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Rankings and Accountability in Higher Education: Uses and Misuses
The growing impact of university rankings on public policy and on students choices has stirred controversy worldwide. This unique volume brings together the architects of university rankings and their critics to debate the uses and misuses of existing rankings. With voices from five continents, it provides a comprehensive overview of current thinking on the subject and sets out alternative approaches and complementary tools for a new era of transparent and informed use of higher education ranking tables.
In Pursuit of World-Class Universities
The pursuit to construct “world-class” universities is an ongoing global obsession across the world, which lays emphasis on the development of competitive higher education and research systems as core national economic approach. The portrayal “world-class” is more contextual rather than absolute, the expression “world-class university” has an irrefutable cachet. There is no solo, clear-cut definition of what organises a world-class university (WCU), but there are few common attributes that majority of the experts point towards. The three attributes stated by Philip Altbach and Jamil Salmi that focus on a high concentration of talent, abundant resources and favourable governance h...
Quality Assurance in Higher Education
The significant growth of number of students enrolled in tertiary education institutions in the recent past decades has caused an unprecedented expansion of higher education systems. The rapid and constant social, economic and technological mutations and international competition make the importance of qualitatively well-educated citizenry and labor forces very decisive. Globalization has developed a powerful impact on the development of higher education and imposes new challenges for the organization (standards, financing, regulations). Systems of higher education tend to detach from the national models and adopt a more "global" orientation. The implementation of quality assurance is one of...
Historical Dictionary of Botswana
The fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of Botswana_through its chronology, introductory essay, appendixes, map, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, institutions, and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects_provides an important reference on this burgeoning African country.
The Education System in Swaziland
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Bildung und Gesellschaft im 21. Jahrhundert
Den Ausgangspunkt des Bandes bildet die Frage, wie sich die neoliberale Neuordnung von Ökonomie, Staat und Privatsphäre im Feld der Bildung niederschlägt. Dabei gehen die Beiträgerinnen und Beiträger auf gesellschaftliche Entwicklungstrends ein wie die Ökonomisierung der Bildung, Humankapitaldiskurse, die Folgen des aktivierenden Sozialstaats für die Soziale Arbeit oder antiegalitäre Dynamiken in der Bildungspolitik. So wird deutlich, dass diese Transformationsprozesse nicht linear verlaufen, sondern widersprüchlich organisiert sein können.
ALA Bulletin
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