The Case of Druze Society and its Integration in Higher Education in Israel

In this work, we elaborate on the changes and transformations in the Israeli education system (including higher education) from Israel’s independence in 1948 to 2019. Specifically, the study places special emphasis on developments commencing in 1976 in response to the establishment of a separate administrative division for Druze and Circassian Education in the Ministry of Education, and division’s impact on the rate of youngsters who earn matriculation certificates and the number of Druze students attending higher education institutions. of the study analyzes the administrative separation of Druze education in the education system and its effect on the integration of Druze youngsters in higher education in Israel. The current study contributes to our understanding of the development of the Druze education system as a distinct unit in the Israeli Ministry of Education. The findings of this study and its conclusions will contribute to policymakers in the Ministry of Education in general, and policymakers concerning Druze education specifically, seeking to improve educational achievements and apply the insights of the current study to other minority groups to which higher education has become increasingly accessible in recent years.

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The experience of distance education in system of higher education in Azerbaijan

SCIENTIFIC WORK ◽

10.36719/2663-4619/66/136-139 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 66 (05) ◽

pp. 136-139

Author(s):

Məryəm Rasim qızı Məmmədli ◽

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Distance Education ◽

Distance Learning ◽

Education System ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Higher Education System ◽

History Of ◽

Sudden Transition

The purpose of this study is to study and analyze the experience of distance education in the higher education system of Azerbaijan. This study is a qualitative study that explores distance learning practices, and document analysis of quality methods has been used. The study identified the history of distance education, the world's first distance education schools, higher education institutions. At the same time, during the pandemic, statistical indicators of the change of the form of education and the transition to distance education and the number of students were determined in connection with the suspension of the teaching and learning process in Azerbaijan. The decisions of the Ministry of Education regarding the introduction of distance learning were commented in the study. During the pandemic, the difficulties encountered in starting distance education were identified. Complex events held in educational institutions were discussed. It reflects how distance education is applied in higher education institutions and a number of measures taken by the Ministry of Education to adapt to this form of education, which is a sudden transition for students and educators. Key words: distance education, higher education, pandemic, education system,educational platforms

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The next generation: Experiences of higher educated Turkish-Dutch on The Hague labour market

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v11i2.239 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 206-217

Author(s):

Karijn G. Nijhoff

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Labour Market ◽

Education System ◽

Minority Groups ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Market Positioning ◽

The Hague ◽

The Relationship ◽

Dutch City

This paper explores the relationship between education and labour market positioning in The Hague, a Dutch city with a unique labour market. One of the main minority groups, Turkish-Dutch, is the focus in this qualitative study on higher educated minorities and their labour market success. Interviews reveal that the obstacles the respondents face are linked to discrimination and network limitation. The respondents perceive “personal characteristics” as the most important tool to overcoming the obstacles. Education does not only increase their professional skills, but also widens their networks. The Dutch education system facilitates the chances of minorities in higher education through the “layering” of degrees.

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STATUS QUO OF A ‘LEAN UNIVERSITY’ CONCEPT IN KYRGYZSTAN

Alatoo Academic Studies ◽

10.17015/aas.2019.194.03 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (4) ◽

pp. 23-30

Author(s):

Jyldyzbek Jakshylykov ◽

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education System ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Status Quo ◽

Lean Principles ◽

Higher Education System ◽

The World

The Kyrgyz higher education institutions are failing to meet the newly emerging challenges. Despite the efforts and jobs done, the effective results are not being achieved in the education and research sphere as desired. In this article, we give the examples of “Lean principles” implementations around the world as one of the solutions to the above mentioned challenge. In the last part of the article, we discuss a status quo of these principles in Kyrgyz higher education system.

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Accreditation and ranking of higher education institutions (HEIs): review, observations and recommendations for the Indian higher education system

The TQM Journal ◽

10.1108/tqm-04-2021-0115 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Jerald Ozee Fernandes ◽

Balgopal Singh

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education System ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Research Approach ◽

Academic Quality ◽

Content Type ◽

Global Ranking ◽

Higher Education System ◽

The World ◽

Indian Higher Education

PurposeThe higher education system has been entrusted globally to provide quality education, especially to the youth, and equip them with required skills and capabilities. The visionaries and policymakers of the countries around the world have been working relentlessly to improve the standard of the higher education system by establishing national and global accreditation and ranking bodies and expecting measuring performance through setting up accreditation and ranking parameters. This paper focuses on the review of Indian university accreditation and ranking system and determining its efficacy in improving academic quality for achieving good position in global quality accreditation and ranking.Design/methodology/approachThe study employed exploratory research approach to know about the accreditation and ranking issues of Indian higher education institutions to overcome the challenges for being globally competitive. The accreditation and ranking parameters and score of leading Indian universities was collected from secondary data sources. Similarly, the global ranking parameters and scores of these Indian universities with top global universities was explored. The performance gaps of Indian university in global academic quality parameter is assessed by comparing it with scores of global top universities. Further, each domestic and global accreditation and ranking parameters have been taken up for discussion.FindingsThe study identified teaching and learning, research and industry collaboration as common parameter in the accreditation and ranking by Indian and global accreditation and ranking body. Furthermore, the study revealed that Indian accreditation and ranking body assess leniently on parameters and award high scores as compared to rigorous global accreditation and ranking practice. The study revealed that “research” and “citations” are important parameters for securing prestigious position in global ranking, this is the reason Indian universities are trailing. The study exposed that Indian academic fraternity lack prominence in research, publication and citations as per need of global accreditation and ranking standards.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitation of this study is that it focused only on few Indian and global accreditation and ranking bodies. The future implication of this study will be the use of methodology designed in this study for comparing accreditation and ranking bodies’ parameters of different continents and countries in different economic development stages i.e. emerging and developed economies to know the disparity and shortcomings in their higher education system.Practical implicationsThe article is a review and comparison of national and global accreditation and ranking parameters. The article explored the important criteria and key indicators of accreditation and ranking that would provide an important and meaningful insight to academic institutions of the emerging economies of the world to develop its competitiveness. The study contributed to the literature on identifying benchmark for improving academic and higher education institution quality. This study would be further helpful in fostering new ideas toward setting up of contemporary globally viable and acceptable academic quality standard.Originality/valueThis is possibly the first study conducted with novel methodology of comparing the Indian and global accreditation and ranking parameters to identify the academic quality performance gap and suggesting ways to attain academic benchmark through continuous improvement activity and process for global competitiveness.

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India's Open Door to Foreign Universities: Less than Meets the Eye

International Higher Education ◽

10.6017/ihe.2010.60.8497 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Philip Altbach

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education System ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Systemic Reform ◽

Open Door ◽

Open Door Policy ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Foreign Universities

India may finally open its doors to foreign higher education institutions and investment. India's higher education faces severe problems of capacity and quality. This lack of capacity will affect India's new open-door policy. It will be unable to adequately regulate and evaluate foreign institutions. Though the system needs systemic reform, it is impossible for foreigners to solve or even to make a visible dent in India's higher education system.

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Transforming finnish higher education: institutional mergers and conflicting academic identities

Revista de Investigación Educativa ◽

10.6018/rie.35.2.295831 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 307 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

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

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.

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FEATURES OF RESULT BASED FINANCING HIGHER EDUCATION

THE BULLETIN ◽

10.32014/2021.2518-1467.51 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (390) ◽

pp. 50-57

Author(s):

Iryna Kalenyuk ◽

Olena Grishnova ◽

Liudmyla Tsymbal ◽

Deniss Djakons

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Education System ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Knowledge Society ◽

Public Funding ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Financial Flows ◽

Higher Education System ◽

The World ◽

Financing Higher Education

The key role of the education system in the formation of a knowledge society is raising the issue of improving its financing. In the face of new challenges and aggravation of global competition, the mechanism for financing the higher education system is being transformed. The need to increase funding is manifested in expanding financial sources and improving the management of various financial flows. Increasing the effectiveness of public funding is becoming an important issue, which remains the main source of financial revenues for institutions of higher education in countries of the world. A promising practice in the world is the use of funding based on the results of activity, which is becoming more widespread in various areas of economic activity. The purpose of this article is to study the current world-wide practice of applying results-based financing of higher education and defining promising directions for its implementation in Ukraine. The essence and features of RBF - Result Based Financing (RBF) method, including in the system of higher education, are revealed. The existing approaches to financing higher education institutions in the world based on results are systematized, the main criteria for their definition are identified: on the basis of inputs, process, output, output. The world practice of using higher education institutions financing based on the results, positive and negative consequences of its implementation is highlighted and summarized. The necessity of using RBF funding in the system of native education is proved, the main directions and areas of its use are determined. The application of a two-tier model of financing higher education institutions in Ukraine is proposed, which combines the traditional cost-oriented approach and funding based on the results of the activity.

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Cultural Heritage Programs in the Higher Education Institutions: The Bulgarian Experience

Strategies for Policy in Science and Education-Strategii na Obrazovatelnata i Nauchnata Politika ◽

10.53656/str2021-2-2-cult ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 143-153

Author(s):

Vera Boneva

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Education System ◽

Doctoral Programs ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Complex Structure ◽

Scientific Field ◽

Higher Education System ◽

Rich Variety ◽

The Rich

The article systematizes information about the current cultural heritage programs in the Bulgarian higher education area. The data shows that in eleven Bulgarian universities a diploma of cultural heritage can be obtained. 17 master's and 3 bachelor's programs prepare over 500 students a year. Two doctoral programs are also accredited. The rich variety of curricula is an objective result of the complex structure of cultural heritage in itself. However, it is also an indicator for the fragmentation of the higher education system in Bulgaria. The conclusion proposes approaches to overcoming the mentioned fragmentation, as the interdisciplinarity of the scientific field requires pooling of competencies and efforts for better results.

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Transfer created by higher institutions education of technologies for implementation in public practice

Science, technologies, innovation ◽

10.35668/2520-6524-2021-4-08 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 78-87

Author(s):

O. F. Paladchenko ◽

I. V. Molchanova

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Modern Society ◽

Foreign Market ◽

Industrial Sector ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Public Practice ◽

Scientific Technical ◽

Almost All ◽

Local Levels

The article is devoted to the results of the annual monitoring of the activities of higher education institutions of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine) in the field of technology transfer. The purpose of the study is to analyze the results of the transfer of created the higher education institutions based on the results of scientific, technical and innovative technologies for implementation in public practice, identify its main problems and ways to solve them in modern society. The research was carried out by the Ukrainian Institute of Scientific and Technical Expertise and Information according to the developed system of indicators and approved methodology using information on the results of innovation activities by budget managers. The obtained results show that in 2020 the higher education institutions transferred more than half of the total number of technologies transferred by the main managers of budget funds for strategic priority areas of innovation. Almost all technologies created by the higher education institutions were transferred to the order of industrial sector enterprises with a share of 96,4 % (in 2019 — 99,1 %, in 2018 — 80,4 %) in the total number of technologies transferred to industrial enterprises. For the last three years, the Ministry of Education and Science has been a leader among other managers in both domestic and foreign markets. The vast majority of technologies in the domestic and all technologies in the foreign market are transferred to customers through “know-how, agreements for the acquisition (transfer) of technology”. Technologies for 2018–2020 were transferred according to all approved strategic priorities, most of them according to priority 5 (medicine). Among the 23 higher education institutions operating in the field of transfer in 2020, the leader is Sumy State University (as in 2019 and 2018), which transferred more than half of the total number of transferred technologies, all — to the industrial sector. In 2018–2020, more than half of the technologies transferred to the domestic market, and almost all — on the foreign market were developed by the Ministry of Education and Science, of which almost all — universities. These technologies have a higher competitiveness and demand compared to technologies obtained by scientists from other domestic structures, which allows the Ministry of Education and Science among other fund managers to maintain a leading position in the field of transfer in both markets, including industry. Thus, the higher education institutions created and transferred innovative products for direct implementation in public practice and technological reequipment of enterprises at the sectoral level. The main problem of the transfer is that the transferred technologies were created only at the expense of enterprises and customer organizations for direct implementation, which narrows the opportunities for attracting the higher education institutions for effective implementation of modern society development strategies at regional and local levels. In order to further improve and expand the directions and opportunities of scientific, scientific-technical and innovative activities of the the higher education institutions, it is proposed to take into account world and European experience in the strategies of free economic development, including universities. sustainable development and its goals in order to increase the socio-economic development of society at the international, regional and local levels.

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Introducing Educational Technology into the Higher Education Environment

Teacher Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0164-0.ch005 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 81-91

Author(s):

Linda Van Ryneveld

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Professional Development ◽

Educational Technology ◽

Capacity Building ◽

Education System ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Development Framework ◽

Education Environment ◽

Roll Out

Over the past decade or two advancements in educational technology have taken place so swiftly that it threatens to revolutionize the education system. This phenomena seem to drive higher education institutions to respond with costly roll out plans that bring state of the art computing hard- and software, together with other highly specialized educational technologies, to their campuses. The dilemma is that these investments in educational technology are often made in isolation, without consideration for imperative aspects such as professional development. To progress, educators need to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to make optimal use of the technology. This can be achieved, among other, by means of well-structured professional development programmes. In this chapter the author explores the role of educational technology in higher education and establishes the need for capacity building by means of carefully designed professional development programmes. It furthermore suggests an alternative professional development framework.

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