This series offers information and analysis of new developments and provides reflective accounts of the impacts of higher education policy.
Higher education institutions are now operating in a rapidly-changing environment, as economic, societal and technological developments such as cost containment and lifelong learning force them to adopt flexible structures that can adapt quickly to market demands. Adaptive University... more »
1999, Paperback: £30.00/ $55.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-781-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 280pp
Keywords: education, higher education policy
Assessment in Higher Education of Student Learning, Teaching, Programmes and Institutions is John Heywood's latest contribution to the assessment debate. Building on his previous work it examines not only the assessment of student learning but the assessment of institutions, the programmes... more »
2000, Paperback: £35.00/ $75.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-831-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp
Keywords: education, higher education policy
Examining the patterns of change in relationships between higher education systems and the state throughout Europe, the contributors explore the main theoretical and policy options available to policymakers, and the issues they raise for governments, institutions and academics. The book covers... more »
1998, Paperback: £25.00/ $55.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-645-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp
Keywords: education, higher education policy
Geoffrey Elliott provides a critical account of the nature, extent and impact of government policy for the further education sector. The range of responses to policy is explored, exposing both intended and unintended consequences of the increased development of Human Resource Management and... more »
1996, Paperback: £25.00/ $43.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-393-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 250pp
Keywords: education, educational training, higher education policy
This book addresses primary issues in evaluation in an international, a national and a long term perspective. The essays demonstrate that arguments about the nature and techniques of evaluation must entail far broader considerations than those often promoted by policy makers. more »
1991, Hardback: £27.99/ $65.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-526-6, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp
Keywords: education, higher education policy, social policy
European Dimensions addresses the European Union's desire for a unified approach to education and its content. It explores the origins of the EU's present interest in education and also addresses the tensions that underlie its policies. The author takes issue both with the... more »
1997, Paperback: £25.00/ $55.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-432-0, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 224pp
Keywords: education, educational training, higher education policy, social policy
Experiential Learning Around the World demonstrates that, with increased economic globalization, the way societies value non-traditional learning is changing. The assessment of adult and experiential learning (known as APEL) is bringing about significant shifts in post-secondary educational... more »
2000, Paperback: £27.99/ $44.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-736-9, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: education, higher education policy
The shift to a mass system of higher education has imposed immense pressures on teachers, students and educational institutions, but relatively little has been done to articulate and address the changes in pedagogy required. In this critique of the prevailing orthodoxy, Geoffrey Elliott... more »
1998, Paperback: £25.00/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-580-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 144pp
Keywords: education, higher education policy
Change in higher education policy reflects and transforms the relationship between the state, the higher education institution and the individual. Drawn from the perspectives of political science and sociology, this volume describes and analyses the interplay of factors at all three levels,... more »
2000, Paperback: £35.00/ $70.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-705-5, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 352pp
Keywords: education, higher education policy
Further education in the UK is a rapidly changing and expanding sector, central to government educational policy. Post-Compulsory Education and the New Millennium seeks to provide an up-to-date overview of the post-compulsory sector of education and analyse the current trends and policies... more »
2000, Paperback: £27.99/ $60.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-774-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 250pp
Keywords: education, higher education policy
Examining the relationship between higher education policy and the state, Reforming Higher Education focuses on the ways in which the changing concepts of the nature of the state and its role have had an impact on the development of higher education policy in the last thirty years.... more »
1999, Paperback: £27.99/ $60.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-715-4, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 250pp
Keywords: education, higher education policy
This book addresses current debates on academic standards and quality assurance from the perspectives of institutional leaders, national quality bodies and higher education researchers. It includes reports on the progress of several international quality initiatives and the results of studies... more »
1997, Paperback: £25.00/ $52.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-423-8, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 240pp
Keywords: education, higher education policy
The formation of higher education policy is a political process, and a change in government can have a substantial effect on higher education policy, resulting in dramatic system reform. Transforming Universities shows how such changes can affect institutional conditions and academic working... more »
1999, Paperback: £35.00/ $65.00
ISBN: 978-1-85302-675-1, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 320pp
Keywords: education, higher education policy
Reviews of the first edition more »
1996, Paperback: £25.00/ $42.95
ISBN: 978-1-85302-345-3, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 160pp
Keywords: education, higher education policy
