The book provides both theoretical perspectives and pragmatic advice on how to conduct effective assessment. It draws clearly on both relevant research and on its contributors' practical first hand experience. It asks, for example: How can assessment methods best become an integ…
"How do you create world-class educational institutions that are academically rigorous and vocationally relevant? Are business schools the blueprint for institutions of the future, oran educational experiment gone wrong? This is the first title in a new series from IE Business S…
by Shin, Jung Cheol, Teichler, Ulrich, Trigwell, Keith, Webber, Karen L., Toutkoushian, Robert K., Shin, Jung Cheol, (ed), Toutkoushian, Robert K., (ed), Teichler, Ulrich, (ed), Arimoto, Akira, Bornmann, Lutz, Harman, Grant, Locke, William, Longden, Bernard, Morphew, Christopher C., Swanson, Christopher
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This analysis of university ranking surveys scrutinises their theoretical bases, methodological issues, societal impact, and policy implications, providing readers with a deep understanding of these controversial comparators. The authors propose that university rankings are misu…
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This book explores rurality and education in sub-Saharan Africa through a lens of social justice. The second volume of a two-volume project, this book explores possibilities and constraints of rural social justice in diverse educational contexts, with particular emphasis on high…
This book explores the idea of the 'Entrepreneurial University within the institutional environment that focuses on the production, dissemination, and exploitation of knowledge. Keeping its gaze firmly on the constitutive elements of the knowledge-based institutional environment…
This book explores the idea of the 'Entrepreneurial University within the institutional environment that focuses on the production, dissemination, and exploitation of knowledge. Keeping its gaze firmly on the constitutive elements of the knowledge-based institutional environment…
Unique in its expansive breadth and in-depth approach, An Introduction to Instructional Services in Academic Libraries explores the latest methods and ideas for fostering the academic success of students through planning, delivering, and evaluating effective instructional sessio…
This work provides librarians with a much-needed introduction to instruction in college and university libraries. Filled with real world case studies that can be directly applied to classroom use and on-the-job training, the text brings together many experienced librarian-instru…
Teaching the Early Modern Period is an innovative project bringing together leading early modernists from a wide geographical and disciplinary background. Scholars from English, History and French Studies unite in this unique volume to examine the challenges which the early mode…
by British Council, Harper, David
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"In this new volume, editors Lynn H. Collins, Joan C. Chrisler, and Kathryn Quina provide a wealth of information about institutional pitfalls in higher education professions, advice on how to handle difficult situations, and encouragement to those who persevere in their pursuit…
