New Directions in Higher EducationNova Publishers, 2005 - 261 páginas Higher education is a complex package of issues which never seems to leave the limelight. The primary wedge issues are tuition cost, access, accountability, financial aid, government funding, sports and their place within higher education, academic results, societal gains as a whole in terms of international competition, and continuing education. This new book examines new directions in this ever-changing, vital and controversial field which has a profound effect on society. |
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Higher Education in Transition Horizontal and Vertical Patterns of Diversity | 23 |
Building Lifelong Learning Opportunities in the Knowledge Society Implications for the Academy | 47 |
The Effects of Public Policy on Individuals Participation in Higher Education Cases from the GI Bill | 57 |
Meditation Spirituality and Educational Leadership Consciousness Studies and the Future of Academe | 73 |
SelfWorth Protection Strategies in Higher Educational Students Exploring a Model of Predictors and Consequences | 99 |
Quality Assurance in Engineering Courses What Factors Determine Undergraduate Study Progress and Time to Degree | 127 |
The Measurement of the Teaching Quality of Higher Education Institutions What do Reputational Rankings and Performance Indicators Tell Us? | 145 |
Accountability and Assessment A New Era of Japanese Higher Education | 183 |
Enabling Collaborative Work in Higher Education A Case Study Analysis of Exemplary Redesigned Institutions | 203 |
The Menace of Cultism in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions | 221 |
Persistence within Major Field among College Freshmen | 237 |
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