacities for Research in Higher Education. Papers explore how government policy affects universities and how universities influence government. This collection presents case studies of educational reform and change in 10 nations, focusing on the changing role of government involvement in higher education. The book deals comparatively with planned change in systems of higher education initiated by central governments and with the character and dynamics of state-university relationships, both collectively and individually.

Author : Andrew P. Kelly,Kevin Carey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : 1612505953

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Stretching the Higher Education Dollar by Andrew P. Kelly,Kevin Carey Pdf

In this provocative volume, higher education experts explore innovative ways that colleges and universities can unbundle the various elements of the college experience while assessing costs and benefits and realizing savings. Stretching the Higher Education Dollar traces the reform continuum from incremental to more ambitious efforts. Topics include effective strategies for reallocating resources to capture efficiencies, opportunities with massive open online courses (MOOCs), and ideas for building low-cost degree pathways from the ground up. Though the pace of change in higher education is fast and furious, Stretching the Higher Education Dollar offers promising ideas for navigating the new fiscal, political, and technological environment. "This accessible and timely book makes a valuable contribution to higher education policy thinking about how to increase system performance and output in an era of tightly constrained resources. The editors bring to readers a well designed and well-written collection of chapters about ways to make limited dollars go further, authored by smart observers of the higher education scene." -- William Zumeta, professor, University of Washington "As college has become the gateway to the middle class, its costs and prices have relentlessly outstripped the incomes of all but the most affluent American families. These essays offer insights into the dimensions of the problem and into some of the most innovative and promising solutions. This volume contributes significantly to the debate about the future of American higher education." -- Patrick M. Callan, president, Higher Education Policy Institute Andrew P. Kelly is resident scholar and director of the Center on Higher Education Reform at the American Enterprise Institute. Kevin Carey is director of the education policy program at the New America Foundation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : UOM:39015052335364

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Reforms and Innovations in Higher Education by Anonim Pdf

Contributed articles with reference to India published earlier in the journal, University news.

Author : Rattana Lao
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317691938

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A Critical Study of Thailand’s Higher Education Reforms by Rattana Lao Pdf

This book offers a critical examination of contemporary higher education reforms in Thailand situated in the broader historical, socio-economic and political changes. Through a qualitative case study with three methods of inquiry, this book explores why different 'global education policies' such quasi-privatisation, internationalization, as quality assessment (QA) have resonated in Thailand higher education sector. Grounded in policy borrowing and lending, this book uses the politics, economics and culture of borrowing to analyse major reforms in Thailand for the past one hundred years. It is argued that historical legacy, policy contexts and belief systems of policy elites play pivotal roles in facilitating policy changes or the lack thereof. While historical analysis elucidates that the Thai state has always been an active borrower of western ideas, the perseverance of the 'Thai-ness' discourse has often been used to suggest its so-called independence and idiosyncrasy. This in-depth analysis of the Thai case aims to contribute to the critical studies in Asian education, comparative higher education, policy borrowing and lending and Thai studies. The Culture of Borrowing intensively studies the policy appropriation in the Thai education system by analysing: • Selective Borrowing and the Historical Development of Thai Higher Education • The Asian Economic Crisis as Window of Opportunity: Autonomous University • Internationalization of Teaching: Quantitative and Qualitative Challenges • The Emergence of Quality Policies and their Rationales • The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Quality Policies This book will appeal to researchers in Education, particularly to scholars studying educational policies within the context of tertiary education. It will also interest scholars specialising in Asian and South-east Asian Studies.

Author : Manisha Priyam
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000552485

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Reclaiming Public Universities by Manisha Priyam Pdf

This book explores the nature of public universities and higher education reforms in emerging economies, with a focus on India, South Africa and Brazil. Drawing on context-based case studies, the essays in the volume highlight the state of public universities amongst the developing world with their shared colonial past and social, caste and race inequalities. Based on comparative and multidisciplinary studies, the book provides a critical account of the policy reforms and changes on account of globalization and markets in higher education in public universities of the Global South regions. The chapters also compare methodological approaches to university reform and restructuring of public universities and higher education systems in USA, Australia, the European Union and India, and examine the California model, the Bologna process, the Melbourne model, the University of Delhi reforms, and engage critically with the New Public Management inspired reform policies. The book further lays the groundwork for understanding 'massification' in a contextual way, and the possibilities for expansion of scale of mass higher education through public provision. With its empirical findings and social theory analyses by global experts, the volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of education, higher education, sociology and social anthropology, development studies, public policy and administration, politics, political economy, and Global South studies. It will also be useful to educationists, policymakers and civil society organizations.

Author : Ann M. Heiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105042840343

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An Inventory of Academic Innovation and Reform by Ann M. Heiss Pdf