Spain and the Lost Legal Generation: Spain's Dysfunctional University System is Also to Blame

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1209-1221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katia Fach Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Law Students ◽  
State University ◽  
University System ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Spanish Higher Education ◽  
Academic Year

For the last fifteen years I have taught final year law students at a Spanish state university on a regular basis. While it is extremely difficult to generalize about matters such as the following, I believe that the typical profile of the different groups of students I have taught over the years has been relatively homogenous in terms of quality and performance. Along with a minority of highly motivated and able students, at the beginning of every academic year the classes are mostly made up of silent students who area priorireluctant to accept individual responsibilities in the learning process. Having presented this seemingly harsh appraisal with no preamble, one of the aims of this essay is to set out a series of arguments that enable us to go beyond the glib self-righteousness of blaming the students for all their woes. In my opinion, it is the Spanish higher education system that is the mainly to blame for many of the factors currently holding law students back. The following factors contribute to this outcome.

The Policy of Reducing Study Places in Communist Romania Case Study of the Academic Year 1982-1983

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
Matei Gheboianu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Academic Year

Abstract: In the Romanian education system, the 1980s were a time of big constraints. The most severe decline in the number of places in the higher education system occurred in the preparation of the academic year 1982/1983. This trend continued during the following years, albeit it was less drastic. In this paper I try to answer the following questions: Which was the overall significance of the cuts? How were the cuts distributed among forms of higher education – daytime courses, evening courses and extramural courses? Which were the reasons behind these cuts? Were the cuts motivated by the employers’ demand of graduates?

scholarly journals Track and Sector in Egyptian Higher Education: Who Studies Where and Why?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatma Abdelkhalek ◽  
Ray Langsten
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Education System ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Partial Privatization ◽  
University System ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Face ◽  
Track Placement

Following the 1952 revolution, the Egyptian higher education system grew rapidly, with post-secondary institutes complementing the expanding university system. Private post-secondary institutes were permitted from 1970; in the early 1990s financial constraints and pressures for cost recovery prompted legislation allowing private universities. In the face of expansion, diversification, and partial privatization, concerns have arisen about equity in higher education opportunities. The 2014 Survey of Young People in Egypt is used to examine correlates of higher education track placement and of sector placement within tracks.

scholarly journals Sustainability Education in the Spanish Higher Education System: Faculty Practice, Concerns and Needs

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8389
Author(s):  
Pere Busquets ◽  
Jordi Segalas ◽  
Antonio Gomera ◽  
Miguel Antúnez ◽  
Jorge Ruiz-Morales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Education System ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Spanish Higher Education ◽  
The University

This article presents the results of the EDINSOST project in relation to the university faculty’s practice concerns and the need to embed sustainability education in the Spanish Higher Education system. Four questions were devised to determine (1) which conceptions the university faculty has about sustainability in the context of the Spanish higher education (2) what sustainability competencies the university faculty holds (3) the ways in which sustainability teaching strategies are implemented and (4) the ways in which practical coursework related to sustainability is undertaken in a Spanish university context. The methodology that was applied was comprised of a discourse analysis of faculty focus groups. To that end, a category system and a focus group implementation protocol were designed and validated, as well as processes of construct elaboration based on the analysis of the focus groups’ discourses. Among the most relevant contributions stemming from the research questions regarding the faculty’s assumptions was the evidence that the holistic conception of sustainability is not addressed in all its dimensions and the environmental dimension is overemphasised. The need for training to teach sustainability competencies and the faculty’s lack of awareness were also identified. As far as sustainability teaching strategies are concerned, project-based learning prevails, with service-learning emerging as the most effective strategy, even though its application is hindered by faculty training gaps. Finally, the absence of sustainability in teaching guides and study plans and the scarce institutional support for establishing sustainability as a strategic subject in the university were significant findings.

scholarly journals The System of Student Selction in Chilean Universities

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Sebastián Donoso ◽  
Gustavo Hawes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
University System ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Selection Processes ◽  
Implicit Model ◽  
Main Instrument ◽  
Undergraduate Programs ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

Chile has a peculiar centralised system for the selection of students to undergraduate programs; this is the case for the more traditional universities associated in the Council of Rectors. This process has been in operation for over thirty years, and its major instruments and procedures, as well as its foundations, are still in force. The contents of the different tests are currently under review; however, the system will continue to be the same in the future. Changes come from the new conditions created by the 1981 reform of the Chilean higher education system. Important modifications were introduced in the constitution, organization and financing of universities. The university system was suddenly opened; from the original eight universities, the system expanded to sixty-five. New conditions and social, professional and technical demands are having an impact on the higher education system as a whole and, specifically, on the student selection processes. This article includes a description of the process of academic selection for entrance into the Chilean university system. Next we analyze the Test of Academic Performance (PAA), the main instrument of this selection. Finally the PAA is analyzed and criticized from two points of view: its psychometric relevance and its implicit model of intelligence.

scholarly journals Higher Education Transformation in Pakistan: Political and Economic Instability

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred Hayward
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Tenure Track ◽  
Budget Cuts ◽  
University System ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Economic Instability ◽  
Education Commission ◽  
Higher Education Transformation ◽  
Education Transformation

The 2002 creation of the Higher Education Commission, an autonomous body charged with reforming the failing higher education system in Pakistan, marked the start of six impressive years of growth and improvement to its university system. Enrollments increased, quality improved, tenure-track systems encouraged research and retention, and most universities supported the commission. Political and economic instability, beginning in early 2008, began to threaten these gains. Uncertainty, inflation, and budget cuts challenge the sustained growth in Pakistan's higher education system, and may even reverse progress.

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