Preparing Students for Life and Work
Policies and Reforms Affecting Higher Education's Principal Mission
Published on 14. March 2019
Book
Hardback
306 pages
978-90-04-39306-6 (ISBN)
Description
In Preparing Students for Life and Work: Policies and Reforms Affecting Higher Education's Principal Mission the editors assemble works by scholars of higher education who address various aspects of the policies and reforms that affect the education and ultimately the lives and work prospects of students. Chapter topics include the social and government policy context of higher education in various countries, including Canada, Mexico, the USA, Japan, Germany, Europe generally and the Bologna process specifically. Aspects of teaching and learning in higher education, including MOOCs, student services, and treatment of international students are also addressed. Finally, how students themselves have had major impacts on higher education in various countries is touched upon in several chapters.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-39306-6 (9789004393066)
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Preparing Students for Life and Work
Policies and Reforms Affecting Higher Education's Principal Mission
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Persons
Walter Archer, Ph.D. (1988), University of Alberta, is Professor Emeritus at that university. He previously served as Dean of Extension at the University of Saskatchewan, and as President of the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education.
Hans G. Schuetze, Dr. jur. (1974), University of Goettingen, Germany, is Professor Emeritus of Higher Education Research and Policy, University of British Columbia. He formerly served as Policy Analyst, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) of the OECD, in Paris.
Hans G. Schuetze, Dr. jur. (1974), University of Goettingen, Germany, is Professor Emeritus of Higher Education Research and Policy, University of British Columbia. He formerly served as Policy Analyst, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) of the OECD, in Paris.
Content
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
?Walter Archer and Hans G. Schuetze
1 How Central Is the "Principal Mission" of the University Today?
?Chris Duke
PART 1: Canada
2 Access to and Participation in Higher Education in Canada
?Hans G. Schuetze and Walter Archer
3 Aboriginal Higher Education and Indigenous Students
?Michelle Pidgeon
4 Minding the Gap: Perspectives on Graduate Education for Students with Disabilities
?Mahadeo A. Sukhai
5 Student Affairs and Services in Canadian Higher Education
?Kyle D. Massey
PART 2: The World
6 Reforms and Myths: University Graduates and the Labor Market in Mexico
?Wietse de Vries
7 Policies for Adult Students in Mexican Higher Education and Motives for Returning to Study
?German Alvarez Mendiola and Brenda Yokebed Perez Colunga
8 The Value of Degrees and Diplomas in Japan
?Shinichi Yamamoto
9 MOOCs, Students, Higher Education and Their Paradoxes
?Maureen W. McClure
10 The Expansion of Higher Education and First Generation Students in Germany: Increasing Participation or Continuing Exclusion?
?Andrae Wolter
11 The Abolition of Tuition Fees in Germany: Student Protests and Their Impact, or Tuition Fees in Germany: In and Out
?Dieter Timmermann
12 Conditions of Learning at High-Ranked Universities in Four Countries: An International Student's Perspective
?Jade Zhao
PART 3: Students and Their Influence on Higher Education Policies
13 Student Policies and Protests: The Student Movements of the 1960s and the 2012 Canadian "Maple Spring"
?Hans G. Schuetze
14 Collective Student Action and Student Association in Quebec
?Alexandre Beaupre-Lavallee and Olivier Begin-Caouette
15 European Higher Education Reforms and the Role of Students
?Pavel Zgaga
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
?Walter Archer and Hans G. Schuetze
1 How Central Is the "Principal Mission" of the University Today?
?Chris Duke
PART 1: Canada
2 Access to and Participation in Higher Education in Canada
?Hans G. Schuetze and Walter Archer
3 Aboriginal Higher Education and Indigenous Students
?Michelle Pidgeon
4 Minding the Gap: Perspectives on Graduate Education for Students with Disabilities
?Mahadeo A. Sukhai
5 Student Affairs and Services in Canadian Higher Education
?Kyle D. Massey
PART 2: The World
6 Reforms and Myths: University Graduates and the Labor Market in Mexico
?Wietse de Vries
7 Policies for Adult Students in Mexican Higher Education and Motives for Returning to Study
?German Alvarez Mendiola and Brenda Yokebed Perez Colunga
8 The Value of Degrees and Diplomas in Japan
?Shinichi Yamamoto
9 MOOCs, Students, Higher Education and Their Paradoxes
?Maureen W. McClure
10 The Expansion of Higher Education and First Generation Students in Germany: Increasing Participation or Continuing Exclusion?
?Andrae Wolter
11 The Abolition of Tuition Fees in Germany: Student Protests and Their Impact, or Tuition Fees in Germany: In and Out
?Dieter Timmermann
12 Conditions of Learning at High-Ranked Universities in Four Countries: An International Student's Perspective
?Jade Zhao
PART 3: Students and Their Influence on Higher Education Policies
13 Student Policies and Protests: The Student Movements of the 1960s and the 2012 Canadian "Maple Spring"
?Hans G. Schuetze
14 Collective Student Action and Student Association in Quebec
?Alexandre Beaupre-Lavallee and Olivier Begin-Caouette
15 European Higher Education Reforms and the Role of Students
?Pavel Zgaga