A comparative view on policy trends in western european higher education.
Abstract This paper gives an overview of the most relevant policy developments (1999-2001) regarding higher education in a number of Western European countries. The focus is on Austria, Denmark, Finland, Flanders, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The following issues are addressed. Firstly, which...

The politics of quality assurance: the Australian quality assurance program for higher education, 1993-1995.
Using interest group theory and the idea of public policy development and application following sequential stages, this paper explores how key decisions were made about the establishment and implementation of the controversial national quality assurance program for higher education that operated in Australia from 1993 to 1995. The paper...

Collegiate Desegregation and the Public Black College: A New Policy Mandate.
Introduction There is a growing corpus of literature that details the contemporary and historical importance of America's black colleges and universities (M. C. Brown, 1999; Brown & Freeman, forthcoming; Foster, Guyden, & Miller, 1999). In recent years, depictions of black colleges and universities have even found a...

Finnish higher education in transition: Perspectives on massification and globalization.
Edited by Jussi Valimaa Jyvaskyla, Finland: University of Jyvaskyla, Institute for Educational Research, 2001. People in the Australian higher education community probably seldom think of Finland. However the Finnish and Australian higher education systems have many similar characteristics. Both nations have a strong commitment to social equity...

Keeping faculty online: the case of Merlot.
Abstract MERLOT is an online community of faculty with technology-enriched teaching as a shared goal. A survey of MERLOT Editorial Board members reveals key attributes of the academic community including on-going and sustained interactions, shared purpose or goals, reciprocity of information, support, and services, and conventions for...

Advances in e-learning; experiences and methodologies.
9781599047560 Advances in e-learning; experiences and methodologies. Ed. by Francisco Jose Garcia-Penalvo. Information Science Publishing 2008 397 pages $180.00 Hardcover LB1044 The basic idea behind this collection, according to editor Garcia-Penalvo...

Examining differences in state support for higher education: a comparative study of state appropriations for research I universities.
State governments and public colleges and universities have a symbiotic relationship. Public higher education institutions play an important role in creating an educated citizenry and improving state and local economies, while states bear the primary responsibility of funding postsecondary education. Still, there is widespread evidence that the state-university relationship...

Paradigm shifts for PUP.
Byline: Dr. Dante G. Guevarra Officer-in-Charge a" President PUP WITH the Polytechnic University of the Philippines centennial behind us, it is time to look forward to a new beginning, for academe and the nation as well. This means new paradigm shifts in philosophy and orientation, in instruction,...

Higher education, internationalisation, and the nation-state.
Abstract 'Internationalisation' became a key theme in the 1990s, both in higher education policy debates and in research on higher education. The process is accompanied by a European policy that seems to favour a de-nationalisation of higher education, a growing responsibility of individual institutions of higher education...

Editorial.
Changes are occurring in the roles and responsibilities (of Information System organizations and greater attention is being given to the consolidation of administrative and instructional functions in educational institutions. Though technology was first used for business operations to automate administrative procedures such as finance and payroll, activities increased to include...