scholarly journals Partnership as Educational Policy Imperative: An Unquestioned Good?

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. e1814
Author(s):  
John I'Anson ◽  
Sandra Eady
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Relational Practices ◽  
Good For ◽  
Signature Event

“Partnership” is often promoted as an unquestioned “good” for higher education institutions in relation to its various stakeholder organizations. This paper seeks to problematize this uncritical valorization through a critical interrogation of the concepts and socio-material practices associated with partnership. In the name of partnership, new forms of governance are inaugurated that have far-reaching effects. More specifically, this paper is concerned with a critical analysis of partnership in relation to a longitudinal study of the relational practices between a university and five local authorities within a Scottish educational context. In particular, we trace how a “signature event” transformed a partnership assemblage, from one characterized by a grammar of participation, to a formal partnership aligned with a set of principles that we characterize as a grammar of representation. We argue that this transition led to a new assemblage that enacted new accountabilities, performativities, and alignments under the sign of partnership.

Is E-Learning a Pro-Active Response to, or Reaction to, Changes in Educational Policy and Patterns of Educational Demand?

2014 ◽  
pp. 253-267
Author(s):  
Allan M. Lawrence ◽  
Peter J. Short ◽  
Deborah Millar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Educational Demand ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Impact

This chapter reviews and investigates the models and acceptability of E-Learning to the emerging students markets for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) from the More Developed Countries (MDCs) and seeks to evaluate the differing models of delivery from a practical and a socio-economic perspective. The research also investigates the impact of the shifts in population growth and the subsequent impact upon the levels of demand from students in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) for higher education. In addition, the logistical and quality factors affecting E-Learning are evaluated, looking at the aspects of academic rigour, plagiarism, and the methods of managing the originality and authenticity of student work. Similarly, the research looks at the viability of situations where the education provider may never physically meet the students through the exclusive use of VLEs, and the possible credibility issues that this may present to institutional and awarding body reputations.

scholarly journals Total Quality Management at Algerian Higher Education Institutions to Promote Our Roles in Comprehensive Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hocine Bachioua ◽  
Khaoula Kachaou ◽  
Salim Keffane
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Training Process ◽  
Comprehensive Development

The aims this study to know the reality of  the role for Total Quality Management (TQM) to need of Algerian Higher Education Institutions(AHEI) in apply the Total Quality Management (TQM) to promote the Comprehensive Development (CD), and this approach to enhance their roles in the comprehensive development, the efficiency of the training process, global changes and their needs to adopt a new educational policy in line with the global transformation competition, and the requirements of sustainable development, in this study was used a questionnaire composed of (75) items distributed on (08) areas, This is for confirmation the need to adopt philosophy of Total Quality Management (TQM) as a strategy imposed by the nature and  the stage experienced for Algerian Higher Education Institutions(AHEI), And deal with the nature of the changes and challenges imposed by certain factors such as Globalization and the knowledge revolution, through all this inevitably to  apply the Total Quality Management (TQM) in our  Algerian Higher Education Institutions(AHEI).

Learning Marketing in a Multicultural Context

2020 ◽  
pp. 131-146
Author(s):  
Duarte Xara-Brasil ◽  
Manuela Carvalho ◽  
Sandra Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Brand Management ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Mobility Programs ◽  
Local Students

There has been an increasing degree of internationalization of several higher education institutions mainly under the ERASMUS context. Those mobility programs bring important gains in terms of students' competences to the Higher Education Institutions and to the employers, but there are also many constraints associated with the student's mobility process. The Setubal Brand Management is a multicultural pedagogical project that also promotes interpersonal skills and encourages a greater integration in the region and with local students. It includes students with diverse educational and cultural backgrounds. In this chapter, several specific pedagogical approaches were taken into account, such as: development of specific contents; implementation of different team-building actions; the inclusion of facilitating elements of communication; and the constitution of multicultural groups. A critical analysis of student perceptions and the sharing of the project with colleagues and with the academic community allowed implementation of several improvements.

Representation of international students in the Portuguese press: Are immigrants welcome?

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 137-154
Author(s):  
Thais França
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
News Stories ◽  
National Media ◽  
The Media

Since the 2000s, the Portuguese government and higher education institutions have been making significant changes to their strategies for attracting international students. While scholars have given extensive consideration to how these changes have increased the number of international students, less attention has been paid to how the national media have represented these new arrivals. Hence, in this article, following the analysis of 103 news stories published in two leading Portuguese newspapers, we investigate the representation of international students in the Portuguese press to analyse how the media portrayed this population from 2006 to 2019. As student mobility became more visible in Portuguese migration and education policies, media focus on this phenomenon increased. Based on a critical analysis discourse framework, our results outline a positive narrative about international students that both reinforces Portugal’s image as an attractive destination for skilled youths and highlights the contribution of international students to the country’s development.

TEOLOŠKE VISOKOŠKOLSKE USTANOVE I AUTONOMIJA UNIVERZITETA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dejan Matić ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
The Future ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Service Activity ◽  
Critical Consideration

This paper discusses the problem of autonomy of higher education institutions in the context of the current Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Higher Education. The current situation in our higher education requires an analysis of precisely those proposed norms that regulate the work of higher education institutions that implement academic study programs in the field of theology of one of the traditional churches and religious communities. In addition, the need for such critical consideration, in itself, arises due to the undoubted and immeasurable social significance that service activity in higher education, by the nature of things, quite objectively possesses. Precisely for the stated reasons, this paper is dedicated to the critical analysis of the proposed proposed regulations, as well as to pointing out possible directions for overcoming similar problems in the future, in order to provide service activities in the field of higher education with much-needed stability.

scholarly journals Critical Analysis of the Applicability of the ISO 9001 Standard in Higher Education Institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-120
Author(s):  
Reckson Kamusoko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Quality Management System ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Iso 9001 ◽  
Administrative Services ◽  
Quality Culture ◽  
Seven Principles

This paper analyses the applicability of the ISO 9001 standard in higher education institutions (HEIs). The ISO 9001standard, initially developed for application in industry, sets the requirements for implementing a quality management system (QMS) in an organisation. Over the years, the standard has been adapted to the higher education (HE) sector as a model for quality assurance and enhancement. In this study, the standard is analysed based on a framework with the following variables; 1) Importance of the philosophy of the standard in HE, 2) Suitability to HE, 3) Ease of implementation, 4) Effect on quality assurance and enhancement and 5) Effect on quality culture. The mechanisms of how the standard affects quality management are also presented. The analysis shows that ISO 9001 is based on a philosophy that resonates with general approaches to quality assurance in HEIs. The seven principles of the standard provide a good base for an effective QMS. The standard is suitable to HEIs as its provisions can be adapted to the peculiarities of this sector. Although there is some considerable workload exerted by the standard, it can be applied with ease. There is both theoretical and empirical basis for the standard to embolden quality assurance and enhancement in HE. Both academic provision and administrative services can benefit from the standard. The standard can promote and strengthen quality culture in HEIs, more so where staff show deep engagement with the processes of the standard. It is concluded that the ISO 9001 standard provides a framework for a QMS that is applicable to the HE sector.

scholarly journals Regulatory and legal basis of Ukraine’s investment policy in the field of higher education

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 171-180
Author(s):  
Ilia Lysokon
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Investment Policy ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
Institutional Level ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Investment Opportunities ◽  
State Educational

Abstract. Elaboration and implementation of investment programs for the development of modern universities, cooperation with the business sector, public investment aimed at modernization of the educational environment, implementation of grants, etc. can now be considered as structural components of investment activities of higher education institutions in the context of strategic planning. Therefore, the process of active reform of the educational sector of Ukraine and its integration into the European educational space require a review of approaches, methods and forms of management of education and educational institutions, in particular on investment policy. The purpose of the study is to analyse and summarize the legislative aspects of introduction of the investment programs for the development of higher education institutions as an element of state educational policy. The subject of the study is the regulatory framework for investment activities of higher education institutions in Ukraine in the implementation of investment programs for their development as an element of state educational policy. The following research methods were used: terminological analysis (definition of the conceptual apparatus of the research), systematization of normative legal acts (study of normative provision and state of the researched problem), classification method (ranging of normative legal acts by branches of human activity). The practical importance of the study is in description of the current state of regulatory and legal support of Ukraine's investment policy in higher education. As a result of the study, we concluded that the investment activity of higher education institutions is determined by laws and subsidiary laws that regulate general aspects of Ukraine's investment policy at the state level and insufficiently regulate the development of investment opportunities at the institutional level. There is no concept of investment and investment activity in the regulations in the field of higher education at all. However, at the present stage of development of the studied branch it is important to specify the provisions of regulations and scientific concepts of Ukrainian investment policy for higher education. Thus, the analysis of regulations on investment activities of higher education institutions and the search for weaknesses in them will help improve the current legislation of Ukraine, identify priority areas for investment in education at the institutional level and consolidate investment opportunities of higher education institutions.

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