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EBOOK: Assessment, Learning And Employability

Author : Peter Knight
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335226051
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Book Synopsis EBOOK: Assessment, Learning And Employability by : Peter Knight

Download or read book EBOOK: Assessment, Learning And Employability written by Peter Knight and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2003-10-16 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is assessed gets attention: what is not assessed does not. When higher education is expected to promote complex achievements in subject disciplines and in terms of 'employability', problems arise: how are such achievements to be assessed? In the first part of the book, it is argued that existing grading practices cannot cope with the expectations laid upon them, while the potential of formative assessment for the support of learning is not fully realised. The authors argue that improving the effectiveness of assessment depends on a well-grounded appreciation of what assessment is, and what may and may not be expected of it. The second part covers summative judgements for high-stakes purposes. Using established measurement theory, a view is developed of the conditions under which affordable, useful, valid and reliable summative judgements can be made. One conclusion is that many complex achievements resist high-stakes assessment, which directs attention to low-stakes, essentially formative, alternatives. Assessment for learning and employability demands more than module-level changes to assessment methods. The final part discusses how institutions need to respond in policy terms to the challenges that have been posed. The book concludes with a discussion of how institutions can respond in policy terms to the challenges that have been posed. Assessment, Learning and Employability has wide and practical relevance - to teachers, module and programme leaders, higher education managers and quality enhancement specialists.

Development of Employability Skills Through Pragmatic Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes

Author : Subudhi, Bidyadhar
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1668442116
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (684 download)

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Book Synopsis Development of Employability Skills Through Pragmatic Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes by : Subudhi, Bidyadhar

Download or read book Development of Employability Skills Through Pragmatic Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes written by Subudhi, Bidyadhar and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-06-24 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the teaching-learning experience dramatically, creating an opportunity for new online and blended learning techniques and tools. This has also added a new dimension to practices and methods already adopted for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) within education. This requires a new paradigm shift in the teaching-learning process through the systemic and pragmatic assessment of student learning outcomes so that employability skills and competence can be developed in students for competing at the global level. Development of Employability Skills Through Pragmatic Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes discusses the best practices in the assessment of student learning objectives (SLOs), the mapping of SLOs, and the ways of developing employability skills in young minds so that SDGs may be achieved. It elaborates the theory, practice, and importance of developing employability skills through research-based learning. Covering topics such as graduate employability, outcome-based education, and technical undergraduate programs, this premier reference source is an essential resource for employers, libraries, students and educators of higher education, faculty and administration of higher education, pre-service teachers, government organizations, business leaders and managers, human resource managers, researchers, and academicians.

Ready for the Workforce

Author : Christi McBride
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781949539790
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (397 download)

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Book Synopsis Ready for the Workforce by : Christi McBride

Download or read book Ready for the Workforce written by Christi McBride and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-05 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foster confident, well-rounded, career-ready students. Written for teachers and administrators, this targeted guide introduces the Youth Employability Skills (YES!) framework, which has been adopted by schools across the United States. Learn how to use this powerful framework in a multitude of courses to ensure students develop the essential attributes and soft skills needed to become thriving members of the global workplace. Use this resource to foster collaboration and problem solving that will benefit students in the professional realm: Consider nine essential employability skills and how to foster each in students. Benefit from a comprehensive framework that includes activities, instructional strategies, and resources. Align with the mandates of the Every Student Succeeds Act to prepare students to succeed in college and careers. Gain an understanding of educators' roles in connecting students to the vast possibilities and opportunities ahead of them. Examine real-life examples as well as supporting research and evidence that the YES! framework is effective. Contents: Acknowledgments Table of Contents About the Authors Preface Introduction Chapter 1: The Impact of Regulations on Employability-Skills Education Chapter 2: Communication Chapter 3: Teamwork and Collaboration Chapter 4: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Chapter 5: Relationship-Building Know-How Chapter 6: Resource Management Chapter 7: Growth Mindset, Resilience, and Grit Chapter 8: Ethics, Values, and Integrity Chapter 9: Networking and Interview Savvy Chapter 10: Career-Pathway Preparation Epilogue Appendix References and Resources Index

Enhancing Employability in Higher Education through Work Based Learning

Author : Dawn A. Morley
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319751662
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Book Synopsis Enhancing Employability in Higher Education through Work Based Learning by : Dawn A. Morley

Download or read book Enhancing Employability in Higher Education through Work Based Learning written by Dawn A. Morley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on a renewed interest in work based learning in higher education. Due to an increased emphasis on employability in the graduate population, supported by wider policy changes, work based learning is becoming an increasingly pressing issue in higher education. The authors detail innovations from a breadth of UK universities, where academics have creatively addressed changes in work based learning structure, pedagogy and support systems. These changes in turn recognise the impact of real-life learning experiences on student progression, on both an academic development and a personally transformative level. Encompassing a wide variety of topics, the examples within the book are supported by theory and carefully detailed practice pedagogy. This valuable edited collection will be of interest to practitioners and scholars of work based learning and higher education, as well as a useful practical guide for academic developers.

Education for Employability (Volume 1)

Author : Joy Higgs
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004400834
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis Education for Employability (Volume 1) by : Joy Higgs

Download or read book Education for Employability (Volume 1) written by Joy Higgs and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-03-25 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universities are expected to produce employable graduates. In Education for Employability experts explore critical questions in the employability agenda.

EBOOK: Enhancing Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Curriculum in Higher Education

Author : Veronica Bamber
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335238009
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Book Synopsis EBOOK: Enhancing Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Curriculum in Higher Education by : Veronica Bamber

Download or read book EBOOK: Enhancing Learning, Teaching, Assessment and Curriculum in Higher Education written by Veronica Bamber and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2009-03-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher education is a particularly complex site for enhancement initiatives. This book offers those involved in change a coherent conceptual overview of enhancement approaches, of the change context, and of the probable interactions between them. The book sets enhancement within a particular type of change dynamic which focuses on social practices. The aim is to base innovation and change on the probabilities of desired outcomes materializing, rather than on the romanticism of policies that underestimate the sheer difficulty of making a difference. Following a theoretical introduction to these ideas, there are case studies (from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Norway) at the national, institutional, departmental and individual levels, illustrating the argument that enhancement is best achieved when it works with social practices in real institutional and organizational settings. In a final section, the authors link the case examples and theoretical frameworks, inviting readers to consider their own enhancement situations and apply the 'frameworks for action' offered in earlier sections of the book. The book doesn’t offer quick-fix solutions but aims to support change with practical examples, conceptual tools and reflexive questions for those involved in change at all levels. It is key reading for higher education lecturers, managers, educational developers and policy makers.

Education for Employability (Volume 2)

Author : Joy Higgs
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004418709
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Book Synopsis Education for Employability (Volume 2) by : Joy Higgs

Download or read book Education for Employability (Volume 2) written by Joy Higgs and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-08-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Education for Employability (Volume 2): Learning for Future Possibilities we continue on from the big agenda discussions of Education for Employability (Volume 1): The Employability Agenda to explore education for employ-ability in a variety of spaces: in the context of higher education as an entrance into the workforce, in joining communities of practice and in the lifelong pursuit of employability – preparing people for a portfolio of careers rather than a job-for-life.

EBOOK: Beyond Mass Higher Education: Building on Experience

Author : Ian McNay
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335226477
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Book Synopsis EBOOK: Beyond Mass Higher Education: Building on Experience by : Ian McNay

Download or read book EBOOK: Beyond Mass Higher Education: Building on Experience written by Ian McNay and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2005-11-16 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the key elements of mass higher education? How does mass higher education affect students and staff? What are the policy, pedagogic and management issues that need to be addressed? More is now expected of higher education provision. It has to meet demands for expansion, excellence, diversity and equity in access and assessment, teaching and research, as well as entrepreneurial engagement with the world outside. Thirty years ago, Martin Trow wrote of higher education systems moving from elite provision through a mass system to universal levels of access. The UK is now approaching such universal levels; Scotland has already reached them. It is nearly fifteen years since Trow's mass threshold was reached. Despite being on the brink of universal provision, there is still no clear picture of what a mass system should look like. This collection looks forward to the next decade of higher education, and identifies strategic issues that need to be tackled at institutional and management levels. It considers how far the higher education system has adapted to respond to the requirements of a mass and universal system, rather than struggling to sustain an elite system with mass participation. Beyond Mass Higher Education is key reading for those leading and managing universities and colleges, as well as higher education researchers and policy makers. Contributors: John Brennan, Centre for HE Research and Information; Grainne Conole, University of Southampton; Stephen Court, AUT; Jim Gallacher, Glasgow Caledonian University; Peter Knight, The Open University; Carole Leathwood, London Metropolitan University; Brenda Little, Open University; Lisa Lucas, University of Bristol; Ian McNay, University of Greenwich; Robin Middlehurst, University of Surrey; Bob Osborne, University of Ulster; Richard Pearson, Institute for Employment Studies; Wendy Saunderson, University of Ulster; Michael Shattock, Institute of Education, London; Celia Whitchurch, King's College London; Mantz Yorke, Liverpool John Moores University.

EBOOK: Reconceptualising Evaluation in Higher Education: The Practice Turn

Author : Murray Saunders
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 033524162X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Book Synopsis EBOOK: Reconceptualising Evaluation in Higher Education: The Practice Turn by : Murray Saunders

Download or read book EBOOK: Reconceptualising Evaluation in Higher Education: The Practice Turn written by Murray Saunders and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A considerable amount of money is invested in an ongoing basis on large scale projects to enhance the quality of teaching and learning within the higher education sector. Examples from the UK include the Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund and the creation of CELTS - Centres for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. Similar initiatives can be found in most other Westernized countries. These projects (and other, smaller institutional projects) require evaluation, but the higher education sector has not conceptualized such evaluation work and therefore the opportunity to understand the value of such projects is frequently missed. Reconceptualising Evaluative Practices in HE aims to aid understanding, drawing on a set of evaluative practices from the UK and internationally to foster understanding, which will be of genuine value and relevance to higher education over an indefinite period of time.

EBOOK: Teaching for Quality Learning at University

Author : John Biggs
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335242766
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Book Synopsis EBOOK: Teaching for Quality Learning at University by : John Biggs

Download or read book EBOOK: Teaching for Quality Learning at University written by John Biggs and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2011-09-16 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is an exceptional introduction to some difficult ideas. It is full of downright good advice for every academic who wants to do something practical to improve his or hers students’ learning." Paul Ramsden, Brisbane, Australia "Biggs and Tang present a unified view of university teaching that is both grounded in research and theory and replete with guidance for novice and expert instructors. The book will inspire, challenge, unsettle, and in places annoy and even infuriate its readers, but it will succeed in helping them think about how high quality teaching can contribute to high quality learning." John Kirby, Queens University, Ontario, Canada This best-selling book explains the concept of constructive alignment used in implementing outcomes-based education. Constructive alignment identifies the desired learning outcomes and helps teachers design the teaching and learning activities that will help students to achieve those outcomes, and to assess how well those outcomes have been achieved. Each chapter includes tasks that offer a 'how-to' manual to implement constructive alignment in your own teaching practices. This new edition draws on the authors' experience of consulting on the implementation of constructive alignment in Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland and Malaysia including a wider range of disciplines and teaching contexts. There is also a new section on the evaluation of constructive alignment, which is now used worldwide as a framework for good teaching and assessment, as it has been shown to: Assist university teachers who wish to improve the quality of their own teaching, their students' learning and their assessment of learning outcomes Aid staff developers in providing support for departments in line with institutional policies Provide a framework for administrators interested in quality assurance and enhancement of teaching across the whole university. The authors have also included useful web links to further material. Teaching for Quality Learning at University will be of particular interest to teachers, staff developers and administrators.

EBOOK: Virtual Learning Communities

Author : Dina Lewis
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335226221
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: Virtual Learning Communities written by Dina Lewis and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2004-10-16 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ·What are the characteristics of a successful learning community? ·How are successful communities facilitated and maintained? ·What lessons can be learnt from existing learning communities? ·What type of learning community will suit your organisation or situation? This user-friendly guide is written to help managers, professionals and learners, planning, facilitating or participating in online learning communities, as part of a structured learning programme, as an approach to continuous professional development, as a means of improving performance at work or as a dynamic approach to innovation and collaborative working. The book is relevant to senior mangers with a responsibility for strategic planning and change management. This can include new work practices involving working in multi-professional teams across traditional boundaries. It aims to engage readers in identifying key issues in relation to their own work situation and prompts readers to find their own solutions. Virtual Learning Communities provides practical guidance and includes extensive examples, case studies and activities. It is key reading for those involved in e-learning courses, professional trainers and staff developers with a responsibility for CPD, and professionals involved in facilitating new approaches to group work.

EBOOK: Challenging Research in Problem-based Learning

Author : Maggi Savin Baden
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335227775
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: Challenging Research in Problem-based Learning written by Maggi Savin Baden and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2004-09-16 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a wide ranging, clearly focused, accessible book that engages with the practices and findings of research into problem-based learning… The book is clear on the problems and the strategies, the debates and the research based practices which make PBL accessible wherever it is suitable for effective learning." Professor Gina Wisker, Anglia Polytechnic University "This book punctures the sometimes inflated rhetoric about PBL by exploring some of its inherent difficulties and contradictions, and moves debate on through critical glimpses of the rich and varied practices undertaken under the banner of PBL." Professor Graham Gibbs, University of Oxford "...provides a wealth of practical and theoretical insights into the challenges of using pbl which will be of value both to those currently using the approach and those thinking of introducing it into their programmes." British Journal of Educational Technology This book presents international research into Problem-based Learning within a range of subject and vocational disciplines, applications and cultures from a variety of perspectives: student, facilitator, module leader, curriculum designer.It presents a range of findings related to designing, implementing, assessing and evaluating PBL courses. Challenging Research in Problem-based Learning is key reading for academics and tutors utilising PBL, as well as those studying for teaching qualifications, lecturers involved in teaching for the professions and on continuing professional development courses. Contributors: Terry Barrett, Brian Bowe, John Cowan, Roisin Donnelly, Erik de Graaff, Chris Hockings, Bill Hutchings, Dan Jacobsen, Peter Kandlbinder, Sharron King, Ranald Macdonald, Claire Howell Major, Yves Maufette, Karen O’Rourke, Betsy Palmer, Maggi Savin-Baden, Charlotte Silén, Alexandre Soucisse, Kay Wilkie.

EBOOK: Improving Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A Whole Institution Approach

Author : Vaneeta D'Andrea
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335224725
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: Improving Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: A Whole Institution Approach written by Vaneeta D'Andrea and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2005-08-16 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the aims of higher education? What are the strategies necessary for institutional improvement? How might the student experience be improved? The emergence of the discourse around learning and teaching is one of the more remarkable phenomena of the last decade in higher education. Increasingly, universities are being required to pay greater attention to improving teaching and enhancing student learning. This book will help universities and colleges achieve these goals through an approach to institutional change that is well founded on both research and practical experience. By placing learning at the centre of organizational change, this book challenges many of the current assumptions about management of teaching, supporting students, the separation of research and teaching, the use of information technology and quality systems. It demonstrates how trust can be restored within higher education while advancing the need for change based on principles of equity and academic values for students and teachers alike. Improving Teaching and Learning in Higher Education is key reading for anyone interested in the development of teaching and learning in higher education, as well as policy makers.

EBOOK: Educational Development

Author : Ray Land
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335226086
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: Educational Development written by Ray Land and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2004-11-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ·What do educational developers see as the main issues to be tackled within their work? · How does the educational context and culture in which they work affect the practice of educational developers? ·How do educational developers perceive change occurring within higher education organisations? In higher education institutions worldwide, issues relating to quality in teaching and learning have gained prominence over the last two decades as student numbers, and the need to be publicly accountable, have increased. During this time a sizeable community of educational developers has emerged whose work and research focuses on the enhancement of the student experience in higher education. A significant issue for these developers is how change can be effected in organisations with well-established academic cultures and practices, beset by many other priorities and pressures. This first book-length analysis of developers as a community of practice illustrates in their own words the issues they face, their differing orientations to development (given their differing organisational cultures), and how they see their institutional role. What emerges is the contested notion of ‘development’ itself, and a tribe of developers who, though fragmented, offer a rich variation in their discourse, identity and practice. Drawing upon developers’ own voices, the book offers a lively and accessible narrative approach to this rapidly evolving area. It is a useful guide to help individual developers compare their own practice with that of others, and development teams to map the effectiveness of their own centre’s provision. Educational Development is essential reading for educational developers, teaching and learning co-ordinators and teaching fellows, as well as senior managers with remits for academic development, and directors of quality assurance. It is also of interest to those in higher education who are concerned with bringing about organisational or cultural change.

EBOOK: Higher Education And The Lifecourse

Author : Maria Slowey
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335227929
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: Higher Education And The Lifecourse written by Maria Slowey and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2003-10-16 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "key arguments for policy and practice for lifelong learning in higher education." Higher Education Digest At the beginning of the 21st century it is increasingly clear to professionals at all levels of formal and informal education that we need to refresh the concept of lifelong learning. Most importantly, the concept needs to be expanded so that it is lifelong and lifewide, concerned not just with serial requirements of those already engaged, but also with the creation of opportunities for those who have not found the existing structures and processes accessible or useful. This book discusses resulting arguments about policy and practice in three parts: Part One focuses on the lifelong dimension, addressing in particular the changing nature of the student population. Part Two investigates the lifewide connections between higher education and other areas of social and economic life. Part Three offers a structural analysis, based on research on changing needs of learners, and setting out some key implications for higher education. Higher Education and the Lifecourse provides a timely analysis of the higher education sector and will be an important resource for graduate students, researchers, policy makers and senior managers within the fields of higher and post-compulsory education.

EBOOK: Globalization and Reform in Higher Education

Author : Heather Eggins
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335224954
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: Globalization and Reform in Higher Education written by Heather Eggins and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the ability of each higher education system to produce the highly-skilled citizens required in the twenty first century becomes crucial, governments are recognizing and responding to global, as well as local, economic and cultural changes. Moreover, as the effects of globalization spread, their impact upon individual governments and their higher education institutions are becoming steadily more apparent. This book charts the key issues that are involved in reforming higher education to meet new global challenges. It draws on a team of distinguished international researchers from North America, Africa, Australia and Europe who consider particular topics: the reform of governance and finance, the funding of higher education, managerialism, accreditation and quality assurance, the use of performance indicators, faculty roles and rewards, and the cultural, social and ethical dimensions of change. The concluding section consists of two case studies: the first is a detailed discussion of the Australian government’s introduction of higher education reform; the second assesses the transformation of higher education in South Africa in the face of contemporary global and local change. Globalization and Reform in Higher Education enables readers to develop a firm grasp of the current state of play in higher education institutions worldwide, issues to be dealt with, and difficulties that have to be transcended. The book is essential reading for academics, senior managers, parliamentarians and civil servants involved in higher education policy-making. Contributors Rosemary Deem, Heather Eggins, Elaine El-Khawas, D. Bruce Johnstone, Mary-Louise Kearney, Adrianna Kezar, Elisabeth Lillie, Simon Marginson, Ann I. Morey, Preeti Shroff-Mehta, Barbara Sporn, George Subotzky and William Taylor.

EBOOK: Retention and Student Success in Higher Education

Author : Mantz Yorke
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335228496
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book EBOOK: Retention and Student Success in Higher Education written by Mantz Yorke and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2004-03-16 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ·What is the policy background to current interest in retention and student success? ·What causes students to leave institutions without completing their programmes? ·How can theory and research help institutions to encourage student success? Retention and completion rates are important measures of the performance of institutions and higher education systems. Understanding the causes of student non-completion is vital for an institution seeking to increase the chances of student success. The early chapters of this book discuss retention and student success from a public policy perspective. The later chapters concentrate on theory and research evidence, and on how these can inform institutional practices designed to enhance retention and success (particularly where students are enrolled from disadvantaged backgrounds). This book draws upon international experience, particularly from the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and the United States. Retention and Student Success in Higher Education is essential reading for lecturers, support staff, and senior managers in higher education institutions, and for those with a wider policy interest in these matters.