Responding to the debates the recent Browne report has sparked, this book addresses the public role of higher education. It is a manifesto arguing against the marketization of education and the inequalities that these policies will generate.
This crisply written book offers a comparative look at higher education in China and the United States. This is surprisingly instructive because the size of the two systems is roughly comparable (at around thirty million students), and the two countries have the largest economie…
Grounded in relevant international research, this study helps academic instructors and university managers understand how e-learning relates to, and can be integrated with, other student experiences of learning, such as learning in lectures, seminars and laboratories, as well as…
"Higher education is in an unprecedented time of change and reform. To address these challenges, university leaders tend to focus on specific interventions and programs, but ignore the change processes and the contexts that would lead to success. Joining theory and practice, How…
"Higher education is in an unprecedented time of change and reform. To address these challenges, university leaders tend to focus on specific interventions and programs, but ignore the change processes and the contexts that would lead to success. Joining theory and practice, How…
Professional development for faculty has been growing for decades in teaching and learning centers. In the twenty-first century, higher education has entered a startling transformation, and pedagogical philosophy and practice are changing along with the rest of the academy, maki…
Handbook on the entrepreneurial university
This insightful handbook offers a lens through which to view entrepreneurship strategy for higher education institutions. The expert group of contributors highlight university strategy, public policy and ingratiate start-up support as a means to foster graduate entrepreneurship.