Higher Education Reform

The Slippery Slope: Dumbing Down into Secondary Schools
Higher Education Reform
August 22, 2014

The Slippery Slope: Dumbing Down into Secondary Schools

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Book Review: The War on Learning
Bookshelf
August 14, 2014

Book Review: The War on Learning

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Opinion: India Making Wrong Decisions for Undergrads
Higher Education Reform
August 14, 2014

Opinion: India Making Wrong Decisions for Undergrads

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Pricing the ‘Great Cost Shift’ in US Higher Ed
Higher Education Reform
June 19, 2014

Pricing the ‘Great Cost Shift’ in US Higher Ed

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Seeking a Research Rating That Isn’t Impact Factor

Seeking a Research Rating That Isn’t Impact Factor

The signatories of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment continue to explore ways to dethrone the reigning monarch of research assessment, the impact factor.

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Out of Whack: AQ, PQ, Miscue?

Out of Whack: AQ, PQ, Miscue?

[We’re pleased to reproduce Journal of Management Inquiry‘s “Out of Whack” by Charles M. Vance.] Read “Out of Whack” for free from […]

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A Sheepskin Isn’t the Same as a Balance Sheet

A Sheepskin Isn’t the Same as a Balance Sheet

The generation of knowledge by professors. The transformative conversations that happen outside of the classroom. The advancements in our understanding of society. How can you put a value on any of these things?

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Universities Behaving Badly

Universities Behaving Badly

Derek Bok has called on universities to be ‘ethical beacons’ shining out in their communities, but that shine is tarnished in oh-so-many ways in institutions of higher education around the world, notes Professor Sir David Watson.

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The Border Does Not Pass Through the Classroom

The Border Does Not Pass Through the Classroom

Whether it’s the DREAM Act in the United States or the crackdown sought by the UK Visas and Immigration in Britain, universities are becoming a flashpoint of immigration policy.

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Snooping Professor, Friendly Don? The Ethics of Learning Analytics

Snooping Professor, Friendly Don? The Ethics of Learning Analytics

Where should we draw the line between normal data gathering about university students–with the intent of helping them, of course–and outright intrusiveness?

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A Modest Proposal to Improve Value for Money at Universities

A Modest Proposal to Improve Value for Money at Universities

King’s College London’s Alexandre Afonso looks at the so-called marketization of higher education with disdain–not because of its advent but because it hasn’t gone far enough.

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‘Value for Money’ Is Not the Same as Quality in Higher Ed

‘Value for Money’ Is Not the Same as Quality in Higher Ed

In the past 15 years and across successive governments in the United Kingdom, the concept of value for money has been internalized throughout higher education. Here, the author of “Consuming Higher Education: Why Learning Can’t Be Bought” outlines why it is a problem to use student choice and value for money as a means of holding universities to account.

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