This book focuses on the major challenges and opportunities facing agriculture sectors in the wake of the transition from a planned to a market economy and potential entry to the European Union. Using Albania as a case study, it examines the shift from a centrally planned econom…
University libraries around the world have embraced the possibilities of the digital learning environment, facilitating its use and proactively seeking to develop the provision of electronic resources and services. The digital environment offers opportunities and challenges for …
In The Great Brain Race Ben Wildavsky presents an account of how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education--and why this revolution should be welcomed, not feared. Every year, nearly three million international students stud…
"Reshaping the University appeals to those who are interested in the future of universities, including students, researchers, managers and policy makers. It also addresses global issues and it will, therefore, interest the higher education community worldwide."--Jacket.
What is the emerging shape of the University? Are there spaces for present activities to be practised anew or even for new activities? If these questions have force, they show that the metaphors of shapes and spaces can be helpful in understanding the contemporary university. Re…
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Provides a practical, realistic understanding of the processes of doing research for a doctorate. This handbook for Ph D students includes a section on professional doctorates such as Ed D, D B A, and D Eng; material for supervisors of overseas, part-time, and mature students; a…
Provides a practical, realistic understanding of the processes of doing research for a doctorate. This handbook for Ph D students includes a section on professional doctorates such as Ed D, D B A, and D Eng; material for supervisors of overseas, part-time, and mature students; a…
In this path-breaking book, Sandra Hanson asks what compels so many talented young women to leave the professions of science and mathematics. When do they leave and why? Why do equally qualified girls and boys have such different experiences with science education? What are the …
David Damrosch offers a lucid, often troubling assessment of the state of scholarship in our academic institutions, a look at how these institutions acquired their present complexion, and a proposal for reforms that can promote scholarly communication and, perhaps, broader, more…
"In this study, Jeffrey Cormier examines the 'Canadianization' movement from the 1960s to the 1980s, documenting the efforts of cultural nationalists as they struggled to build a strong, vibrant Canadian cultural and intellectual community." "Cormier organizes his analysis aroun…