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The Right to be Fairly Assessed Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Agustín Barroilhet, Mónica Silva, Kurt F. Geisinger
Merit-based procedures should be constantly reevaluated according to the circumstances to remain both valid and fair—two interrelated concepts. Inducing reevaluation, however, is difficult. These procedures are controlled by legitimate authorities, are rule and contract-bound, and can become quickly entrenched. This resistance to change calls for specific legal tools and institutions that can favour
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Early Career Academic’s Associations: A Study of Resistance and Empowerment on Social Media Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Javier Mula-Falcón, Sofia Viseu, Rui da Silva
The current Spanish higher education landscape (characterized by evaluations, overcrowding of classrooms, commitment to internationalization) has social, employment, and health repercussions for Early Career Academics (ECAs). However, this group of academics is often described as passive subjects when it comes to challenging the current situation in higher education. In this study, we sought to understand
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Managing and Incentivising Research Impact: Evidence from Australia Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Joshua Newman
Views on the impact of academic research are divided, with some voices advocating for more impact and others calling attention to pathologies of the “impact agenda”. One point of interest to most observers is the degree of alignment between academics, who do the research, and university leaders, who control rules and resources relating to research. Using a survey of academics and interviews with university
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Interplay Between Scientific and Entrepreneurial Passion in Shaping the Frustration–Intention Relationship in the Academia Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2024-03-13
Abstract Academic careers come with many joys but are frequently accompanied by frustration. In the present study, we provide a multi-dimensional measure of academic frustration. Using a sample of 312 differently frustrated academics across the globe, our study develops a new perspective on academic frustration and academics’ intention to stay or leave academia. We empirically investigate the interaction
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Unwarranted: The OfS Review of Assessment Practices and the Erosion of Institutional Autonomy Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 Liz Molyneux
In England, the relationship between the higher education regulator (OfS) and those it purports to regulate is highly strained. A 2023 parliamentary inquiry into the OfS published an excoriating report which found, among other issues, problems with the execution of its statutory duty to protect institutional autonomy. An OfS policy which evidences this is the requirement for universities to assess
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The Credit Hour in Higher Education: A Call to Action Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Maureen Snow Andrade
Federal policy mandates that all U.S. higher education institutions and regional accrediting bodies comply with credit hour regulations. A credit hour equates to 1 h in class and a minimum of 2 h of study out of class for approximately 15 weeks. To meet these regulations, institutions have implemented policies for designating and reviewing course credit hours. However, research has generally not examined
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From an Input to an Output: The Discursive Uses of External Research Funding in Academic Career Assessment Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Maria Pietilä
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Development and Preliminary Psychometric Properties of the Gender Equality Perception Scale for Universities (G.E.P.S.U.) Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 A. Martí-De Olives, M. C. Terol Cantero, M. Martín-Aragón, E. Lozano Chiarlones, M. J. Navarro-Ríos, C. Vázquez-Rodríguez
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Power to the People: Measuring Social Media and Mass Media Impact for Promotion and Tenure in Social and Applied Sciences Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2024-02-04 Isha W. Metzger, Maryam Jernigan-Noesi, Shawn C. T. Jones, Erlanger A. Turner, Farzana Saleem, Jessica Jackson, Riana Elyse Anderson, Lisa A. Bartolomeo, Petty Tineo, Ijeoma Opara
Promotion and tenure (P&T) is the process by which academic faculty are evaluated on the trajectory and impact of their scholarly career. Faculty are typically assessed on their grants, publications, teaching, and service. Ethnically minoritized faculty face disparities in P&T, perhaps due to the lack of standards for quantifying their efforts in the community and scholarship that is relevant to issues
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The Politics of Higher Education: The Battle Over the Control of Knowledge in Africa Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Milkessa M. Gemechu
Education is the pillar of social development. Higher education in particular teaches how to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. For the better opportunities of tomorrow, forward-looking nations formulate inclusive education policies today. However, it is not uncommon to see authoritarian regimes control knowledge production and dissemination as an instrument of political socialization
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Stagnation and De-segregation: The Expansion of Palestinian Arabs Education in Israel Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Eyal Bar-Haim
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Formative Ideas of the National University: A Thematic Analysis of Texts from the Long 19th Century Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Nex Bengson
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Managerialism and Democratic Governance in Portuguese Higher Education: Assessing the Impact of the Legal Framework Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 João Mineiro
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Barriers to Teaching and Research Provision in the UK Higher Education Sector During the Covid-19 Pandemic Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-12-16 Rasha Kassem, Fotios Mitsakis
The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic necessitated a rapid transition to remote teaching in Higher Education (HE) institutions worldwide. Whilst there is existing research on the advantages and disadvantages of online teaching from transactional and adult learning theory perspectives, there is a lack of investigation into the specific challenges faced by academics in the UK HE sector concerning their
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The Variance of German University Governance: Exploring the Effects of Organizational Field Positions Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Marian Döhler, Christoph Hönnige, Anna Kosmützky, Eva Ruffing, Helge Staff
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From Academic Autonomy to Close Collaboration: The Employability Strategies of Local Higher Education Institutions in Portugal Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Fátima Suleman, Pedro Videira
Graduates’ employability has emerged as a measure of institutions’ success since recent higher education (HE) reforms and massification. A variety of strategies have been designed and implemented to ensure the smooth transition of graduates into the labour market. Our research compares the actions taken by two local higher education institutions (HEIs) to address the employability agenda in Portugal
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A Dialectical Perspective on an Institutional Change Process in Higher Education Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Sari Stenvall-Virtanen
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Just Passing Through? Exploring Regional Disparities in Vertical Transfer Intent in Ontario, Canada Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Roger Pizarro Milian, David Zarifa, Rod Missaghian
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Who Gets a Better Job? Comparing the Employability of Public and Private University Graduates in Spain Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 María Arrazola, José de Hevia, Irene Perrote, Raúl Sánchez Larrión
The aim of this study is to analyse the differences in employability among Spanish graduates from public or private universities. Private and public universities do not usually have the same profile. In a scenario in which private universities are becoming increasingly important, with mainly high-income students, a greater employability of their graduates could change the higher education system and
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Nigerian Higher Education Catchment Policy: Exclusions and the Absent Presence of Ethnicity Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Jennifer Jomafuvwe Agbaire, Máiréad Dunne
This paper undertakes an analysis of Nigeria’s quota-based policy for equitable higher education (HE) access with reference to the catchment criterion. HE access demand in Nigeria has far outweighed supply. With a large and diverse population and a growing HE sector, the policy sets out a range of overlapping eligibility criteria as integral to the layered processes of university application. In this
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The Price of Pathways: Student Borrowing Behavior across Postsecondary Pathways Revisited Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Roger Pizarro Milian, Dylan Reynolds, Trisha Einmann, David Walters, Rob Brown, Gillian Parekh
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Systematic Oppression of Tertiary Education in Iran Under the Islamic Republic Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Negar Partow, Maryam Moridnejad, Elnaz Irannezhad, Mona Parizadeh, Rana Dadpour
Since the inception of the "Woman, Life, Freedom" revolution in September 2022, following the tragic death of Mahsa Amini, universities in Iran have been at the forefront of resistance. In response, the government has attempted to silence opposition by exerting control over universities and engaging in waves of arrests and imprisonments. The latest round of attacks extended beyond students and targeted
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Decoding Academic Integrity Policies: A Corpus Linguistics Investigation of AI and Other Technological Threats Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-07-17 Mike Perkins, Jasper Roe
This study presents a corpus analysis of academic integrity policies from Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) worldwide, exploring how they address the issues posed by technological threats, such as Automated Paraphrasing Tools and generative-artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT. The analysis of 142 policies conducted in November and December 2022, and May 2023 reveals a gap regarding the
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Academic Career Mobility: Career Advancement, Transnational Mobility and Gender Equity Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Petra Angervall, Björn Hammarfelt
This study explores how policy discourses on academic career are articulated in Swedish higher education. Discourses on academic career are often expressing meritocracy and the necessity of competition, but also include demands for flexibility and global participation. Recent decades of higher education policy have also stressed the importance of gender equity, which is particularly evident in the
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Politicizing Vaccination Requirements: American University Responses in the Era of COVID-19 Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Tammy S. Garland, Karen McGuffee, Dawn Ford, Emma Dotson
Although vaccination requirements have been a mainstay of university admissions, the recent shift in vaccination and other preventative measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 has been met with resistance. Reviewing the vaccination literature, there has been an apparent shift in support for university vaccinations, which is largely a result of the politicized climate surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic
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Gendered Policies in Ethiopian Higher Education: Are Policy Promises Vanishing with Time? Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Tesfaye Semela, Meseret Tsige
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Changing the Culture of Sexual Violence at UK Universities: A Website Analysis of Definitions, Report/Support and Prevent Mechanisms Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Nicola Roberts, Lauren Doyle, Mark Roberts
The incidence and nature of sexual violence at UK universities has been aligned with a ‘rape culture’, where sexual violence is taken-for-granted. Calls to change such a culture permeate literature from government, charities, regulatory bodies, and academia. This paper pulls out of the literature the strategies called to change rape culture. Focusing on three overarching strategies: naming sexual violence
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North–South Partnerships as a Strategy for Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions: Experiences in Sweden and Mozambique Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Charnaldo Jaime Ndaipa
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Skills Mismatch or Skills Mishmash? Problem Representation in England’s Lifelong Loan Entitlement Policy Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Michael Salmon
The valorization of skills in English higher education policy-making is a long-standing refrain, informing both rhetoric and investment from government and shaping university behaviour. Critiques of the ‘skills agenda’ are equally established, on grounds of its contested evidence base, manner of implementation and even its very definition. This paper draws on Bacchi’s ‘What is the Problem Represented
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An Analysis of the COVID-19-Induced Flexible Grading Policy at a Public University Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-05-20 Sayed A. Mostafa, Robert Ferguson, Guoqing Tang, Mujahid Ashqer
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Technology Development Zones as a Form of University–Industry Relations: A Multiple-Case Study Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-05-20 Mehmet Ali Yılık, Yaşar Kondakçı
University–industry relationship has always been disputable in higher education. The affiliated Technology Development Zones (TDZs) of universities are proposed as the most viable form of university–industry relationship, and countries have invested extensive public monies in TDZs. However, concerns have been raised regarding the structures of TDZs and their ties with mother universities, the compatibility
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Fertile Ground for Establishing American-Style Universities in Post-conflict Societies: Historical Comparisons and Current Rationales Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Hayfa Jafar
The US-led invasion in 2003 created opportunities for Iraq to establish American-style universities. Drawing on policy borrowing and educational transfer theory and using interviews as the primary method of data collection, this study examines how the American-style universities are rationalized and appropriated by various actors at national, sectoral, and institutional levels. The analysis shows that
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A Systematic Review of the Impact of Performance-Based Funding in the US Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Jung-Cheol Shin, Hyun-Ki Shim, Su-Jin Kim, Pyung-Gu Lee
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Cross-country Relationships Between Student Funding Policies and Student Labour Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-03-20 Krzysztof Czarnecki, Michał Litwiński
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Can University Leaders Effectively Promote Research on Complex Societal Challenges? A Change-Agency Perspective Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Henning Kroll, Torben Schubert
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A Comparative Analysis of University Investment Policies and Procedures Related to Responsible Investing Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Srikanth Ramani, Deidre Henne, Donna Kotsopoulos, Brandon Dickson, Chad Dickson
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Bending the Curve: Institutional Factors Associated with Graduation Rates Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-02-27 Juliana de Castro Galvao, Frederick Tucker, Paul Attewell
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Time Matters in Higher Education: How the ECTS Changes Ideas of Desired Student Conduct Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Laura Louise Sarauw
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Neighbor-Effects and Economies of Scale and Scope at Public Community Colleges Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Adriana Vamosiu, Marvin A. Titus, Jon Sandy
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Handling Multiple Institutional Logics in Professorial Recruitment Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-11-04 Ingvild Reymert
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Institutional Logics as a Theoretical Framework: A Comparison of Performance Based Funding Policies in the United Kingdom, Germany, and France Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-10-26 Ian Baker
Beginning in the mid-1980s, European governments have increasingly implemented performance-based funding systems for higher education. While a focus on the transnational pressures that contributed to the widespread adoption of performance-based funding in Europe accounts for the impetus for performance-based funding policies, it fails to address how and why the resultant performance-based funding policies
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Decolonization and Higher Education: A Critical Review of a Contemporary Concern, Policy and Theory Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-10-21 Malcolm Tight
Decolonization of higher education policy and practice has become an increasing concern and interest in recent years. This article provides a critical review of the application of decolonization to higher education. It discusses what its proponents mean by the term and how they seek to apply it in practice. It identifies outstanding issues with its usage and considers what the direction ahead may be
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Explaining Government Policy Inaction on International Student Housing in Australia: The Perspectives of Stakeholders Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-10-08 Gaby Ramia, Emma Mitchell, Alan Morris, Shaun Wilson, Catherine Hastings, Jake Davies
Housing is a major concern for many international students. This is especially so in those countries where students are mostly dependent on the private market for their accommodation. Australia is one such country, and is one of the world’s major destinations for international students. This article analyses governmental failure to address problems relating to international student housing affordability
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Does University Level the Playing Field? Impacts of Spatial Inequalities on the Gap in the Earnings of Similar Graduates: Evidence from the UK Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-09-27 Sangwoo Lee
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Separate But Equal? Diversity Policy Narratives in Israeli Higher Education Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-09-23 Ayala Hendin
Student body diversity is a key goal of Israeli higher education policy. While this goal aims to reduce inequality, a group-based national plan with differential guidelines for Arabs, ultra-Orthodox Jews, and Jews of Ethiopian descent uncovers systemic stratifying mechanisms. This article examines why a policy intent on promoting equality does so through different paths for different groups. It employs
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Faculty Promotion Policy and the Academic Capitalist Regime: Professors’ Actions in Two Colombian Academic Departments Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-09-21 Isabel C. Montes, Danny Garcia-Callejas, Carmen Ocampo-Salazar
Empirical research has explored the relationship between professors and the academic capitalist regime. Nevertheless, this literature has mainly focused on fields heavily engaged with industry at top-ranked research universities in English-speaking countries. In this paper, we analyze the link between faculty promotion policy and professors as agents who introduce (or resist) the academic capitalist
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Democratic Backsliding and the Balance Wheel Hypothesis: Partisanship and State Funding for Higher Education in the United States Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-08-26 Barrett J. Taylor, Kelsey Kunkle, Kimberly Watts
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Of Performance and Impact: How AACSB Accreditation Contributes to Research in Business Schools Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-08-19 Elena Veretennik, Olga Okulova
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Philippine Free Higher Education News Reports: Corpus-Based Comparative Analysis of Seven English National Newspapers Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-08-18 Jonathan R. Carreon, Elvira S. Balinas
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Impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education: Critical Reflections Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-08-11 Ka Ho Mok
This Special Issue has chosen the major focus to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected higher education development and governance. The collection of articles in this Special Issue is organized with three key sub-themes, namely, student mobility, teaching and student learning, and university governance. Papers selected in this Issue were presented at different international conferences examining
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University Umbrella Structures: The Slovak Route to Institutional Mergers or Organisational Semblance of Plausible Policy Imitation? Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-08-06 Dominik Antonowicz, Marián Sekerák
The aim of the article is to explore and understand contemporary structural developments in Slovak higher education (HE). This work examines the pre-conditions, policy rationales and organisational forms of a new phenomenon: the formation of university umbrella structures. The paper conceptually uses the theoretical backdrop of sociological institutionalism and examines how the powerful concept of
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The Implementation of Research Policy: The Case of Two State Universities in Cameroon Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-07-13 Marinette Bahtilla
Policy implementation is crucial because if the policy is not implemented as planned, the policy objectives will not be achieved, and the whole policymaking process can be considered a total waste of time, energy, and resources. Regarding the essential nature of policy implementation, this study was focused on exploring factors hindering the effective implementation of the research policy in Cameroon
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How Higher Education Institutions Walk Their Talk on the 2030 Agenda: A Systematic Literature Review Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-06-24 Magali Fia, Khatereh Ghasemzadeh, Angelo Paletta
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Higher Education Expansion and Diversification: Privatization, Distance Learning, and Market Concentration in Brazil, 2002–2016 Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-06-22 Flavio Carvalhaes, Marcelo Medeiros, Clarissa Tagliari Santos
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Bologna Process and Its Impact on Spanish Graduates Employability: Good News Yet to Come Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-05-31 Juan Francisco Canal Domínguez, César Rodríguez Gutiérrez
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Organizational Resilience of Higher Education Institutions: An Empirical Study during Covid-19 Pandemic Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-05-03 Nessrin Shaya, Rawan Abu Khait, Rehaf Madani, Mohammad Nisar Khattak
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COVID-19 and Well-Being of Non-local Students: Implications for International Higher Education Governance Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Padmore Adusei Amoah, Esther Wing Chit Mok
Non-local students have been one of the worst affected groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of them live in foreign countries/regions with limited social and economic support. This study examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and its control measures on the well-being of non-local students globally. It also examines the effectiveness of university support for the well-being of non-local
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International Student Recruitment During the Pandemic: The Unique Perspective of Recruiters from Small to Medium-Sized Higher Education Institutions Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-04-20 Melissa James
Higher education can be considered an industry comprised of mobile students attending institutions worldwide (Findlay et al. in Int Migr 55(3):139–155, 2017). The global pandemic, COVID-19, has significantly impacted the mobility of these students. Higher education institutions (HEIs) have attracted students using international student recruiters, various marketing materials, websites, and educational
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Information Needs in Higher Education Institutions: Stock Valuation or Decision-Making? Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Paulo Alexandre Monteiro Gouveia Sanches, Belén Fernández-Feijoo Souto, Susana Gago-Rodríguez
Numerous higher education institutions apply a full costing system in their accounting model due to the imposition of formal agents (governments/funding institutions), or by suggestion of informal agents (associations). This paper analyzes whether the rationale applied by these agents to justify the use of the full costing rather than the direct/variable system is consistent with the theoretical bases
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Policy Changes in Global Higher Education: What Lessons Do We Learn from the COVID-19 Pandemic? Higher Education Policy (IF 1.64) Pub Date : 2022-03-18 Jandhyala B. G. Tilak, Amruth G. Kumar
Universities around the world are facing unprecedented challenges as a result of the corona virus. There has been global devastation of the entire education sector with long-term closure of schools. The health crisis and the accompanying education crisis continue, and the end of the crisis is not certain. The immediate response everywhere to the outbreak of the virus was closure of university campuses