Higher-Education Researchers in Asia: The Risks of Insufficient Contribution to International Higher-Education Research

This article examines the preconditions for the emergence of higher education as a feld of research in the Portuguese speaking countries. It uses various sources of data, including the worldwide inventory on higher education by the Center for International Higher Education of Boston College, to map the existing infrastructure for the establishment of higher education as new scientifc feld. This includes research centres, academic programmes, journals, and professional and academic associations. The article shows that higher education has become a complex social institution, which, according to Altbach (2014), is the condition that leads to the constitution of a new scientifc feld. Bourdieu’s theory of feld is used to shed light on the sociological conditions for the establishment of new felds. The article concludes that the prerequisites for an emerging feld of higher education research in the Portuguese speaking countries are in place, but further research is required to establish whether the magnet eﬀects of a functioning feld have been ignited. Cet article examine les conditions pour l’émergence de l’enseignement supérieur comme discipline de recherche dans les pays lusophones. Il utilise des sources variées pour schématiser les infrastructures nécessaires à l’institution de l’enseignement supérieur comme nouvelle discipline scientifque, y compris l’inventaire mondial sur l’enseignement supérieur du Center for International Higher Education à Boston College. Celui-ci inclut les centres de recherche, les programmes universitaires, les journaux, et les associations professionnelles et académiques. Cet article démontre que l’enseignement supérieur est devenu une institution sociale complexe, ce qui, d’après Altbach (2014), est la condition qui mène à la constitution d’une nouvelle discipline scientifque. En conclusion, cet article afrme que les prérequis à l’émergence d’une discipline de recherche sur l’enseignement supérieur dans les pays lusophones sont remplis, mais il faudrait eﬀectuer plus de travaux de recherche pour vérifer que les eﬀets magnétiques nécessaires au bon fonctionnement d’une discipline de recherche ont bien été enclenchés.

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International Higher Education's ScholarPractitioners: Bridging Research and Practice

Journal of International Students ◽

10.32674/jis.v7i2.389 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 429-431

Author(s):

Soni Adhikari

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education Research ◽

The United States ◽

International Higher Education ◽

Global Dynamics ◽

Higher Education Research ◽

International Context ◽

Research And Practice ◽

Global Context ◽

Bridging Research And Practice

In response to dynamics like the above, readers expect international higher education research and scholarship to be situated in the broader global context and address geopolitical dynamics on transnational scales. Unfortunately, in the United States, scholarly responses to changing global dynamics are usually slow and weak. The convention here is for scholars to discuss “internationalization” in the abstract without situating national discourses in the international context or using transnational perspectives.

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Higher Education Research Goes Global

International Higher Education ◽

10.6017/ihe.2016.85.9235 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 8-10

Author(s):

Hans De Wit

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education Research ◽

International Higher Education ◽

Higher Education Research ◽

The Past ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

The World ◽

Recent Developments ◽

The Creation ◽

And Training

Two recent developments show that higher education research is acquiring a strong global focus: In the first place the creation of the ESRC/HEFCE Centre for Global Higher Education, or CGHE, at the Institute of Education in the United Kingdom, with ten partner institutions around the world; and in the second place the creation of the Group of “Global Centers for International Higher Education Studies”, or GCIHES, in which the Center for International Higher Education collaborates with five other centers in the world, and which has its secretariat at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago. These initiatives can be seen as a product of the “Shanghai Statement, The Future of Higher Education: The need for research and training for the higher education enterprise” in 2013. Where higher education research was in the past limited and mainly focused on national and regional aspects, like the sector itself, the shift is now towards international higher education. This is an important development.

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Thriving in Academia: Understanding and Managing the Complexities of Faculty Work

Perspectives on Issues in Higher Education ◽

10.1044/ihe15.2.77 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 77-84 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Ketevan Mamiseishvili

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education Research ◽

Community Engagement ◽

Everyday Life ◽

Work Setting ◽

Higher Education Research ◽

Faculty Work ◽

College And University ◽

Teaching Research ◽

University Settings

In this paper, I will illustrate the changing nature and complexity of faculty employment in college and university settings. I will use existing higher education research to describe changes in faculty demographics, the escalating demands placed on faculty in the work setting, and challenges that confront professors seeking tenure or administrative advancement. Boyer’s (1990) framework for bringing traditionally marginalized and neglected functions of teaching, service, and community engagement into scholarship is examined as a model for balancing not only teaching, research, and service, but also work with everyday life.

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Rethinking Higher Education Research: Ontology Mapping of Higher Education Systems

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2464523 ◽

2014 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Tanveer Hasan ◽

Arkalgud Ramaprasad ◽

Chetan Singai

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education Research ◽

Ontology Mapping ◽

Higher Education Research ◽

Education Systems ◽

Higher Education Systems ◽

Research Ontology

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Student Variables that Predict Retention: Recent Research and New Developments

NASPA Journal ◽

10.2202/0027-6014.1286 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Robert D. Reason

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education Research ◽

College Student ◽

Student Retention ◽

Demographic Characteristics ◽

Individual Student ◽

Higher Education Research ◽

College Student Retention ◽

New Developments ◽

Changing Demographics

This article reviews recent research related to the study of college student retention, specifically examining research related to individual student demographic characteristics. The increasing diversity of undergraduate college students requires a new, thorough examination of those student variables previously understood to predict retention. The retention literature focuses on research conducted after 1990 and emphasizes the changing demographics in higher education. Research related to a relatively new variable the merit-indexalso is reviewed, revealing potentially promising, but currently mixed results.

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