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Post-Compulsory Education and the New Millennium
Edited by David E. Gray and Colin Griffin
This book seeks to provide an up-to-date overview of the post-compulsory sector of education and analyse the current trends and policies likely to affect both teachers and teacher trainers.The contributors have established national and international reputations in the post-16 education field. Learn More2000, Paperback / softback, 9.13in x 6.06in / 232mm x 154mm, 288pp, $65.00ISBN: 978-1-85302-774-1 -
Policy and Practice in Higher Education
Reforming Norwegian Universities
Ivar Bleiklie, Roar Hostaker and Agnete Vabo
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, using Norway as a case study. Learn More2000, Paperback / softback, 9.21in x 6.22in / 234mm x 158mm, 352pp, $70.00ISBN: 978-1-85302-705-5 -
Assessment in Higher Education
Student Learning, Teaching, Programmes and Institutions
John Heywood
This book examines not only the assessment of student learning but the assessment of institutions, the programmes they offer, and the teaching they provide. It describes in detail the significant developments that have taken place over the last decade in the field, and clarifies the different meanings of the term assessment that are now in use. Learn More2000, 320pp -
Reforming Higher Education
Maurice Kogan and Stephen Hanney
Examining the relationship between higher education policy and the state, this book 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. Learn More1999, Paperback / softback, 8.98in x 5.98in / 228mm x 152mm, 250pp, $65.00ISBN: 978-1-85302-715-41999, Ebook, PDF, 250pp, $65.00ISBN: 978-0-85700-130-6 -
Transforming Universities
Changing Patterns of Governance, Structure and Learning in Swedish Higher Education
Marianne Bauer, Susan Marton, Berit Askling and Ference Marton
The formation of higher education policy is a political process, and a change in government can result in dramatic system reform. Transforming Universities shows how such changes can affect institutional conditions and academic working and values, using the highly politicized Swedish system as a case study. Learn More1999, Paperback / softback, 9.17in x 6.10in / 233mm x 155mm, 320pp, $69.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-675-1 -
Adaptive University Structures
An Analysis of Adaptation to Socioeconomic Environments of US and European Universities
Barbara Sporn
This book examines adaptability in universities in Europe and the US, drawing out the lessons learnt for policy makers and managers to develop such structures, and help their institutions survive change. It looks at three US universities identified as adaptive and three European institutions which are trying to improve their adaptive capacity. Learn More1999, 280pp -
Lifelong Learning
The Politics of the New Learning Environment
Geoffrey Elliott
Elliott explores the imperatives of a mass system through data drawn from a study of access- and foundation-year students and their teachers. Arguing that our present conceptions of education are narrow and market-led, he proposes an alternative, pedagogy-based system to establish a society truly capable of lifelong learning. Learn More1998, Paperback / softback, 9.06in x 5.91in / 230mm x 150mm, 144pp, $47.95ISBN: 978-1-85302-580-8 -
Changing Relationships Between Higher Education and the State
Edited by Mary Henkel and Brenda Little
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. Learn More1998, 320pp -
European Dimensions
Education, Training and the European Union
John Field
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. This book takes a hard-headed look at the EU's position on education and assesses its impact at national level. Learn More1997, Paperback / softback, 8.54in x 5.51in / 217mm x 140mm, 224pp, $55.00ISBN: 978-1-85302-432-0 -
Standards and Quality in Higher Education
Edited by John Brennan, Peter de Vries and Ruth Williams
This book addresses current debates on academic standards and quality assurance. It includes reports on the progress of several international quality initiatives and the results of studies of the impact of external quality assurance upon management and decision-making in higher education institutions. Learn More1997, Paperback / softback, 9.21in x 6.22in / 234mm x 158mm, 240pp, $55.00ISBN: 978-1-85302-423-8
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