Higher Education

Maton, K. (2004) The wrong kind of knower: Education, expansion and the epistemic device, in Muller, J., Davies, B., & Morais, A. (eds) Reading Bernstein, Researching Bernstein. London, Routledge, 218-231.

by Legitimation Code Theory

Maton, K. (2005) A question of autonomy: Bourdieu’s field approach and policy in higher education, Journal of Education Policy 20(6): 687-704.

by Legitimation Code Theory

The changing landscape of global higher education: why should we care about the “Great Brain Race”?

by Nigel Healey

Inaugural lecture at Nottingham Trent University, May 2, 2012

Link to video: http://www.reelmedia.co.uk/NTU_Nigel_Healey_Lecture.htm

The changing landscape of global higher education

Profound changes are taking place in global higher... more The changing landscape of global higher education

Profound changes are taking place in global higher education.  Leading universities in the developed world are being buffeted by tightening constraints on public funding and a slump in endowment income.  In the developing world ─ for many years the source of mobile international students seeking university places in the advanced English-speaking countries ─ a major expansion in domestic higher education is underway.  Everywhere, many governments have aggressive plans to expand higher education and attract foreign students.  International league tables and the relentless spread of English as a medium of instruction are making the sector ever more competitive.  Private sector universities are spreading across the world, as governments and students seek cheaper or more innovative alternatives to traditional public universities.  This lecture explores the changing landscape of international higher education and asks: what are the implications for universities in the UK?

ИННОВАЦИИ В ПРЕПОДАВАНИИ: ПРОЕКТ-ТЕЛЕМОСТ

by Kate Isaeva

Интернет-конференции (на сайте http:// www.engectver.ru)
ПРОСТРАНСТВО ПРОФЕССИОНАЛЬНОЙ КОММУНИКАЦИИ
С 1 ноября 2011 года по 31 января 2012 года
Секция 5. Психолого-педагогические проблемы контекстного воспитания и профессионального обучения

Gender and Teaching in Higher Education by Margaret Miles

by Feminism and Religion

Originally published on the Feminism and Religion project

First thing to say is that your experience in teaching will be different than mine. Then was then (1978); now is... more First thing to say is that your experience in teaching will be different than mine. Then was then (1978); now is now.

My first position (GTU doctorate in history; assistant professor, tenure track) was at the Harvard University Divinity School. My starting pay was 15k and I felt rich because I’d been a grad student! The first thing I needed to know – and didn’t – was that everyone at HDS, students and faculty alike was sure that he/she, but especially she, was an imposter, the one that the search committee or admissions committee had made a mistake in inviting them. I became the first tenured woman at HDS in 1985. At the end of the 80s, still the only tenured woman, with a lot of help from my friends, I initiated a doctoral concentration in Religion, Gender, and Culture.

Occupy Movement and politics of educated hope

by Henry Giroux

Hacia un nuevo centro de gravedad: el proceso de toma de decisiones en la definición y formación de conservadores-restauradores profesionales

by Isabel Medina-González

The role of higher education in providing opportunities for South Asian women

by Paul Bagguley

Feminist Theologies: Past, Present, and Future

by Feminism and Religion

Originally published on the Feminism and Religion project

On February 7, 2012, a panel discussion focused on the past, present, and future of feminist theologies took place at... more On February 7, 2012, a panel discussion focused on the past, present, and future of feminist theologies took place at Claremont Graduate University to celebrate the release of TheOxford Handbook on Feminist Theology.  The panel was organized by John Erickson, moderated by Grace Kao, and featured Karen Torjesen, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Gina Messina-Dysert, Zayne Kassam, and Sheila Briggs as presenters.  What resulted was a terrific discussion about women, religion, and feminist theologies.  Many were in attendance and participated in the panel; for those who were unable to attend, here is a video of the presentations from that evening.  We look forward to you sharing your thoughts and comments about the past, present, and future of feminist theologies.

Navigating the Academy with an Accent by Amanda Pumphrey

by Feminism and Religion

Originally published on Feminism and Religion project

“Where are you from?” I wish I had a dollar for every time someone has asked me that question since moving to... more “Where are you from?” I wish I had a dollar for every time someone has asked me that question since moving to California. I would be able to make a substantial payment towards my student loan debt by now. No one knows I’m “different” here in SoCal until I open my mouth. My thick Southern accent happens to be my signifier.

Before I moved to Claremont to begin graduate school, I never considered my accent a problem. Despite the fact that when I moved outside of my hometown to college only two hours away, some of my friends teased me about my accent. Since I grew up in the very southwestern corner of Georgia, I lived right along the Alabama border. Some of my college friends from other regions of Georgia thought I sounded more Alabamian. Still, mostly everyone I went to college with had some form of a Southern accent and that was okay. It was safe. It was normative.

“Passing” for White to Get Into Harvard? By Grace Yia-Hei Kao

by Feminism and Religion

Originally published on Feminism and Religion project

Asian Americans and Harvard University have been in the news and on my mind recently. The bigger story has been about... more Asian Americans and Harvard University have been in the news and on my mind recently. The bigger story has been about the “Linsanity” surrounding (Harvard grad) New York Knicks player Jeremy Lin who continues to take the NBA by storm.

The smaller story, though one that also made national headlines in  early February, is of the recent decision by the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights to investigate a complaint that Harvard and Princeton Universities discriminate against Asian Americans in admissions.

According to Daniel Golden of the Bloomberg News who first broke the story:

“Like Jews in the first half of the 20th century, who faced quotas at Harvard, Princeton, and other Ivy League schools, Asian-Americans are over-represented at top universities relative to their population, yet must meet a higher standard than other applicants based on measures such as test scores and high school grades, according to several academic studies.”

Transitions in lifelong learning: public issues, private troubles, liminal identities

by John Field

Published in special issue of Studies for the Learning Society, an open access journal. See: http://versita.metapress.com/content/l07478170466/?p=cfe4336e822e4b03aea50a8b297aadc4&pi=0

We need to reconceptualise the significance of transitions in adult learning. The paper starts by considering how... more We need to reconceptualise the significance of transitions in adult learning. The paper starts by considering how lifelong learning and mobilities of various kinds have become absorbed into, and expressed in, the policy mainstream. It then discusses the ways in which researchers are addressing this topic. While researchers are pursuing many lines of inquiry into transitions, and using a wide range of methods (including new statistical techniques), the analysis in this paper is primarily concerned with questions of identity, and particularly the idea of learner identity. and it concludes by proposing the idea of a liminal identity, understood as shaped through social and cultural processes which are formed and re-formed in dynamic relationships with others.

Universidad e investigación: la financiacion competitiva de los proyectos de I+D a de Investigaciones Sociológicas, n. 109, pp. 181-218.

by Luis Sanz-Menendez

Luis Sanz Menéndez (2005)
“Universidad e investigación: la financiación competitiva de los proyectos de I+D, con especial referencia a las ciencias sociales y económicas”,

Published in "Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas", n. 109, pp. 181-218.

El objetivo de este trabajo es medir la relación de las universidades con la investigación. Se trata de situar a cada... more El objetivo de este trabajo es medir la relación de las universidades con la investigación. Se trata de situar a cada universidad en escalas relativas de capacidad investigadora, de esfuerzo u orientación hacia la investigación y de excelencia investigadora. El método utilizado se basa en el análisis de los resultados agregados de la competencia que los investigadores desarrollan por la financiación pública de la I+D. El periodo utilizado para la construcción de los datos corresponde a los proyectos de I+D financiados por la Administración General del Estado entre 1996 y 2001, a través de los Programas Nacionales de I+D y del Programa de Promoción General del Conocimiento (PGC). De modo singular se analizarán las actividades de investigación en el ámbito de las Ciencias Sociales y Económicas.

Eguaglianza, "numero chiuso" e pari opportunità,

by Mario Ricciardi

published in Filosofia e questioni pubbliche, III (1997), 2, pp. 113-124

Drinking the Green Cordial: Religious Contributions to the Secular Ideology of an Australian University.

by Mark Hutchinson

accepted for Journal of Religious History

This paper looks at the social justice origins of the equity ideology which informs the mission of the University of... more This paper looks at the social justice origins of the equity ideology which informs the mission of the University of Western Sydney. Commencing in peri-urban situations (particularly Penrith, Blacktown and Mount Druitt) of social and cultural marginalisation, the paper traces the rise of political and social activism among local politicians, religious groups, social workers, and residents to obtain an effective means of social advancement and professionalisation in their areas. Now one of Australia's largest universities, UWS was effectively the result of a confluence of politicised religious and humanist social justice impulses arising from an acknowledgement of the limitations of the welfare state. The paper expands on the themes previously explored in 'A riveder le stelle: Gough Whitlam and the "grounds" for a University in Western Sydney". It makes the point that, at the communal level, secularism can be less an anti-religious ideology and more a mechanism for mutual effort, suggesting that the religious roots of Australian secularism need closer investigation.

Courseload and Nook Study E-text Platforms: A Usability Pilot Study

by Matt Lievertz

Led research team including members: Brian Hassevoort, Todd Lyman, Matt Burch, Ashley Miller, David Barber, Erica Lee, Khalid Alhomaidi, David Covert, and Ting Li. Research performed with the Center for Information and Communication Sciences at Ball State University, under the supervision of Professor Richard Bellaver, for our client the Asst. VP for Academic Solutions, Yasemin Tunc.

This usability pilot study is part of a larger e-text pilot project at Ball State University, the goal of which is to... more This usability pilot study is part of a larger e-text pilot project at Ball State University, the goal of which is to draw conclusions about two e-text platforms, Courseload and the Nook Study. The study includes four classes and a total sample population of 210 students. Study methodology included a literature search, platform evaluation, preliminary student survey, in-person usability testing, final student survey, and professor interviews. Where applicable, statistical tools for determining significance were used.

The most valuable conclusions were drawn about e-text usage in general, and some important observations were made about each of the two platforms. Generally, the Nook Study appeared to be the more usable platform, but suffered from significant technological failings. In addition to navigation (especially for use in math classes) and zoom complaints, , the Courseload platform suffered especially from the broader failing of e-text platforms: that they merely allow computer access to textbooks designed for print. Broad results included a desire for better zoom, screen capture/copy/paste, and interactive features that take advantage of the electronic format. We conclude that the e-text remains immature in terms of the course textbook. Professors tended to strongly dislike the platforms. Students tended to have definite opinions for or against, but no clear consensus. Interestingly, student access to computers and Internet access still posed significant barriers for a minority of students, which would be critical for institutions to address if they adopt e-texts on a wide basis.

Related talk: http://ballstate.academia.edu/MattLievertz/Talks/84550/Courseload_and_Nook_Study_E-text_Platforms_A_Usability_Pilot_Study

Changing a Mindset: From Recognition of Qualifications Towards Embedding Ethnic Reflexivity and Translational Positionality

by G. Honor Fagan

Comparing access to higher education in Brazil and India using Critical Race Theory

by Loni Bordoloi Pazich

Book chapter in As the World Turns: Implications of Global Shifts in Higher Education for Theory, Research and Practice (pub. 2012)

Alman Üniversitelerinde Sosyoloji Eğitimi

by Cüneyd Dinc

Co-authored with M. Fazıl Baş

Almanya’daki sosyoloji eğitimi bir yandan yaklaşık iki yüzyıllık bir temel üzerinde şekillenerek bugüne gelmiş ve... more Almanya’daki sosyoloji eğitimi bir yandan yaklaşık iki yüzyıllık bir temel üzerinde şekillenerek bugüne gelmiş ve özellikle Wilhelm von Humboldt’un eğitim reformu bu temelde önemli bir rol oynamıştır. Fakat diğer yandan bugünün daha globalleşmeye ve ulusaşırı bütünleşmeye dayalı anlayışı eğitim alanında da kendisini göstererek üniversite eğitimini ulusal farkları sindiren bir şekilde standardize etmeye çalışmaktadır. Bologna süreci bunda önemli bir etkiye sahiptir. Bu makalede son on yılda geçmiş ile bugün arasındaki bu çekişmede yeniden şekillenmekte olan Almanya’daki sosyoloji eğitiminin müfredatı mevcut eğilimler çerçevesinde incelenmektedir.

Determining the criteria of choice of study destination: evidences from foreign students in Malaysian Private Higher Educational Institution

by Rohaizat Baharun