scholarly journals Introduction: An Overview of the Research

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Carmen Păunescu ◽  
Katri-Liis Lepik ◽  
Nicholas Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Present System ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Innovation In Higher Education ◽  
Existing Data

AbstractThe ambition for this book is to demonstrate how higher education institutions (HEIs) can respond to societal challenges, support positive social change and influence the international public discourse on social innovation. It attempts to answer the question, ‘how does the present higher education system, in different countries, promote social innovation and create social change and impact’. In answering this question, the book identifies factors driving success as well as obstacles. The book offers suggestions about how the present system can be improved both based on existing data and international literature on social innovation in higher education. The book presents a selected set of peer reviewed chapters presenting different perspectives against which relevant actors can identify and analyse social innovation in HEIs.

The Road Ahead for America's Colleges and Universities

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Archibald ◽  
David H. Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Returning Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Future ◽  
Four Year Institutions ◽  
Age Range

This book evaluates the threats—real and perceived—that American colleges and universities must confront over the next thirty years. Those threats include rising costs endemic to personal services like higher education, growing income inequality in the United States that affects how much families can pay, demographic changes that will affect demand, and labor market changes that could affect the value of a degree. The book also evaluates changing patterns of state and federal support for higher education, and new digital technologies rippling through the entire economy. Although there will be great challenges ahead for America’s complex mix of colleges and universities, this book’s analysis is an antidote to the language of crisis that dominates contemporary public discourse. The bundle of services that four-year colleges and universities provide likely will retain their value for the traditional age range of college students. The division between in-person education for most younger students and online coursework for older and returning students appears quite stable. This book provides a view that is less pessimistic about the present, but more worried about the future. The diverse American system of four-year institutions is resilient and adaptable. But the threats this book identifies will weigh most heavily on the schools that disproportionately serve America’s most at-risk students. The future could cement in place a bifurcated higher education system, one for the children of privilege and great potential and one for the riskier social investment in the children of disadvantage.

scholarly journals Legal Education and Clinical Legal Education in Poland

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabela Krasnicka
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Law School ◽  
Present System ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Polish Law ◽  
The Bologna Process

<p>The aim of this paper is to present the existing legal education system and development of clinical legal education in Poland. The first part briefly introduces the general Polish higher education system including the implications of the Bologna Process and other challenges for the law faculties as higher education institutions. It then focuses on the five different apprenticeships necessary to obtain license to practice law in Poland. The second part deals with the study program and teaching methods used at Polish law faculties. It argues that the present system does not meet the requirements of the contemporary legal job market as students are not, as a rule, exposed to practical aspects of legal problems and leave law school without training in the necessary skills. The third and most extensive part is dedicated to the legal clinics operating in Poland. Some statistical data is presented on legal clinics (i.e. numbers of students, teachers, cases etc.). This part also discusses basic clinical methodology instruments used in Polish clinics. Finally it describes the establishment of the Polish Legal Clinics Foundation (Foundation), its goals, tasks, challenges and<br />achievements.</p>

scholarly journals Approaches to Higher Education Innovation in the Context of Industrial Revolution 4.0

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Quynh Huy ◽  
Le Vinh Trien
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Access To Knowledge

The Industrial Revolution 4.0 has brought about many changes including the higher education system. The main problem is how the education system could adapt to change and promote social innovation. This paper aims to describe the necessary changes and adjustments made in the education system, thereby better meeting the requirements of Industry 4.0, and creating a competitive education system, contributing to socio-economic development. With the research method based on the synthesis of documents, the research results show that, in the context of Industry Revolution 4.0 and the complexity of globalization, the philosophy in educational innovation needs to be changed so that universities can contribute more to society and enhance academic liberalization. Students need to master the knowledge and skills such as critical thinking and problem solving, communication and collaboration, creativity and innovation. In addition, literacy skills related to digital including information and communication knowledge are also important. Students should have access to knowledge based on diversity; and be ready to incorporate new knowledge that brings about positive changes, gradually fighting against injustice, lack of democracy and human rights, fostering an open society where voices are heard; and become responsible citizens. In addition, open learning platforms need to be considered by universities and teachers in deciding how to organize education and learning in the 4.0 Industrial Revolution era.

scholarly journals Releasing Higher Education from its elitist captivity: The change agency of Unisa’s Chance 2 Advance programme

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Genevieve James
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Public Access ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Community Agency ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The University

In South Africa, the majority of the population suffers from the inadequacy of learning opportunities and poor access to the higher education system. This causes the widening of the knowledge gap and increased socio-economic marginalisation, which threatens community agency. Critical knowledge created by academics at South African higher education institutions often culminates in access-controlled, costly scientific publications, thus limiting public access. On the other hand, because of the distance between universities and communities, community knowledge and intelligences are never fed back into the university to enrich scholarship and enhance relevance. This paper explores the need for higher education to be freed from its elitist captivity in order to widen access to knowledge that would enhance community agency and revitalise academic agency for social change. The paper starts with a discussion on the need for change in the elitist nature of higher education. I will recount how essential shifts in thinking and action created the Chance 2 Advance programme hosted by the largest provider of higher education on the continent, the University of South Africa. This programme was designed in an attempt to re-vision academic scholarship for the benefit of the poor. Chance 2 Advance is an engaged scholarship and community-learning programme designed to bring communities and academics closer, in a mutual and reciprocal process of knowledge creation and knowledge mobilisation for social change. The programme has been replicated in urban and rural areas with success. At the end of 2018, the programme is poised to reach 100 000 participants, since its inception in 2010.

scholarly journals Student’s Cultural Experience in Higher Education in England, Germany and Lithuania as a Preco

Pedagogika ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 128 (4) ◽  
pp. 65-79
Author(s):  
Vilius Šadauskas
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Academic Identity ◽  
Student Response ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Education Today ◽  
The Bologna Process

Higher education today faces intensive transformation processes more than ever before. The Bologna Process program has been a big boost for student self-identification as a particular academic member of the community. It is reasonable to assert that young people studying in higher education institutions should be the most active in the changes affecting the higher education system, responding to the general public. The real situation is different, and the lack of student response raises the question of student identity and self-identification as specific members of higher education communities. This leads to the discussion whether in the case of uncontrolled dispersal of higher education one of the negative consequences can be seen as the weakening of students’ academic identity. This determines the problem formulated by the article – the significance of the surrounding socio-cultural environment and the public discourse on the formation of students’ academic identity in different countries (England, Germany and Lithuania). In order to understand behavioural patterns of students in Lithuania the comparative analysis, based on the methodological approach of R. Budd was made. Data of 14 interviews from Lithuanian classical and specialized universities were analysed and statements were made, when summarized giving the overall thinking concept of Lithuanian students that emerged as a result of interaction between particular, specific to Lithuanian social discourse to high education and inner cultural and behavioural models.

scholarly journals Book Review: Social Changes in a Global World by Ulrike Schuerkens

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ligia E Toutant
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Industrialized Nations ◽  
Global World

Walden University’s social change approach is an essential part of its vision and is transmitted through the academic work and knowledge of its graduates, who are trained to find solutions to critical societal challenges in pursuit of advancing the greater global good. Schuerkens’ <em>Social Changes in a Global World</em> can serve as a compendium for the Walden family and others interested in this topic. The author examines how social transformations and changes are connected to issues of power and political influence; how transformations and changes have been influenced by concepts of modernity, progress, and rationalization; how transformations and changes differ in various contexts and geographical areas. The author explores globalization through both anthropological and sociological lenses along with the distinct journeys of humanity in developing and industrialized nations that are now seemingly merging and sharing commercial and cultural interests. The audience for this book may include academics, higher education practitioners, individuals concerned with global civil society, and political activists.

3. Toward a Theory of Social Innovation in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-70
Author(s):  
Benjamin Selznick ◽  
Seán McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Social Inequities ◽  
Global Problems ◽  
Subsequent Section ◽  
Ecological Fragility ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Innovation In Higher Education

<?page nr="49"?>Abstract A necessary response to addressing complex global problems rests in the theoretic and practice of social innovation: approaches to solving intractable social issues on a local and global scale. The logic, language, and practices of social innovation can, in turn, motivate energies toward conceptualizing college students as social innovators: individuals capable of meaningfully and cooperatively responding to persistent and transdisciplinary problems including social inequities, environmental change, and public health crises. To provide a philosophical anchor needed to ultimately sustain these propositions, we unite social innovation with Honneth’s concept of social freedom. We then introduce an expanded definition of the prototype as a mechanism that can be utilized to embed social innovation and social freedom throughout the contemporary collegiate academic curriculum. The subsequent section considers students in two interdependent forms of relation—student-student and student-faculty—within the dynamic context of postsecondary learning. We conclude by incorporating our ideas around an imagined possibility for securing social freedom amidst present ecological fragility and provide long-range considerations of our theory for the higher education enterprise.

scholarly journals A Study on Transformation of Higher Education System: Present Scenario and Future Outlook

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Hegde Lata Narayan ◽  
Shailashri V.T.
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Present System ◽  
Future Outlook ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Education In India ◽  
Indian Higher Education ◽  
Conceptual Study

Purpose: An analysis of Higher education in India gives insight into its present system, the transformation it has undergone and its future outlook. In this paper, we have made an honest attempt to understand the system, constitution, transformation, opportunities and challenges, and to offer necessary suggestions. Design/Methodology/Approach: It is a qualitative conceptual study, based on secondary data. Secondary data is collected from websites, research papers, journals, articles, various surveys & Government reports. This study includes discussion with experts from the field of Higher education. Findings/Result: Based on detail analysis of the constitution, transformation, NEP 2020 for a futuristic outlook in Indian Higher Education, SWOT analysis and challenges. There is a crucial need to relook at the financial funds, access and equity. To boost higher education in India, it is necessary to adopt strategic approach for tackling the various challenges. Originality/Value: This paper analyses and interprets the transformation of Indian Higher Education system with reference to its constitutions, SWOT analysis and challenges. Based on the detail analysis new suggestions has been recommended. Paper Type: A study on transformation of Indian Higher Education system: Present Scenario and Future Outlook.

scholarly journals Development, competence and performance – who does what in higher education?

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 332-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Nicolae ◽  
Elena E. Nicolae
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Research Management ◽  
Higher Education System

Abstract Higher education is in turmoil in the whole world. Universities as organizations are being challenged by their various stakeholders. This is true of any and most organizations. Nevertheless in some places universities continue to be looked upon as providers of the correct answers to those challenges as they have rallied within their ranks self-proclaimed experts in leadership, management and organizational performance. The literature existing documents the issues universities as organizations face in today’s complex world and attempts at pointing at various ways they can take to address those challenges. Specialists and sometimes the general public itself show an understanding of the fact that higher education evolves through its institutions, practices and processes at some paces in global contexts and at different ones in local contexts in spite of a relatively unifying public discourse used especially by decision and policy makers and some parts of the media. In other words, similar concepts may refer to very dissimilar realities making the evaluation of performance difficult and questionable. This paper looks at the way universities address the need for professional development of their leaders and/or managers at the various university levels. The focus will be on Romanian economic and business higher education institutions. The research presented here evolved from a doctoral study one the authors did in the field of leadership in Romanian higher education and from both authors’ experience in the university system in Romania and in other higher education systems they are familiar with. The authors claim and document that in Romania little is still done in terms of formalized, transparent and open access training for university leaders and administrators. The same is true for those who are interested in preparing for a career in academic management or leadership and do not have a clear road map to follow. In the complex higher education system of today professional competence is an important component that cannot be left entirely to personal development needs. Formalized and open access training in management, leadership, educational management, research management, organizational culture, strategic planning and time management skills is critical for one’s professional competence. In Romania both organizations and individuals need to understand the need to offer opportunities for professional training and the need to invest in personal development. This is how academics working or contemplating to work in administration would be empowered to plan for their organization’s performance in an open, transparent, continually and unpredictably changing world.

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