Further education in England: the new localism,systems theory and governance

The paper explores the changing forms of governance currently being applied to the English further education sector – changes that emphasise the importance of locality. The paper sets the sector within its socio‐economic and policy context, examining current policy changes that intend to alter the way in which the sector is managed. It relates these changes to their contextual location and to a set of conceptual notions that derive from a particular understanding of systems theory and what has been described as the new localism. It concludes that whilst these changing forms of governance are in continuity with earlier policies that had a regional dimension, they remain set on the terrain of performativity and new public sector management. Nevertheless, there remains a residual potential to develop more democratic forms of engagement in these changes.     

Evaluation of adjunct faculty in higher education institutions

The role that part‐time faculty play in higher education is changing. No longer are part‐time faculty used on an occasional basis at a few institutions. These individuals now play a critical part in the delivery of higher education to students. This study was developed to answer questions regarding how the performance of adjunct faculty is evaluated. The researcher gathered data on what sources of information were used to evaluate adjunct faculty, and how this information was used by various administrators during evaluation and reappointment decisions. The underlying goal was to develop a better understanding of current evaluation practices so that higher education administrators can ensure that quality learning opportunities are available in the classroom.     

论高等教育发展的治理模式

治理理论为政府公共事务管理改革提供了新的理论视角,从管制走向治理是高等教育管理改革的重要趋势。市场型治理、参与型治理、解制型治理和弹性化治理是当今世界高等教育发展的四种治理模式,对我国高等教育的改革和发展具有重要的参考价值。     

北美地区高校教师发展状况探析

北美地区高等学校教师发展状况包括职称晋升、培训、奖惩、工资待遇及教学和科研管理等方面。北美地区高校教师发展的很多方面与我国的做法有很大的不同。今后我国在高校发展的政策制定方面应借鉴其中的经验,尽量做到树立选优思想,不拘一格晋升教师;制定相关法律法规,规范学术道德奖惩制度;建立教职工退休金,保证教师安心乐业;淡化校内职能部门的行政权力,赋予教师和学生更多的参与管理的机会。     

中国高校女教师队伍发展的现状分析

This paper examines the changing status of women faculty through an analysis of statistics on China’s universities from 1994 to 2004. This paper first presents the trend of a drastic increase in women faculty members in recent years. Further details on the academic ranks of women faculty, their age and highest degrees obtained are also presented. A comparison of female representation in faculty ranks is made between China and a few selected countries. Lastly, this paper attempts to account for the low percentage of female professors in higher education. Recommendations for the professional development for women faculty are made in the end.      

高校兼职教师管理的制度视角

Part-time faculty has become an important labor force in Chinese colleges and universities. The number of them has risen rapidly and its structure varies in different types of higher education institutes (HEIs), which results from integration of the social motivation and the inner motivation of schools’ reform. From the institutional point of view, some problems related to the management of part-time faculty members are as follows: defects of institution design, deficiency of appointment institution mechanism, unreasonable wage treatment institution and unscientific evaluation institution. The institution construction of pat-time staff includes aspects such as qualification examination, appointment, wage, reward and punishment, evaluation, professional development and so on.     

地方主义与民国社会

地方主义对民国政治和社会发展的作用主要体现在与军阀政治形影相伴;是派系政治的温床之一;对民主政治亦害亦利;同民族主义悖与不悖;对社会现代化亦阻亦助。从总体看,消极作用大于积极作用。     

新时期加强高校教师人力资源开发的思考

高校间的竞争，其实就是教师人才的竞争。高校要提高自身的整体竞争力，就必须加大教师人力资源开发力度。要从战略高度出发，统一思想认识，做好高校教师人力资源开发规划；要根据高校实际情况，制定一整套包括选人、用人、育人和留人等政策和措施；要突出重点，围绕学校学科建设的需要，增强人才引进的针对性和有效性；要与时俱进建立与教师人力资源开发配套的机制。     

任职教育院校文职教员教学能力构成体系研究

本文把文职教员划分为承担文化基础课程的文职教员和承担专业基础课程的文职教员两类,并结合任职教育院校的特点解析了任职教育院校对两类文职教员教学能力的需求。在此基础上建构了任职教育院校文职教员教学能力构成体系。     

Impacts of university education reform on faculty perceptions of workload

Since the corporatization of national universities, the environment surrounding Japanese universities has dramatically changed in various respects. A series of government-led attempts have intended to support the domestic colleges and universities in gaining a competitive edge by improving the quality of teaching and research as well as guaranteeing the international validity of the country's higher education system. Impacts of all the challenges that have been tackled with internal efforts in the last few years could be enormous on the personnel workload. However, little is known about the impacts of Japan's recent university education reform, particularly on the changing workload of the faculty who engage at the forefront in student teaching and advising, administrative roles as well as research activities. Using results from individual faculty interviews, this paper attempts to link the changing workload of Japanese professors with specific reasons that are rooted in the country's recent university education reform. Reviewing the effects of the reform on faculty workload provides us with important insights for the long term and guides us to prevent the derailment from the endeavour to which a significant amount of resources have been dedicated by the country.     

高等学校教师绩效评价指标研究

建立一个适合高校办学目标的教师绩效评价体系,评价指标的设计是其关键。目前高校教师绩效评价指标中普遍存在的主要问题是,无法将短期目标与长期目标平衡,评价的导向结果与预定目标的初衷存在差距。基于教师绩效的特性和发展性评价的理论基础,本文从教学、科研、服务、师德四个方面出发,设计了一套综合的高校教师绩效评价指标体系,以供高校人事部门参考。     

Factors influencing faculty satisfaction with online teaching and learning in higher education

Faculty satisfaction is considered an important factor of quality in online courses. A study was conducted to identify and confirm factors affecting the satisfaction of online faculty at a small research university, and to develop and validate an instrument that can be used to measure perceived faculty satisfaction in the context of the online learning environment. The online faculty satisfaction survey (OFSS) was developed and administered to all instructors who had taught an online course in fall 2007 or spring 2008 at a small research university in the USA. One hundred and two individuals completed the web‐based questionnaire. Results confirm that three factors affect satisfaction of faculty in the online environment: student‐related, instructor‐related, and institution‐related factors.     

An investigation of research self-efficacy beliefs and research productivity among faculty members at an emerging research university in the USA

The purposes of this study are to add to the existing knowledge base on research self-efficacy beliefs of faculty members and their influence on research productivity, and to inform higher education administrators about the relationship between research self-efficacy beliefs and research productivity. A theoretical framework of social cognitive theory underpins the study in which 109 faculty members completed the Research Self-Efficacy Inventory and Research Productivity Index. Quantitative analysis indicated that there is a significant but small correlation between research self-efficacy and productivity.     

高校教师聘任制改革的探索与有效性审查

我国高校教师聘任制的特点及实施策略选择刘献君　　高校人事制度改革的核心、重点是聘任制 ,聘任制是高校的基本用人制度 ,主要包括专业技术职务聘任制、职员聘任制等。专业技术职务聘任制主要针对高校教师 ,既有学术性 ,又有社会性 ,实施的难度很大。本文将从高校教师聘任制的内涵出发 ,结合对高校教师聘任制特点的分析 ,提出当前高校教师聘任制实施过程中需要重点探讨的几个问题。一、为什么要推进教师聘任制现在 ,全国各高校都在实施或准备实施教师聘任制。实行教师聘任制势在必行 ,已经成为共识。究其原因 ,从高校的现实情况来看 ,由于…     

精品课程建设与一流教师队伍培养

教师队伍建设是精品课程建设的关键因素。一门课程之所以能够成为精品,关键在于它拥有一流的教师队伍;精品课程的“一流性”与“示范性”定位,又对教师队伍建设提出了新的要求;要善于把精品课程建设与高水平师资队伍建设结合起来,在建设精品课程中寻求打造高水平教师团队的有效途径。     

论大学教师聘任制改革中的科学管理

以聘任制为核心的高校人事制度改革对学校管理提出了新的要求,只有实行科学管理,才能逐步建立促进学术职业和高校共同发展的新的人事管理制度。在聘任制改革中,加强共享决策与参与管理,协调学术权力与行政权力,完善相关的规章制度,同时,进一步完善人事管理部门的职能,是改革实施成效的重要保障。     

高校教工住宅房屋资源管理信息系统开发与应用

该文以清华大学教工住宅管理、各类公寓信息系统开发为例,详细介绍了房屋管理信息系统的结构和系统功能.通过系统的应用,较好地解决了教工住宅和各类公寓规范管理中出现的问题,为教工住宅和各类公寓更有效地服务于学校教学科研、提高管理水平提供了必要条件.     

Academic inbreeding and publication activities of Russian faculty

The literature on the consequences of academic inbreeding shows ambiguous results: some papers show that inbreeding positively influences research productivity measured by the quantity and quality of publications, while others demonstrate the opposite effect. There are contradictory results both in the studies of different countries and within countries. This variety of results makes it impossible to transfer the findings from one academic system to another, and in Russia this problem has been under-explored. This paper focuses on the relationship between inbreeding and publication activity among Russian faculty. The research was conducted using data from the ‘Monitoring of Educational Markets and Organizations’ survey. The results show that there is no significant effect of academic inbreeding on publication productivity: no substantial and robust differences in publication activity between inbreds and non-inbreds have been found. The paper finishes with a discussion of possible explanations inherent in the Russian academic system.     

略谈高职院校师资建设导向

当前高职院校师资建设的一个重要内容，就是培养“双师型”教师；但从长期看来这只能是一种过渡，其最终导向应是造就不同层次的职业技能培训师。教育主管部门和相关行管职能部门应联手合作，共同建设多类型、多层次的高职师资培养、培训基地，以完成对不同层次高职师资培养、培训的需求。