The entrepreneurial university and academic discourses: The meta‐synthesis of Higher Education articles

The innovative teaching, knowledge and technology production and societal service activities of academics are largely discussed within the entrepreneurial university discourse in Higher Education journals. Therefore, this research focuses on a meta‐synthesis of Higher Education articles to better understand the concepts of the entrepreneurial university and entrepreneurial academic. After the systematic elimination based on keywords and titles, 25 articles have been selected from the top 10 Higher Education journals in the SCImago Journal Rankings. Content analysis was performed on these articles to highlight the common operational areas in entrepreneurial universities and activities of entrepreneurial academics. The meta‐synthesis shows that, both for universities and academics, entrepreneurship is overwhelmingly characterised by the commercialisation of scholarly activities that enrich institutional income revenue as well as academics’ personal income. However, such an approach can distance universities from their mission of public good; so Higher Education administrators should create mechanisms that would allow both to take place in a balanced way.     

Social Demand Versus Political Economy in Higher Education at the Turn of the Century Higher Education Financing: Policy Options

This article gives a broad outline of policy issues in the financing of higher education given the major quantitative expansion of higher education in recent years, its diversification, financial constraints, internationalization, democratization, globalization, regionalization, polarization, marginalization, and fragmentation. Policy options bearing these trends in mind should be judged in terms of efficiency and equity, bearing in mind such basic sources of funding as taxpayers, students, parents, and higher education institutions. Regardless of the source of funding, the single most important policy issue facing those concerned with overall policy responsibility for the operation of higher education systems is the proper formulation of the rules and mechanisms used to allocate resources from governments to institutions. The various financial mechanisms are classed according to four principal dimensions: institutional/student finance, full/partial finance, budget/formula finance, and input/output finance. Choosing the right funding formula is a complex process that is always beset with the need for trade‐offs for various reasons.     

改革高等教育 促进社会发展

现代社会经济和科技的高速发展对高等教育提出了新的挑战,传统的高等教育已不能适应社会发展的需要.如何培养出更多具有创业精神和创新能力、实践能力的高素质专门人才,如何把科研成果尽快地转化为生产力,作者指出,作为高校必须融入社会发展的大循环,采取切实的措施,提高人才培养质量,调整和优化学科结构和教师队伍结构,促进科技成果产业化,只有这样,高等教育才能促进经济发展和社会进步.     

教育目的,应从"实然"走向"应然"

教育目的是国家对培养什么样人才的总要求,具有很强的固定性,但实际上存在着“应然”和“实然”的教育目的的对立。在家庭教育、学校教育、社会教育中都不可避免地出现“实然”的教育目的,直接影响“应然”教育目的的实现,但教育目的从“实然”走向“应然”是必然的。     

Development of Manager‐Academics at Institutions of Higher Education in Catalonia

Managers at Spanish universities are having to deal with increasingly complex managerial tasks as a result of current changes in higher education. This paper presents the results of a study into the professional development of deans and department heads at universities in Catalonia. At management level, these universities are typically based on an elected, rotating model rather than an appointed or permanent one. The findings from 23 qualitative interviews and a focus group identified three phases in the development of academic management: learning and contextualization, development of functions, and the institutional projection and transmission of management tasks.     

The educational cost of philosophical suicide: What it means to be lucid

The struggle to become lucid is at the heart of The Myth of Sisyphus. To understand the absurd is to understand that the fit between our conception of the world and the world itself is fraught with uncertainty; lucidity is the elucidation of the absurd. To be lucid is to revolt against the type of certainty that leads to suffering; to revolt against philosophical suicide. Camus teaches us the intellectual humility that stays hands; there is no reasoning that justifies suffering. If it is granted that the ability to recognise and respond to our own and others suffering is an important part of being human, and the task of education is to develop humans, then lucidity, in so far as it holds promise for the development of such an ability, has the potential to contribute positively to education.     

Evidence‐Based Teaching in Higher Education: Application to Counselor Education

The authors examined best practices in university‐level teaching, as premised on the evidence‐based teaching (EBT) literature found in fields external to counselor education. Findings were reported in relation to 3 areas: developing an effective learning environment, structuring intentional learning experiences, and assessing teaching effectiveness. Implications regarding the training of doctoral‐level counselor educators using EBT practices are discussed.     

现阶段我国社会分层与高等教育的相互关系

改革开放以后,我国原有的社会分层机制和简单的社会阶层结构都发生了巨大变化,随着改革的深入,高等教育与社会分层的相互关系日益引起人们的关注,本文将对两者的关系作一分析。     

高等数学教育中的社会思考

随着高等数学教育规模的扩大,高等数学教育研究受到更多的关注。文章从社会视角对高等数学的课堂教学活动、高等数学知识的迁移以及高等数学学习的平等性问题进行社会审视的同时,还对存在的问题提出了一些建议。     

高等教育学应该研究什么?——二论高等教育学学科建设

高等教育既是一个系统,也是一类组织。把高等教育解读为"系统",源于它具有自己独特的社会地位和作用;把高等教育解读为"组织",源于它具有自己独特的组织活动和特性。在以往关于高等教育学科建设的研究中,很少有学者将作为"系统"的高等教育与作为"组织"的大学放在一起讨论,但这二者的微妙联系恰恰揭示了高等教育学学科建设的两个组成部分:高等教育作为"系统"的基本理论与作为"组织"的基本理论。当前我国高等教育研究对作为系统的高等教育研究应重在完善与更新,而对作为组织的高等教育研究应重在给予足够的重视并付诸行动。     

论高等教育的质量及其保障问题

对高等教育质量问题的国际性关注，始于20世纪80年代中期。当时有两个重要的因素。一是高等教育大发展而引起的质量下降问题。五六十年代，西方发达国家的经济发展进入一个黄金时期。由于经济发展的需要及人力资本理论的影响，特别在以“教育机会均等”为核心的教育民主化理念的驱动下，这些国家普遍加大了对高等教育的投入，促使高等教育获得了前所未有的扩张型发展。许多国家的高等教育也在这一时期进入大众化阶段。高等教育的大发展不可避免地带来的一个直接问题，就是高等教育质量下降及由此引发人们对高等教育质量的担忧和社会对高等教育质量下降的诘难。这在80年代达到高潮。     

Roles of academic department chairpersons at the university level

The study presents an attempt at investigating the role perceptions of academic chairpersons of departments at the University level, the fulfillment of these roles, and the desirability to fulfill them.A group of 90 chairpersons in six universities responded to a questionnaire that was especially developed for the present study. Factor analysis yielded five main factors: 1) Curriculum and Instruction, 2) Initiation, 3) Staff Development, 4) Democratic Leadership Style and 5) Departmental Status. Significant differences were found between the actual fulfillment and the extent of the desire to fulfill all the roles. Several background variables and role factors were found to explain the variance in chairpersons' satisfaction with role fulfillment. Findings shed some light on a relatively neglected subject - the role perceptions and satisfaction of department chairpersons. The information gained on this subject is expected to initiate attempts at making the role more satisfying in the direction desired by chairpersons.     

社会转型时期高等教育研究的社会责任

高等教育研究的社会责任是指高等教育研究对社会经济、政治、文化的发展履行自己应尽之义务。社会转型时期,高等教育研究为经济发展、政治改革和文化繁荣提供服务,需要坚持追求真理的研究取向,探索开放多元的研究方法,强化服务实践的研究内容,弘扬批判现实的研究精神,着眼学科建设的研究特色。     

Social Work in Higher Education: Internships in Opportunity Programs

ABSTRACT

Field education is essential to the development of professional social workers. Despite the significant overlap in social work’s and higher education’s missions and values, there is a scarcity of social work internships specifically in higher education settings. The placement of social work interns in institutions of higher education provides a setting where they can develop new knowledge and skills and increase their capacity to support college students toward academic success. This conceptual article discusses the role of social work in higher education and provides a model social work internship in an opportunity program, including its creation, development, challenges, outcomes, and future direction.     

论提升高等教育管理水平

高等教育管理是高等教育快速发展的保证，提升高等教育管理水平，必须创新管理理念，同时倡导人本管理、学术管理、民主管理和制度管理等多种管理方法，实施有效管理。     

Validity of academic work indicators in the projected European Higher Education Area

The competencies achieved, the quantity and distribution of the time employed, and the activities carried out by the student are fundamental elements of the future European Higher Education Area. The present study explores, in a specific course, the current level of some indicators of such elements and their validity. The results highlight the irrelevance of the temporal aspects with respect to final performance, and the relevance of the academic work activities to performance over the length of the course. Each indicator is discussed, and it is intended to further those which result to be relevant for the success of the student in the future, and to limit those temporal elements to a mere function of organization of the universities.     

论高等教育研究的社会责任

高等教育研究的社会责任是一个重要的时代命题。基于高等教育在经济社会中的重要作用以及问责制的影响,高等教育研究应负起社会责任。为制定和宣传政策服务、探寻实践中介和直接服务实践以及研究、应用理论对高等教育的发展及其挑战及时提出预测、预警是高等教育研究应承担的具体社会责任。研究者要不断学习,提升理论修养,这是承担社会责任的基础。研究者要加强自律,学术共同体也要对研究者实施他律,如此研究者履行好社会责任才能落到实处。     

高等教育大众化与缩小社会阶层高等教育差异的研究

通过调查发现,出身于较高阶层的子女拥有较多的入学机会;公办高职院校中各阶层子女入学机会盖异最小;拥有较多家庭文化资源的子女获得更多的入学机会;改革开放近30年来,我国各阶层子女高等教育入学机会差异,伴随着高等教育从精英阶段向大众阶段发展,呈现出先扩大后缩小的基本特征。