Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Administration - Higher

In What Universities Can Be, the high-profile educator Robert J. Sternberg writes thoughtfully about the direction of higher education in this country and its potential to achieve future excellence. Sternberg presents, for the first time, his concept of the ACCEL model, in which institutions of higher education are places where students learn to become Active Concerned Citizens and Ethical Leaders. One of the greatest problems in our society is a lack of leaders who understand the importance of behaving in ethical ways for the common good of all. At a time when new models of...

This Book: -Improving Teaching and Learning in Schools and Colleges- identifies the teacher preparation, teaching methodologies, and improvement practices necessary to make the United States (U.S.) a learder in education. These practices, already proven successful in the -real world, - only require implementation. The key is what the -world of education- will have to change to implement these practices. Finally, this book is a response to Parents, Students, Educators, Supporters and Critics who search for solutions to the problems in education and persistently ask: What do we need? Why...

American higher education faces some serious problems--but they are not the ones most people think. In this brief and accessible book, two leading experts show that many so-called crises--from the idea that typical students are drowning in debt to the belief that tuition increases are being driven by administrative bloat--are exaggerated or simply false. At the same time, many real problems--from the high dropout rate to inefficient faculty staffing--have received far too little attention. In response, William G. Bowen and Michael S. McPherson provide a frank assessment of the biggest...

The ICETE Programme for Academic Leadership (IPAL) was officially established in 2010 and arose out of the need to provide training to theological institutions in different regions of the world. IPAL provides a three-year cycle of four-day seminars for the professional development of evangelical academic leaders to help institutions in their pursuit of quality and excellence.

This publication is the first of three volumes intended to accompany and support the IPAL seminars as well as independently providing wider access to the principles required by academic leaders for institutional...

The quality of higher education has been recognized around the world as one of the most important parameters for economic and social development. Globalization and the growing diversity of students have necessitated quality improvement initiatives at different institutions. Simply having mission and vision statements about quality is no longer adequate to meet stakeholders' increasing demand for quality. Higher education institutions are striving to achieve higher quality by developing innovative approaches and processes. By exploring quality assurance policies and standards around the...