Title: |
Vocationalism in Higher Education: The Triumph of the Education Gospel. |
Authors: |
Grubb, W. Norton 1
Lazerson, Marvin 2 |
Source: |
Journal of Higher Education; Jan/Feb2005, Vol. 76 Issue 1, p1, 25p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* CAREER education
* CURRICULUM change
* CURRICULUM planning
* EDUCATION -- United States
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* INFORMATION technology
* LABOR supply
* MORAL education
* PROFESSIONAL education
* TECHNICAL education
* VOCATIONAL education |
Geographic Terms: |
UNITED States |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
61171 Educational Support Services
61143 Professional and Management Development Training
61151 Technical and Trade Schools |
Abstract: |
Presents an essay on vocationalism in higher education. The shift from moral to vocational education; Background on the Education Gospel which prompted changes in higher education to address the changing work force needs created by the information technology age; Increased focus on vocational purposes of education; Consideration of how higher education converted to occupational or professional education; Argument of the authors that vocationalism is now so deeply embedded in American higher eduction that it cannot be wished away; Educational reforms which need to focus on ways to integrate vocational purposes with broader civic, intellectual and moral goals. |
Author Affiliations: |
1 Graduate School of Education, University of California , Berkeley
2 Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania |
ISSN: |
0022-1546 |
Accession Number: |
15330123 |
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Title: |
External Examiners in New Roles: a case study at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. |
Authors: |
Gynnild, Vidar 1
Myrhaug, Dag 2
Lian, Walter |
Source: |
Quality in Higher Education; Nov2004, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p243, 10p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* EDUCATIONAL change
* EDUCATIONAL innovations
* LEARNING
* TEACHING
* TESTING
* UNIVERSITIES & colleges |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
61171 Educational Support Services
6113 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
Abstract: |
Norway has a long tradition of using external examiners during examinations and grading. However, a recently passed higher education reform requires a different use for external examiners. The Quality Reform of Higher Education calls for more learning-oriented assessment methods, allowing more feedback for students during the course of their studies. Examples of such methods are modular examinations, projects, and portfolios. As part of the reform, external examiners are also expected to contribute to improving assessment systems. This article describes an assessment project carried out at the Department of Marine Technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in the spring of 2002. In the study the external examiner did not have the adequate experience to evaluate assessment methods, or contribute actively in discussions about the subject's assignments, teaching schedule and methods. Cooperation between the subject teacher and the examiner on criteria for, and assessment of, specific papers was most useful. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
Author Affiliations: |
1 Educational Development Service, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, NTNU, NO-7491 Trondheim , Norway .
2 Department of Marine Technology, Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology, NTNU, NO-7491 Trondheim , Norway . |
ISSN: |
1353-8322 |
DOI: |
10.1080/1353832042000299522 |
Accession Number: |
15538394 |
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Learning as an epidemic: The tipping point, Freshman Academy , and institutional change. |
Authors: |
Daynes, Gary 1 gdaynes@byu.edu
Esplin, Patricia pat
Kristensen, Kristoffer 2 kris |
Source: |
Perspectives: Policy & Practice in Higher Education; Oct2004, Vol. 8 Issue 4, p113, 6p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* CLASSROOMS
* EDUCATION -- Curricula
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* EDUCATIONAL technology
* LEARNING |
Geographic Terms: |
ENGLAND |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
61 Educational Services
6117 Educational Support Services |
Abstract: |
The article discusses the movement in England to turn higher education toward student learning. The article adds that its impact has been blunted by its reliance on a model of change that fails to fit the decentralized nature of universities. Reformers have relied either on piecemeal change, or on efforts at campus-wide transformation. The critiques of higher education provoked a series of reforms--service-learning, learning communities, assessment, collaborative learning, and technology-enhanced classrooms among them. Measured by the number of campuses that have adopted them, these reforms have been successful. However, reformers have become increasingly dissatisfied with the impact of these changes. traditional lecture-based classes and experience the curriculum as a disjointed set of requirements to be completed before entering the workforce. |
Author Affiliations: |
1 Associate Director of the Freshman Academy , Brigham Young University .
2 Assessment Specialist in the Office of Institutional Assessment and Analysis, Brigham Young University . |
ISSN: |
1360-3108 |
Accession Number: |
15258571 |
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Higher Education Reform in the Balkans. |
Authors: |
Morgan, Anthony W. 1 |
Source: |
Academe; Sep/Oct2004, Vol. 90 Issue 5, p39, 4p, 2bw |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* POSTSECONDARY education
* PUBLIC universities & colleges |
Geographic Terms: |
MACEDONIA |
Abstract: |
Deals with the Bologna Process, a major initiative to reform higher education throughout the greater European area. Facts about Saints Cyril and Methodius University , two public universities in Macedonia ; Aims of the Bologna Declaration; Impact of the Bologna Process on Macedonia . |
Author Affiliations: |
1 Professor of educational leadership and policy, University of Utah |
Full Text Word Count: |
2790 |
ISSN: |
0190-2946 |
Accession Number: |
14670381 |
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Title: |
Higher Education in Germany : reform in incremental steps. |
Authors: |
WELSH, HELGA A. |
Source: |
European Journal of Education; Sep2004, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p359, 17p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* COMPETITION
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* GOVERNMENT policy
* REFORMS |
Geographic Terms: |
GERMANY |
Abstract: |
This article discusses the new educational reforms in Germany . The most important question in the recent political debate in Germany is that of educational reforms. German higher education system has been in crisis from a long time and international competition and financial pressures had intensified the need to change these policies and systems. Changes in new educational policies are characterized by incremental steps that reshape the existing institutions and are intended to introduce new ways of thinking regarding higher education's role in modern society. As in other areas of reform, the old system has not been replaced, but new programs are being added to the existing one and the old ones are being updated to reflect new objectives. |
ISSN: |
0141-8211 |
DOI: |
10.1111/j.1465-3435.2004.00189.x |
Accession Number: |
14165686 |
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Toward a European Model of Higher Education. |
Authors: |
Kirkwood-Tucker, Toni Fuss |
Source: |
European Education; Fall2004, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p51, 19p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* CHANGE
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* EDUCATIONAL planning
* POSTSECONDARY education |
Geographic Terms: |
EUROPE |
Abstract: |
Addresses the processes, problems, and promises of the European higher education reform movement. Proposal of general rules of comparative assessment of university degrees; Difficulty of obtaining employment by graduates in a neighboring European nation where its academic credentials are not recognized; Adaptation to demands of society and advances in scientific knowledge. |
ISSN: |
1056-4934 |
Accession Number: |
15734818 |
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Title: |
Symbolic Politics and Institutional Boundaries in Curriculum Reform: The Case of National Sectarian University . |
Authors: |
Arnold, Gordon B. 1 garnold@montserrat.edu |
Source: |
Journal of Higher Education; Sep/Oct2004, Vol. 75 Issue 5, p572, 22p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* CHANGE
* EDUCATION -- Curricula
* EDUCATIONAL change
* EDUCATIONAL planning
* INSTRUCTIONAL systems
* UNIVERSITIES & colleges |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
61 Educational Services
6113 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
Abstract: |
Presents a paper that explores how institutionalized organizational elements and politics can shape the scope and limits of programmatic change, while increasing the importance of these reform efforts as symbolic action. Examination of a reform process at one university, National Sectarian University, to explore organizational and institutional dimensions in general education reform; Description of three major components of the reform process; Need for advocates of reform to be mindful of the underlying matrix of values and organizational constraints within their settings; Conclusion that the symbolic act of renewing or establishing connection between meaning and a general education curriculum is itself an important result in a reform effort. |
Author Affiliations: |
1 Professor of Liberal Arts, Montserrat College of Art , Beverly , Massachusetts |
ISSN: |
0022-1546 |
Accession Number: |
14091156 |
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Title: |
Openness and reform as dynamics for development: A case study of internationalisation at South China University of Technology. |
Authors: |
Yang, Rui 1 rui.yang@education.monash.edu.au |
Source: |
Higher Education; Jun2004, Vol. 47 Issue 4, p473, 28p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* EDUCATION
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* SOCIAL policy
* UNIVERSITIES & colleges
* GLOBALIZATION |
Author-Supplied Keywords: |
academic capitalism
China
globalisation
higher education
internationalisation
the Open Door policy
the university |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
61 Educational Services
92313 Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs)
6113 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
Abstract: |
Universities worldwide now encounter far greater challenges, and are subjected to an unprecedented level of external scrutiny. The change in governance ideology in the higher education sector has altered the way in which universities are managed, a phenomenon identified by Slaughter and Leslie as academic capitalism. This article examines how Chinese universities are responding to this phenomenon in their cultural complexity and social contexts, using South China University of Technology as an example. At the same time, the concepts of globalisation and internationalisation are taken as salient features of our times, and are often mistakenly used interchangeably. This article argues that they are fundamentally different, reflecting phenomena with different rationales, objectives and effects. By presenting an analysis of China's internationalisation of higher education through an in-depth case study the findings of this study shed light on the general current state of internationalisation in the mainstream of China's higher education, and underscores the idea that changes attributed to globalisation are modified and fashioned by the particular circumstances and choices of local institutions. The study vividly reveals how local circumstances can be used to manage the global within the local. It reports how the selected case continues to develop in the context of market transition and globalisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
Author Affiliations: |
1 Faculty of Education, Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800, Australia |
ISSN: |
0018-1560 |
Accession Number: |
12611147 |
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The marginalization of higher learning: an interpretation of current tertiary reform policy in New Zealand . |
Authors: |
Curzon-Hobson, Aidan 1 aidanh@etito.co.nz |
Source: |
Teaching in Higher Education; Apr2004, Vol. 9 Issue 2, p0, 14p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* EDUCATIONAL planning
* TEACHING
* UNIVERSITIES & colleges |
Geographic Terms: |
NEW Zealand |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
6113 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
Abstract: |
This article analyses current educational reform documents pertaining to the role, nature and scope of tertiary education in New Zealand . The argument posited here is that these reform proposals, while signaling a welcome paradigm shift in the values that underpin higher education policy, risk marginalizing the notion and the pursuit of higher learning in the university sector. This claim is based on an analysis of how teaching in higher education is conceptualized in the reform documents, the import and status given to such an ideal, and how its realization is provided for in the practical implications of the espoused policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
Author Affiliations: |
1 Electrotechnology Industry Training Organisation, New Zealand |
ISSN: |
1356-2517 |
Accession Number: |
13306238 |
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Title: |
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION IN HONG KONG . |
Authors: |
Post, David 1 <post@pop.psu.edu> |
Source: |
Asian Survey; Nov/Dec2003, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p989, 23p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* CIVIL society
* EDUCATION & state
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change |
Geographic Terms: |
CHINA
HONG Kong (China) |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
92311 Administration of Education Programs |
Abstract: |
Hong Kong has launched an ambitious reform of post-secondary education, expanding student access but also diversifying the missions of institutions and their finance. To illuminate repercussions for civil society, this article identifies three unresolved policy dilemmas. It then presents emergent trends in inequality of access to higher education through analysis of the 1981, 1991, and 2001 population censuses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
Author Affiliations: |
1 Education and Asian Studies at the University of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania State University |
ISSN: |
0004-4687 |
Accession Number: |
12000594 |
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Title: |
The Politics of State Higher Education Governance Reform. |
Authors: |
McLendon, Michael K. 1 michael.k.mclendon@vanderbilt.edu
Ness, Erik C. 1 |
Source: |
PJE. Peabody Journal of Education; 2003, Vol. 78 Issue 4, p66, 23p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* EDUCATION & state
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* POLITICS & education |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
92311 Administration of Education Programs |
Abstract: |
During the 1990s, state governments considered in excess of 100 initiatives to reorganize, restructure, or "reform" higher education governance arrangements. The recent wave of governance change has revealed an important insight about reform activity: Large-scale redesign of a state's higher education governance system occurs in a distinctively and decidedly political context--namely, at the intersection of legislative institutions, state higher education agencies, electoral cycles, and campus politics. This article describes the landscape of public higher education governance in the states and assesses recent trends, reviews the modest research literature on the politics of reform, and reports selective results from a recent national survey of higher education governance reform in the 50 states. The article concludes with suggestions for the framing of future research on the politics of governance reform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
Author Affiliations: |
1 Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organization Peabody College at Vanderbilt University |
Full Text Word Count: |
8844 |
ISSN: |
0161-956X |
DOI: |
NO |
Accession Number: |
10755449 |
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Title: |
Quality Assurance, Legal Reforms and the European Higher Education Area in Spain . |
Authors: |
Vidal, Javier |
Source: |
European Journal of Education; Sep2003, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p301, 13p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* EDUCATIONAL quality |
Geographic Terms: |
SPAIN |
Abstract: |
Analyzes Spanish higher education reforms that introduced accreditation for official programs, created European Higher Education Area force and redesigned teaching activities as of September 1, 2003 . Features of the Ley Organica de Universidades reform implemented in 2001; Assessment of the Programme for Institutional Assessment of Quality in Universities, a program approved and headed by the Council of Universities; Benefits of the accreditation by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation. |
ISSN: |
0141-8211 |
DOI: |
10.1111/1467-3435.00149 |
Accession Number: |
10832830 |
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Title: |
The Impact of Globalisation on Higher Education Governance in Japan . |
Authors: |
Yonezawa, Akiyoshi |
Source: |
Higher Education Research & Development; Jul2003, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p145, 10p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* COMPETITION
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* GLOBALIZATION
Japan
MANUFACTURING industries |
Geographic Terms: |
JAPAN |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
339 Miscellaneous Manufacturing |
Abstract: |
This paper examines current changes in higher education governance in Japan , linking these with the national strategy in the light of globalisation forces. First, the author describes Japan 's social economy that has heavily relied on manufacturing industry and the strong desire for internationalisation. Second, activities in the internationalisation of higher education in Japan are discussed from social and economic perspectives. Third, the current higher education reform aimed at revitalising a society facing "Identity Crisis" under the pressure of globalisation is analysed. Finally, the inconsistency of micro and macro demand, and the lack of trust in higher education are discussed as issues to be overcome for gaining global competitiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
ISSN: |
0729-4360 |
Accession Number: |
9756008 |
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Title: |
Globalisation and Higher Education Restructuring in Hong Kong , Taiwan and Mainland China . |
Authors: |
Mok, Ka-Ho |
Source: |
Higher Education Research & Development; Jul2003, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p117, 13p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* CIVIL service
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* SCHOOLS -- Decentralization
* GLOBALIZATION |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
611 Educational Services |
Abstract: |
Globalisation and the evolution of the knowledge-based economy have caused dramatic changes in the character and functions of higher education in most countries around the world. However, the impacts of globalisation on universities are not uniform even though similar business-like practices have been adopted to cope with competition in the global marketplace. The pressure for restructuring and reforming higher education is mainly derived from growing expectations and demands of different stakeholders in society. In the last decade, government bureaucracy, public service institutions and higher education institutions and universities have been significantly affected by the tidal wave of the public sector reform around the world. Apart from improving the efficiency and effectiveness of public services, universities are confronted with a situation in which the principles of financial accountability and responsiveness to stakeholders prevail amidst the massification stage under the condition of global economic retrenchment. In response to such pressing demands for change, policies and strategies of decentralisation, privatisation and marketisation are becoming increasingly popular measures in university governance. Reform strategies and measures like quality assurance, performance evaluation, financial audit, corporate management and market competition are adopted to reform and improve the performance of the higher education sector. This article examines the most recent higher education reforms and restructuring in Hong Kong , Taiwan and Mainland China , with particular reference to the issues related to globalisation of decentralisation and marketisation in higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
ISSN: |
0729-4360 |
Accession Number: |
9756010 |
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Title: |
Innovation and change in higher education: managing multiple polarities. |
Authors: |
McNaught, Carmel 1 carmel.mcnaught@cuhk.edu.hk |
Source: |
Perspectives: Policy & Practice in Higher Education; Jul2003, Vol. 7 Issue 3, p76, 7p, 3 diagrams, 3 graphs, 1bw |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* POLARITY |
Abstract: |
Presents views on the application of polarity management in implementing internal policy development. Consideration for the culture of the university; Commitment of universities to large scale social engineering; Ways on how universities can chart its progress. |
Author Affiliations: |
1 Chinese University of Hong Kong |
ISSN: |
1360-3108 |
Accession Number: |
10466064 |
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Title: |
Organizational climate and strategic change in higher education: Organisational insecurity. |
Authors: |
Allen, D.K. |
Source: |
Higher Education; Jul2003, Vol. 46 Issue 1, p61, 31p, 1 chart, 1 diagram, 1 graph |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* ORGANIZATIONAL behavior |
Abstract: |
This research introduces the concept of organisational climate and contributes to an understanding of the recursive relationship between organisational climate and strategic change initiatives. In the 1990s there was recognition that higher education worldwide was moving through a period of rapid change. Alterations in the external environment were put forward as rationales for universities to reconsider the way they organised from their traditional governance and management structures through to the way in which they performed their primary activities of research, teaching and learning. A common approach to this adaptation or change has been through an increased emphasis upon strategic planning. This was accompanied by discourses rooted in technological determinism and the unquestioning belief in the rightness of a particular brand of corporate management. This research focused on one such approach to strategic change: the development of information strategies in 12 UK Higher Education Institutions. Using a grounded approach to theory generation, it highlights the influence of different styles of management on organisational climate. The paper discusses the antecedents and influence of one of the dimensions of organisational climate identified: insecurity/security. It establishes that that climates of insecurity (or security) can exist within an HEI and can be shared on an organisational level, or can be rooted in sub-cultures. Six issues were identified which affected the climate of insecurity or security within the different HEIs. These issues related to perceptions of change management and its frequency, predictability, openness, degree of participation, discontinuous or incremental nature of change, and whether or not decisions are implemented by use of persuasive power or coercive power. The paper goes on to discuss the multi-dimensional nature of insecurity. It notes that 'managerial' approaches are more likely to create highly insecure environments... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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0018-1560 |
Accession Number: |
10524499 |
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Title: |
A Study on Recent Reforms, Current Issues and Policies Within the Australian and Chinese Systems of Higher Education. |
Authors: |
Gamage, David 1
Shangwu, Zhao 2 |
Source: |
Education & Society; 2003, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p19, 17p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* EDUCATION, Higher
* EDUCATIONAL change
* EDUCATIONAL innovations
* POSTSECONDARY education
* PUBLIC welfare
* TUITION tax credits
* MARKETING strategy |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
61171 Educational Support Services
62 Health Care and Social Assistance |
Abstract: |
This article examines the impact of globalization on the Australian and Chinese systems of higher education, Particularly since World Warn. It traces the way the Australian system originated from the British, and the Chinese system from the Confucian and Marxist philosophies, and later how American models impacted on both systems. it focuses on recent reforms, current issues and policy directions moving towards corporatisation, with strong leadership demanding quality and account- ability It examines the way gradual cuts in public funding pushed the Australian system to market orientation, while the Chinese system diversified its funding sources and created a private sector to catch up with lost ground. It also focuses on the way both systems are demanding high standards of teaching and research supported by self and external evaluations, forcing them to be innovative and entrepreneurial in advancing national development and their survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
Author Affiliations: |
1 University of the Newcastle .
2 Stockholm University . |
ISSN: |
0726-2655 |
Accession Number: |
13965884 |
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Dilemmas faced by a university president in educationalreforms. |
Authors: |
SUN, HE-CHUAN
VANDENBERGHE, ROLAND
CREEMERS, BERT |
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International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE); Mar2003, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p233, 18p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* HIGHER education & state |
Geographic Terms: |
CHINA |
Abstract: |
This paper explores higher education reforms in China in the 1990s. Confronted with the furious conflicts and mismatch between the market economy and the highly state-controlled socialist educational system, educationalreforms in China are extremely complex and difficult. The authors present a case study here telling the tragedy of a university president's reforms in China . They have unfolded how the macro system changes impacted on the micro system reforms. They point out that multilayers exist within an organizational culture. Although understanding organizational culture does not guarantee successful reform, however, a thorough understanding of the fabric of an organizational culture may become an effective lever to initiate or implement the context-fitted reforms. The authors try to describe informatively what dilemmas the Chinese IHE leaders were faced with in the 1990s. Seeking new means for school reforms in a time of turbulent policy environment, in a testing period with sharp contradictory forces, school leaders should have not only sharp eyes, clear thinking, and independence but also creativity, endurance, and persistence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
ISSN: |
0951-8398 |
Accession Number: |
9756742 |
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Title: |
EducationalReform for Improved Natural Resource Management: Fisheries and Aquaculture in Bangladeshi Universities. |
Authors: |
Allison, Edward H.
McBride, Robert J. |
Source: |
Society & Natural Resources; Mar2003, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p249, 16p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* AQUACULTURE
* EDUCATION, Higher
* FISHERIES
* INTERDISCIPLINARY approach in education |
Geographic Terms: |
BANGLADESH |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
112512 Shellfish Farming |
Abstract: |
Focuses on the teaching of fisheries and aquaculture in Bangladeshi universities. Shift in the theory and practice of managing natural resources; Supplementation of core biophysical sciences by interdisciplinary approaches; Research in partnership with fishing communities. |
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0894-1920 |
Accession Number: |
9279982 |
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Title: |
Syncretic Discourses, Hegemony Building , and EducationalReform. |
Authors: |
Schugurensky, Daniel 1 |
Source: |
Education & Society; 2000, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p75, 20p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* EDUCATION
* EDUCATION, Higher
* SOCIAL groups
* VALUES
* DOMINANT Ideologies
* HEGEMONY |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
61 Educational Services |
Abstract: |
This article explores processes of hegemony building through an analysis of higher education restructuring during the 1990. In his original elaboration of the concept of hegemony, researcher A. Gransci not only developed a critique of the liberal tendency to separate culture from politics, but he also addressed the economic reductionism and evolutionary determinism of orthodox Marxism. In doing so, he was able to challenge traditional theories of ideological domination by reformulating the base-superstructure model with a more fluid analysis of social, political, and cultural dynamics and by incorporating civil society into a framework that had state control at its centre. In critical education circles, hegemony is often understood as the ideological predominance of the dominant culture, values, and norms over subordinate social groups. In the analysis of hegemony building, then, it is helpful to go beyond the idea that dominant groups achieve hegemony only because they control cultural agencies. This article explores some of the ways in which the forces pushing for university restructuring have achieved hegemony during the last two decades, not only in the larger society but also among important sectors of the academic community. |
Author Affiliations: |
1 Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto . |
ISSN: |
0726-2655 |
Accession Number: |
3663801 |
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Title: |
"Large in Size and a High Degree of Government Administration" Should Not Be the Direction of Higher EducationalReform (Part I). |
Authors: |
Pan Wei |
Source: |
Chinese Education & Society; Jan/Feb2000, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p68, 9p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* EDUCATION -- Finance
* EDUCATIONAL change
* UNIVERSITIES & colleges -- Decentralization |
Geographic Terms: |
CHINA |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
61 Educational Services
6113 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
Abstract: |
Part I. Examines the direction of educationalreform in universities and colleges in China . Factors influencing reform in higher education; Assessment of the utilization of government educational funds; Accounts on the formation of specialized institution; Discussion on decentralization of power in improving universities and colleges. |
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3137 |
ISSN: |
1061-1932 |
Accession Number: |
3482139 |
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Title: |
"Large in Size and a High Degree of Government Administration" Should Not Be the Direction of Higher EducationalReform (Part II). |
Authors: |
Pan Wei |
Source: |
Chinese Education & Society; Jan/Feb2000, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p77, 7p |
Document Type: |
Article |
Subject Terms: |
* EDUCATIONAL change
* UNIVERSITIES & colleges |
Geographic Terms: |
CHINA |
NAICS/Industry Codes: |
6113 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
Abstract: |
Part II. Examines the direction of educationalreform among universities and colleges in China . Reasons for combining faculties and educational disciplines; Assessment on the proliferation of academic institution; Details on the problems in the specialization of curriculum in higher education. |
Full Text Word Count: |
2368 |
ISSN: |
1061-1932 |
Accession Number: |
3482140 |
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