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Johnston, Ron; Manley, David; Jones, Kelvyn; Harris, Richard; Hoare, Anthony – Higher Education Quarterly, 2016
The United Kingdom's Department for Education has recently changed the nature of the AS-level examinations normally taken by students aspiring to enter higher education degree courses one year into their post-compulsory education. In the face of protests from universities and other institutions that this would both harm students' progression…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Admission, Predictor Variables, Higher Education
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Gray, Claire – Higher Education Quarterly, 2016
This paper reports on research into the operation of English further/higher education, with a focus on the role of partnerships in supporting the massification of higher education. The research draws on the bottom-up policy implementation tradition to provide analysis of the effects on partnerships of a quasi-marketised environment. The rationale…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Data Interpretation, Colleges, English
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Vuori, Johanna – Higher Education Quarterly, 2016
Given the emerging interest in institutional positioning and to augment the small number of empirical studies in this field, this paper presents discussion about how Finnish universities of applied sciences implement their profiling strategies. The analysis is based on an examination of documents recently submitted by these institutions when…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Documentation, Content Analysis, Institutional Mission
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Haigh, Martin – Higher Education Quarterly, 2014
The evolving narrative on internationalisation in higher education is complex and multi-layered. This overview explores the evolution of thinking about internationalisation among different stakeholder groups in universities. It parses out eight coexisting layers that progress from concerns based largely upon institutional survival and competition…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, International Education, Colleges
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Clifford, Valerie; Montgomery, Catherine – Higher Education Quarterly, 2014
Recently there has been a shift in the discourses of university policy from internationalisation towards the contested concept of global citizenship. This paper explores ways of challenging the current interpretation of international education policy through the concept of global citizenship drawing on the discussion forums of two cohorts of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Educational Policy, Online Courses
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Spiro, Jane – Higher Education Quarterly, 2014
This study explores the view that student engagement with one another is critical in the internationalisation mission. Although universities make powerful claims regarding their international mission and goals, international and home students report isolation from one another. Whilst the literature is rich in its discussion of policy,…
Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Higher Education, Problem Solving
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Ferrer, Justine L.; Morris, Leanne – Higher Education Quarterly, 2013
Some universities rely on their élitism as one mechanism to attract and retain talented faculty. This paper examines two groups of élite and non-élite universities and the mediating effect that work engagement has on affective commitment and intention to quit. Findings indicate partial support for the mediating effect of work engagement in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
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Parry, Gareth – Higher Education Quarterly, 2013
The governance of higher education in colleges and college sectors that offer other types of education and training is distinctive in four main respects. First, governance structures are frequently separate and different for higher education and for other segments of tertiary education. Second, the size and scope of the higher-level education…
Descriptors: Governance, Higher Education, Colleges, Institutional Characteristics
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Stensaker, Bjorn; Vabo, Agnete – Higher Education Quarterly, 2013
Shared governance has been a key historical characteristic of higher education although this form of governance has come under increased pressure in recent decades. It is often argued that shared governance is less relevant for tackling the challenges related to a more dynamic environment of the sector. This paper discusses underlying premises for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Governance, Colleges
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Whitchurch, Celia; Gordon, George – Higher Education Quarterly, 2013
Higher education managers are under increasing pressure from governments to reduce costs by adopting more flexible staffing practices and tensions can arise as institutions seek to sustain motivation and morale across a diversifying workforce. This paper considers how institutional management and governance practices facilitate innovative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Administrators, College Administration
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Douglass, John; Thomson, Gregg – Higher Education Quarterly, 2012
One sees various efforts in developed as well as in developing economies to seek a greater participation of lower-income students in their nation's leading universities. Once lower-income students do enroll in a highly selective institution, what happens to them? How well do they do academically when compared to their more wealthy counterparts?…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Universities, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement
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Adnett, Nick; McCaig, Colin; Slack, Kim; Bowers-Brown, Tamsin – Higher Education Quarterly, 2011
In 2004 the Schwartz Review advised English higher education institutions that their admissions systems should: be transparent; select students who are able to complete their courses based upon achievements and potential; use assessment methods that are reliable and valid; minimise barriers to applicants; be professional; and be underpinned by…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Methods, English Instruction, College English
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Aburabia-Queder, Sarab – Higher Education Quarterly, 2011
This article examines two groups of Bedouin women who studied in different cultural spaces. The first group, due to a lack of high schools in the Negev (during the 1970s), were obliged to leave the village to study and reside in boarding schools in the central and northern regions of Israel. These women returned to their society of origin after…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Jews, Females, Boarding Schools
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Bosetti, Lynn; Walker, Keith – Higher Education Quarterly, 2010
This paper draws upon the experiences and perceptions of ten university vice-chancellors in the United Kingdom on the challenges they face in providing leadership and strategic direction for their institutions into the twenty-first century. The paper reveals the perceptions and spoken words of these leaders as they identify the key challenges…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, College Presidents, Leadership
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Sianou-Kyrgiou, Eleni – Higher Education Quarterly, 2010
Higher education has expanded to a remarkable extent in many countries in recent decades. Although this has led to high levels of participation, inequalities not only persist but are also strengthened. The persistence of inequalities is partly the result of policies for the widening of participation having been accompanied by institutional…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Class, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities
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