Over the past quarter century, the people of the Arabian Peninsula have witnessed a revolutionary transformation in higher education. In 1990, there were fewer than ten public universities that offered their Arabic-language curricula in sex-segregated settings to national citizens only. In 2015, there are more than one hundred public, semi-public, and private colleges and universities. Most of …
"In what ways does access to undergraduate education have a transformative impact on people and societies? What conditions are required for this impact to occur? What are the pathways from an undergraduate education to the public good, including inclusive economic development? These questions have particular resonance in the South African higher education context, which is attempting to tackle …
On May 21, 2010, Daniel J. Cohen and Tom Scheinfeldt posted the following provocative questions online:“Can an algorithm edit a journal? Can a library exist without books? Can students build and manage their own learning management platforms? Can a conference be held without a program? Can Twitter replace a scholarly society?”As recently as the mid-2000s, questions like these would have bee…
"This anthology explores the development of the higher education sector with respect to regional and national contexts. In Norway, the challenge of unifying a country with deeply-rooted and distinct local identities has been a cornerstone in nation-building. The political agenda pursued in developing and expanding higher education and research in Norway bears the unmistakable mark of such natio…
he Bologna Process, whose objective is the creation of an „European Higher Education Area“, should be concluded in 2010. In the last years the reactions ranged from total rejection over a more temporising attitude to clear and unambiguous affirmation. Hence, the „Fachverband Deutsch als Fremdsprache“ (FaDaF – association for German as a foreign language) has accepted the challenge to …
From February 5th till 7th, 2015, the "Conference on Scientific Cooperation between Greece and Germany" took place at the University of Hamburg. About 100 scientists from Greece and Germany invited by the President of the University, Dieter Lenzen, took part in the project, discussing the current crisis in Greece which also dramatically affects scholarship there and whose effects are now a fund…
Il Comitato Unico di Garanzia dell'Ateneo Federico II lancia ogni anno un contest fotografico riservato alla comunità universitaria. Il volume raccoglie le foto che hanno partecipato e le motivazioni della Giuria per le vincitrici: tutte raccontano i due anni trascorsi e offrono uno spaccato di vita, che solo le immagini riescono a rendere con tanta immediatezza.
A obra traz como questão central mostrar a formação do sistema estadual de educação superior na Bahia. O tema, que articula contextos local, regional e nacional, está estruturado em três blocos. O primeiro trata do surgimento das faculdades e universidades, destacando a origem do sistema estadual de educação na Bahia, entre 1968-1991. No segundo bloco, o livro aborda as experiências n…
Complete manual for classes A19 (A037), A22. 2016 · The calls for the 2016 school competition for the. 111 places of Italian history ,. n. Competition in the chair 2018 Philosophy and History. profits and applications for participation in the competition.
The rapid success of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) only recently has caught the attention of scholars in academe. The continuing expansion of the proprietary higher education sector has lead to fundamental questions regarding the purpose and function of FPCUs. As new technologies continue to emerge, education is becoming of increasing import to employees seeking to upgrade their …