The International SOLETM of Finnish Higher Education

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Hoffman ◽  
Jussi Välimaa ◽  
Taina Saarinen ◽  
Minna Söderqvist ◽  
Mika Raunio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
University Management ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Finnish Higher Education ◽  
Blind Spots

This participative inquiry critiques recent management trends in the Finnish higher education system. The six authors, presently working in three Finnish universities, focus on strategic internationalization policy to highlight the argument. Global trends in internationalization are introduced, followed by an experienced-based meta-analysis, drawing on several recent studies by the authors. This analysis points to significant challenges and blind spots that exist- well hidden- alongside the Finnish higher education system’s best features. The increasing use of ICT-based management routines are called into question with respect to higher education practices, capacity and linked societal challenges. The analysis indicates these challenges remain unengaged- even obscured by- the rapidly proliferating number of ICT-based university management systems. Although none of the authors are specialists in Philosophy or ethics, the interpretive-level findings presented by this interdisciplinary group of scholars illuminates ways forward for the emerging field of specialists focused on ICT-based network-related ethics.

The International SOLETM of Finnish Higher Education

2013 ◽  
pp. 107-121
Author(s):  
David M. Hoffman ◽  
Jussi Välimaa ◽  
Taina Saarinen ◽  
Minna Söderqvist ◽  
Mika Raunio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
University Management ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Finnish Higher Education ◽  
Blind Spots

This participative inquiry critiques recent management trends in the Finnish higher education system. The six authors, presently working in three Finnish universities, focus on strategic internationalization policy to highlight the argument. Global trends in internationalization are introduced, followed by an experienced-based meta-analysis, drawing on several recent studies by the authors. This analysis points to significant challenges and blind spots that exist- well hidden- alongside the Finnish higher education system’s best features. The increasing use of ICT-based management routines are called into question with respect to higher education practices, capacity and linked societal challenges. The analysis indicates these challenges remain unengaged- even obscured by- the rapidly proliferating number of ICT-based university management systems. Although none of the authors are specialists in Philosophy or ethics, the interpretive-level findings presented by this interdisciplinary group of scholars illuminates ways forward for the emerging field of specialists focused on ICT-based network-related ethics.

scholarly journals Transforming finnish higher education: institutional mergers and conflicting academic identities

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jani Ursin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Structural Development ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Academic Identities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Institutional Mergers ◽  
Finnish Higher Education

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> </p><p class="RESUMENCURSIVA">As in many other European countries also Finnish higher education system has witnessed several reforms over the past decade many of which originate in efforts to make more competitive and affordable higher education system. The aim of this paper is to describe the changes and institutional mergers in particular that have taken place in Finnish higher education and explore what kind of academic identities are constructed amid changes in Finnish higher education. The paper shows that the mergers followed the objectives set by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture for the structural development of the higher education system and that the creation of a joint culture for merged institutions was important yet challenging. The paper also argues that due to these external changes in Finnish higher education there is a tendency to move from a traditional notion of an academic toward more hybrid and dynamic understanding of what it is being an academic in the 21st century.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p>

scholarly journals Utilization of Learning Management Systems (LMSs) in higher education system: A case review for Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 731-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulaziz Aldiab ◽  
Harun Chowdhury ◽  
Alex Kootsookos ◽  
Firoz Alam ◽  
Hamed Allhibi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Education System ◽  
Learning Management Systems ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Case Review ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
System A ◽  
Learning Management

scholarly journals Research of the market of educational services when forming programs for strategic development of regional universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-18
Author(s):  
Lyubov A. Vybornova ◽  
Svetlana A. Morozova ◽  
Yulia S. Butyrina ◽  
Ekaterina A. Mikheeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Strategic Development ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
Regional Universities

At a new stage in the development of the Russian higher education system, missions are being adjusted, strategies and programs for the development of universities are being developed in accordance with global trends in the development of higher education and the challenges facing the country and regions. Amodern university plays an important role in ensuring the socio-economic development of the country and the region, participates in the implementation of national, federal and regional projects, strategic development programs. The basis of university development programs is the provision of training for the priority areas of scientific and technological development of the Russian Federation, sectors of the economy and the social sphere, the development and implementation of breakthrough scientific research and development, new creative and social and humanitarian projects, as well as their implementation in the economy and social sphere of high technologies. Important aspects of strategic planning of the university are the analysis of trends and challenges in the higher education system in Russia, as well as the study of the educational services market in the region. The paper analyzes the structure and dynamics of development of the national and regional (using the example of the Samara Region) higher educational systems in Russia, identifies general patterns and tendencies, identifies the directions of development of regional universities.

scholarly journals Development features of the Russian higher education system in present-day conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 01009
Author(s):  
Maksim V. Yakovlev ◽  
Еduard S. Gareev ◽  
Emil R. Burangulov ◽  
Nika E. Valitova ◽  
Maria E. Ivanova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
Education Development ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Research Material ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Fundamental Education ◽  
Current Context

Based on research material, the authors of the present article determine and critically comprehend the problems and specifics of the Russian higher education development in the current context. It is concluded that the global trends of digitalization, internationalization, commercialization, as well as the internal circumstances of the Russian reality (administrative pressure, economic decline, etc.), have significantly changed the Russian higher education system and caused difficulties in its development (narrow departmental nature of educational policy, shifting the focus on the qualitative content of fundamental education to the wayside, etc.). In order to solve the noted problems, it is proposed to use the theoretical and practical developments of the issues concerning the education content and form of the most prominent Russian researchers (N.A. Berdyaev, S.N. Bulgakov, M.O. Gershenzon, S.L. Frank, etc.), and to implement methods of a constructive combination of the classical university strategy and commercialization, focused on the interests of society and science.

scholarly journals De Bruijn’s Effect in University Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-139
Author(s):  
Anton P. Nikitin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Performance Evaluations ◽  
University Management ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Natural Development ◽  
Quantitative Indicators

De Bruijn’s effect describes how distortions are formed in the work of public institutions, if their management relies on a system for quantifying efficiency. The article details the demonstrations of this effect in the higher education system. It is shown how quantitative indicators in evaluating the work of universities can distort strategies of their natural development. The limitations are considered that must be considered when using performance evaluations as a tool for university management. It is concluded that the de Bruijn’s effect creates the conditions for the spread of simulative practices and false interactions in universities.

scholarly journals India's Proposed Reforms: Somewhat Half-Baked

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Altbach
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
South India ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Indian Central ◽  
Indian Higher Education

The reform policies on higher education taken by the Indian central government are criticized in Kerala, a region in South India with many well-educated people. The overriding criticism is that the reforms link Indian higher education to global trends of commercialization by opening the higher education system to foreign institutions. Accreditation in higher education is also a problem in India. The additional proposal of setting up a government university in each of India's states is unrealistic, too. The flaws in India's grand plans seem rather clear.

scholarly journals Assessment of global trends impact on development of higher education system

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-376
Author(s):  
Svetlana Ashmarina ◽  
Ekaterina Nikulina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Branch Campuses ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
The Government ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
Industrial Partnership

The article deals with research of global regularities in the global system of higher education. The interrelation of information, Internet and educational environments, branding and marketing are investigated as a qualitative basis for sustainable development of universities. The government strategies stimulating development of international experience for students are explored and analyzed. This experience resulted in mass opening of international branch campuses and popularity of educational centers (“education hubs”). World tendencies in the field of human capital development in the sphere of higher education are revealed. Special attention is given to development of international institutional and industrial partnership. At present, the challenges facing the modern system of higher education in Russia are related to the need to ensure its competitiveness in the international arena and create centers for the innovative development within the Russian Federation. In the sphere of higher education of Russia, a number of priority projects of the higher education system can be identified, which were approved at the end of 2016: “Universities as Centers of Innovation Development”; the project of “Modern Digital Educational Environment” and the model of the export potential development of the “Russian education system”, which increases the attractiveness and competitiveness of the international educational services market in order to increase the volume of revenues from the export of educational services.

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