The role of academic inbreeding in developing higher education systems: Challenges and possible solutions

2016 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 363-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Horta ◽  
Maria Yudkevich
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Academic Inbreeding

scholarly journals World Class at All Costs

2020 ◽  
pp. 107-121
Author(s):  
Mats Hyvönen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Board Of Trustees ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Funding Policies ◽  
World Class

AbstractThis chapter takes up the now infamous case of the so-called Macchariani Scandal in light of the Karolinska Institute’s tactics for maintaining and enhancing its position as a WCU. It pays special attention to research funding policies in general, and, in particular, the role of the chairman of the Institute’s Board of Trustees, the Liberal politician Lars Leijonborg, as an example of how the dream of becoming a world-class country in the increasingly fierce global competition can have far-reaching negative consequences for national higher education systems as well as for individuals.

Is There a Future for Higher Education Institutions in the Knowledge Society?

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Brennan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Private Benefits ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Higher Education Systems

The paper considers the growing diversity of higher education systems and institutions by exploring three main trends of expansion, differentiation and globalisation together with linked features concerning new forms of governance and more responsive relationships with other social institutions. At the heart of this expansion and differentiation are a number of tensions concerning the role of modern higher education systems: to do with balancing autonomy and responsiveness, reproductive and transformative functions, public and private benefits, economic and broader socio-political agendas. The paper goes on to ask whether future knowledge societies will continue to need separate institutions of ‘higher’ education and, if the answer is yes, what form these will take.

scholarly journals Higher Education in Portuguese Speaking African Countries

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrício Vitorino Langa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
International Expert ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Baseline Study ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Sao Tome And Principe

This publication is the result of a baseline study of the state of the higher education systems in the five Portuguese speaking countries in Africa (PALOP): Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe. The project was undertaken by an African international expert in the field of higher education studies and was fully sponsored and supported by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA). The report offers a historical overview of the development of higher education in PALOP from colonial times to the present. The main objective of this baseline study is to map the landscape and dynamics of change in the higher education systems of PALOP countries. It focuses on describing the latest developments of trends of expansion, financing, governance and policy reforms closely linked to the development of higher education systems in these countries. Furthermore, the study will facilitate an informed debate and the dissemination of knowledge on the role of higher education for development in Africa.

Tourism Education During the Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 863-884
Author(s):  
Ina Keçi ◽  
Ermira Qosja
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Tourism Education

The worldwide pandemic situation created by the COVID-19 disease confronted the education systems of all countries with the most unpredictable challenge ever, a pedagogical revolution that required the transition from traditional and conservative education of auditors to distance education formats. The new front was clear, in a few days the entire education community had to adapt to the new environment, developing and creating new plans to provide teaching through different electronic platforms and software. As the tourism sector is one of the main sources of sustainable development, the role of higher education systems in this sector is to prepare human resources able to proactively respond to all the challenges created during the pandemic circumstances and post-pandemic circumstances. This chapter based on semi-systematic literature review discusses distance education in tourism as an inevitable alternative to education due to the pandemic conditions in terms of providing an appropriate preparation of human resources in tourism to properly face the new reality.

scholarly journals Governance and Regulation: Do UK Messages Have International Relevance?

2015 ◽  
pp. 24-26
Author(s):  
Robin Middlehurst
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
The State ◽  
Democratic Participation ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
International Context ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The Uk

Reviews of governance and regulation have occupied three of the four countries of the UK in 2011-2014.  The debates, arguments and negotiations that underpin these reviews reveal different ideological positions about the role of the state, balances between accountability and autonomy and democratic participation in the governance of institutions by staff and students.  External drivers are also part of the picture as governments and institutions alike seek to position themselves in a changing international context. It is hoped that both the ideological debates and the operational solutions developed in the UK will have wider resonance for other countries and regions engaged in the modernisation, expansion, development or re-construction of their higher education systems.

scholarly journals A Commentary on the Parental Role in Developing Employability Skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Rita Kaul
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Parental Role ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Informal Institution ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
The Family ◽  
Role Of Parents

<p class="normal">With ever-increasing educated yet unemployed populations across borders has alarmed the entire education system globally. The present state of lack of employability skills across higher education systems in countries worldwide can very well be attributed as the reason for this. The education systems, governments, schools, colleges, and universities are introspecting what could bring it to inculcate the employability skills in the graduates expecting to get employment. These are the institutional enablers for working on building the infrastructure to developing employability skills in their jurisdictions but one such primary though the informal institution is the family. In the family, the parents have equal parts to play for this at the same time. This article reviews the role of parents in the development of employability skills in their children.</p>

scholarly journals The Role of Distance Learning in the Transformation Processes of National Higher Education Systems

2020 ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Anton Lvovich Abramovsky
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
User Interest ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
Google Search

The emergence and active spread of distance learn-ing has fundamentally changed national higher edu-cation systems around the world, making them more open and convenient, which is especially important now during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, national higher education systems face certain challenges associated with the spread of distance and mobile learning technologies. This paper shows the role of distance learning and mobile learning technologies in the transformational changes of higher education systems, analyzes the possibilities and prospects for the development of these tech-nologies, taking into account the growing trends of digitalization of modern society. The empirical mate-rial for writing this work was the data of the Google search engine, which made it possible to analyze the frequency of search queries for the phrase “distance learning” and its equivalent in Russian, which made it possible to draw conclusions about the dynamics of user interest in the problem under consideration.

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