Outsourcing academic development in higher education: staff perceptions of an international program

Increasingly, higher education support services are being outsourced. Our case study was of a program from a global, USA-based, non-profit organisation. From in-depth interviews, we investigated staff perceptions of academic development workshops and the efficacy of outsourcing to a transnational tertiary-support program. We found that interviewees valued the academic development. They believed greater consideration should be given to cultural differences between exporting and importing countries; to evidence-based assessment of, and institutional leadership support for, the program; and to discipline-based and tertiary-level skills. Our preliminary findings may inform university management about improved approaches to outsourcing academic development to international commercial providers.     

精英高等教育与大众高等教育:两个体系的解读

高等教育机构应该按功能分化,而不是趋同。精英高等教育与大众高等教育作为两个体系,既是概念层面的划分,也是操作层面的划分。绝大部分的高等教育机构应该有清晰的定位,或者属于精英高等教育,或者属于大众高等教育。有质的差别的教育应该在不同质的教育机构内完成。精英高等教育与大众高等教育的关系既是冲突的,又是和谐的。我们既要防止精英高等教育压抑大众高等教育,又要防止大众高等教育消解精英高等教育。     

西方大学外包理论与实践

外包作为一种获得竞争优势的战略管理工具,自20世纪80年代后期开始,从美国逐渐蔓延到日本、欧洲,成为全球企业界的一股潮流.随后,外包被引入大学管理,并在节约成本和提高效率方面显示了潜在的优势.本文详细探讨了外包在西方大学的应用与发展情况,分析了其流行于高教界的原因,探讨了其中存在的问题,及应采取的对策,以期对我国大学管理提供有益的借鉴.     

蔡元培与蒋梦麟高等教育思想和实践之比较

蔡元培与蒋梦麟是师徒、同乡,具有相近的文化和教育背景,均在中国现代教育史上产生了重要影响。他们在高等教育思想和实践方面,具有前后相承的紧密联系。高等教育实践方面,师徒相继、蔡规蒋随,共同成就了北大的现代声誉。高等教育思想方面,从“兼容并包、思想自由”的办学方针、“学术至上”的大学理想,到“教授治校”的民主管理模式,蔡元培开风气之先,蒋梦麟则坚守余绪,共同为现代高等教育理念在中国高教领域生根发展做出了不懈的努力。     

Representing 30 years of higher education change: UK universities and the Times Higher

This paper argues that the Times Higher provides a powerful tool for understanding the changing character of UK higher education (HE) and can usefully be seen as representative, and in some ways constitutive, of that changing character. Drawing on an analysis of a sample of stories from the Times Higher, it documents the changing policy climate of UK HE from 1979 to 2010. It offers a broadly chronological account of themes that have emerged as prominent at different times during this period, pointing, inter alia, to fears about threats to the humanities, the rise of various forms of instrumentalism and the incorporation of HE institutions and agencies into a common mindset characterised by a preoccupation with marketing and corporate success. The last of these is embodied in the changing format of the newspaper itself and in its own activities as a key player in the HE sector, notably as a sponsor of university rankings and awards. Whilst being sensitive to countervailing tendencies, the authors suggest that the growing instrumentalisation of HE and related cultural shifts represent a changed ‘structure of feeling’ in UK HE. They conclude that the university rankings, awards and other image commodities that are a key part of this changed structure of feeling now play such a substantial role in the cultural life of universities that the norms of both rationality and professional ethics which tended to prevail in deliberations about university strategy 30 years ago may no longer be taken for granted.     

外包：西方大学提高管理效率的新工具

外包被引入大学管理,并在节约成本和提高效率方面显示了潜在的优势。本文详细探讨了外包在西方大学的应用与发展情况,分析了其流行于高教界的原因,以期对我国大学管理提供有益的借鉴。     

Developing cultural competency in higher education: an agenda for practice

As a result of changing national values and unrest, demographic and population shifts, and ever-changing admissions practices and policies, implementing a diversity and cultural-competency agenda within university settings has become a priority across the UK, Europe, and US. Furthermore, public institutions across the UK, EU, and US are now more racially and ethnically diverse than ever [Snyder, T. D., C. Debray, and S. A. Dillow. 2016. ‘Digest of Education Statistics 2016.’ NCES 2016-006. National Centre for Education Statistics; Sursock, Andree. 2015. Trends 2015: Learning and Teaching in European Universities. European University Association. Accessed October 28 2017. www.eua.be/Libraries/publicationshomepage-list/EUA_Trends_2015_web.]. Yet, cultural competency efforts on campuses remain largely under theorized [Bezrukova, K., K. A. Jehn, and C. S. Spell. 2012. “Reviewing Diversity Training: Where We Have Been and Where We Should Go.” Academy of Management Learning and Education 11 (2): 207–227] and diffuse [Sue, S., D. C. Fujino, L. T. Hu, D. T. Takeuchi, and N. W. Zane. 1991. ‘Community Mental Health Services for Ethnic Minority Groups: A Test of the Cultural Responsiveness Hypothesis.’ Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 59 (4): 533–540]. This article seeks to outline an agenda for this work, highlighting outcomes of cultural competency learning and underscoring the role of campus leadership in the development of supportive characteristics. These characteristics include attention to shared knowledge, professional learning at all levels of the organization, inclusive instructional methods, integration with other campus initiatives, and inclusivity of diversity foci. Posited are six supportive conditions for successful implementation.     

Mediatizing higher education policies: discourses about quality education in the media

This article presents a critical–political discourse analysis of the media debate over quality assurance in higher education, which occurred in Chile after the 2011 student movement. Students criticized the privatization of higher education and the multiple flaws of this sector, which included corruption scandals during the process of quality assurance certification. After the end of the movement, the government announced a new quality assurance system, triggering public discussion over this issue in the media. The most influential newspapers and educational authorities participated actively in this debate. Through editorials and columns, these education agents constructed quality assurance discursively as a domain for experts, who have to design and administer quality standards for all educational institutions and actions. These procedures regulate and discipline educational practices, but professors and students are excluded from this debate. Thus, this quality assurance discussion reproduces the traditional neoliberal power relations in education and does not problematize the role of education in society.     

Professional learning in higher education: making good practice relevant

Professionals working in a range of contexts are increasingly expected to engage in ongoing professional learning to maintain their skills and develop their practices. In this paper, I focus on professional learning in Higher Education and challenge the standardisation of professional learning that is becoming prevalent in a number of countries. I argue that professional learning must challenge accepted wisdom, and that this is possible while still adhering to the standards required for professional legitimacy. Developing praxis is suggested as a way of producing relevant and active professional learners while still addressing the professional standards required for quality assurance.     

高等职业教育数学教材改革的探索与实践

高等职业教育数学教材改革的实践充分说明,高等职业教育的培养目标应与时俱进,应适应时代的变革和科学技术的发展,体现时代性。教材的改革应立足培养目标,强化课程应用性,充分利用现代技术手段,实现多种媒体一体化,增大教材弹性,为学生发展构建平台。     

Activity theory in empirical higher education research: choices,uses and values

This paper contributes to discussion of theory application in higher education research. We examine 59 empirical research papers from specialist journals that use a particular theory: activity theory. We scrutinise stated reasons for choosing the theory, functions played by the theory, and how the theory is valorised. We find that the theory is usually chosen for its direct empirical applicability; used for abstraction, explanation and contextualisation; and valorised for apprehending complex situational dynamics. It is rarely chosen to challenge conceptualisation of the research object; used to establish investigative paradigms; or valorised in ways that implicate wider bodies of knowledge or potential theory development. We argue that higher education researchers should reconsider how their application of activity theory is interwoven with interpretative processes, how the theory might frame research design rather than simply data analysis, and how they account for the range of roles that the theory actually plays across research endeavours.     

中国高职教育的新实践、新理论、新发展

近十年,大批高职院校在中华大地上涌现,由于高职教育理论、教学模式、教学方法准备不充足,各院校都在摸索中前进。经过近十年的实践与探索,产出了一大批高职教育研究成果,这些成果在高职院校的教育教学中,还没有得到广泛应用,很有必要以某种形式在高职院校中推行,让新的理论与方法在应用与实践中升华。高职教育作为整体,目前存在着许多难以克服的困难和问题。研究如何应用最新研究成果,形成中国特色的高职教育体系、理论框架和实践模式,是全体高职人面临的新课题。如果在这些课题研究中有所进展、有所突破,中国高职教育一定有望成为世界典范。     

Theory development and application in higher education research: the case of academic drift

This article examines the case of academic drift, as an example of a theory developed and applied within higher education research. It traces the origins and meaning of the term, reviews its application by higher education researchers, and discusses the issues it raises and the critiques it has attracted. It concludes that academic drift is at the heart of the long-standing liberal/vocational education debate, so is likely to continue to attract attention. The contemporary application of this theoretical framework also illustrates both the tendency for researchers to re-invent similar ideas in different times and places, and to ignore or overlook the work of some researchers whilst acknowledging that of others.     

Four stories: confronting contemporary ideas about globalisation and internationalisation in higher education

There is a common distinction between globalisation and internationalisation in higher education scholarship. Globalisation is seen as an over‐arching social and economic process where as internatinalisation is understood as the ways in which institutions of higher education respond to globalisation. This conceptual distinction has also worked its way into the practice of university administration around the world. Drawing on the theoretical work of Foucault and Giddiness, this conception the consequences of the globalisation / internationalisation distinction are analysed through four of higher accounts education strategies.     

关于高职生学习现状的思考

社会对高职院校人才培养提出了培养目标、服务范围和人才培养模式三项要求，而当前高职生的学习状况却与之相差甚远。高职院校在重视学生技术应用能力培养和职业素质培养的同时，还必须培养学生健康的学习心态，并采取多种方式增强学生的就业能力。     

关于我国高等教育公平概念及实践问题的文献述评

教育公平问题是一个与我国教育发展进程相伴的问题,是世界近现代教育民主进程中一个普遍的重要原则。随着经济发展和社会进步,高等教育公平成为社会关注的热点,在我国高等教育迈向大众化阶段的特定时期,教育公平问题不断凸显,因此它越来越成为社会关注的话题。许多学者对高等教育公平问题进行了研究,主要内容包括:关于我国高等教育公平的概念研究,关于我国高等教育公平的实践问题研究等。     

顶岗实习:基础教育与高等教育的有效链接——兼议顶岗实习对高等教育的反拨与促进作用

高等教育应具备三项基本职能:培养专门人才、科学研究和服务社会。顶岗实习支教是培养专门人才不可或缺的实践环节,它的实施将高等教育和基础教育紧密链接在一起,不仅是对农村基础教育的有力支持,还对高等教育的人才培养、教育体制改革、教育科学研究、理论联系实际和服务社会等方面起着促进作用,也能对高等教育起到反馈与反拨作用,顶岗实习支教是一条价值多元的正确道路。     

地方高校发展与高等教育政策调整

近年来,我国地方高校在规模迅猛扩张的同时,普遍陷入了多重发展困境之中。从制度变迁的类型和路径依赖两个角度来看,这种困境产生的制度根源有两个:一是以中央政府为主体的激进式强制性制度变迁的局限性,二是对传统高等教育管理模式的路径依赖。今后高等教育政策调整必须遵循两个基本的指导思想:一是弥补激进式强制性制度变迁的局限,二是摆脱对传统高等教育管理方式的路径依赖。     

论高等教育大众化进程中高等职业教育的地位和作用

在实现高等教育大众过程中，发展高等职业教育有利于优化高等教育结构，促进高等教育向多样化发展；有利于满足社会发展对人才规格提出的客观要求，促进经济发展，为实现高等教育大众化提供物质基础；有利于我国终身教育体系的建立，为实现高等教育大众化开辟有效途径。     

Being punk in higher education: subcultural strategies for academic practice

Since its beginnings in the late 1970s, punk culture has been associated with counter-mainstream ideology and anti-institutional antagonism. In particular, formal education has been criticised in punk for sustaining oppressive social and conceptual orders and associated behavioural norms. Drawing on literature and interviews, this paper focuses on the experiences of higher education teachers who self-identify as punks, and considers how they negotiate and reconcile their subcultural and academic identities in their academic practice. The findings reveal that participants’ affiliations with punk subculture give rise to counter-cultural pedagogies in which both the ethics and aesthetics of punk are applied in classroom contexts. Furthermore, the participants draw upon subcultural ethical and epistemological narratives to formulate and rationalise their responses to the state of contemporary UK higher education.