西方国家高等教育学费政策的变化及其影响--以英国、澳大利亚、爱尔兰和美国为例

20世纪90年代以来高等教育学费政策在许多国家发生了很大变化,这些变化对高等教育的发展产生了重要影响.以英国、澳大利亚、爱尔兰和美国等国为例,英国学费政策实施时间虽短但处于不断调整之中;澳大利亚毕业后付费政策在世界上独树一帜;爱尔兰反其道而行之,取消学费效果最终如何?美国引领世界高等教育潮流,学费不断上涨结果如何?是什么因素影响学费政策的变化?这些国家学费政策变化最终会产生什么影响?     

学术信息开放存取模式运行机制与前景探析

学术信息开放存取模式是一种新的信息交流和出版模式。本文在深入分析它的运行机制的基础上分析了它产生的原因，用历史演进的思想剖析了它的实质，并探讨了它将来的发展前景。     

非线性MIMO级联数据库频繁访问特征分区技术

多输入输出(MIMO)级联数据库广泛应用在大型电子设备故障诊断数据库架构中。对MIMO级联数据库频繁访问过程中,进行特征分区有利于提高数据库访问性能。提出一种基于属性集合幂集的区间概念格的非线性MIMO级联数据库频繁访问特征分区算法,进行MIMO级联数据库的非线性特征分析及区间概念格构造,对数据库子系统的状态矢量进行临界状态数学建模,构建数据库的特征分区目标函数,改进MIMO级联数据库频繁访问特征分区性能。仿真实验表明,该算法能准确实现对非线性MIMO级联数据库频繁访问特征的提取和分区处理,有效提高了对MIMO级联数据库的内部访问特征的分析能力,有利于提高数据库访问性能,大幅提高数据检测性能,为构建专家系统奠定基础。     

Writers' retreats for academics: exploring and increasing the motivation to write

This paper examines the literature on academic writing and collaborative learning and proposes, in the light of this literature, that the introduction of writers' retreats for academics represents a valuable professional development opportunity. It is argued that such an intervention can be an important initiative, helping to support more productive patterns of academic writing among participating academics. Findings gathered during a writers' retreat are presented, focusing on the positive and negative perspectives that participating academics expressed about writing for publication. The format and the structure of the retreat are described, along with the impact that such an intervention can be argued to have made on participants. Finally, a conceptual map is presented which relates the experiences and insights of the retreat to the ‘motivation to write’ among academics.     

XML技术在数据库中的应用

XML已成为网络上对数据进行描述和传送的通用语言，XML数据库应运而生。XML数据库是一种新型的数据库技术，它适合于对半结构化数据的存取管理；它能表示和移植数据，具有集成异构数据库系统的能力。XML技术的这些特殊优势将会对网络信息资源的管理产生重大影响。     

Managerialism and equalities: tensions within widening access policy and practice for disabled students in UK universities

This paper draws on a four-year longitudinal ESRC funded project examining learning experiences of disabled students in higher education in four universities. The focus here is on institutional responses to the demands of audit culture and legislation in relation to making reasonable adjustments for students with impairments. The data comes from institutional documents and face-to-face interviews with key informants within the institutions. The findings indicate that quality assurance regimes and legislation have had some positive effect on improving access for disabled students; however, local factors and type of institution also have a major impact on the way that national policies are expressed in particular contexts.     

图书馆电子资源提供校外访问安全问题研究

在丰富的校园电子资源中,图书馆电子资源占有举足轻重的地位,但是由于知识产权保护的需要,其中大部分电子资源是限制访问的,文章针对校园网外合法用户访问图书馆电子资源的安全问题,提出了一些看法。     

网络机房安全网关系统SGW的设计与实现

文章阐述了适用于学校网络机房的安全网关系统SGW的设计与实现,介绍了基于“混杂模式“的网络信息采集、“基于用户“的访问认证、基于Linux防火墙的访问控制、嵌入式Web服务器等关键技术.     

The role of scaling up research in designing for and evaluating robustness

One of the great strengths of Jim Kaput’s research program was his relentless drive towards scaling up his innovative approach to teaching the mathematics of change and variation. The SimCalc mission, “democratizing access to the mathematics of change,” was enacted by deliberate efforts to reach an increasing number of teachers and students each year. Further, Kaput asked: What can we learn from research at the next level of scale (e.g., beyond a few classrooms at a time) that we cannot learn from other sources? In this article, we develop an argument that scaling up research can contribute important new knowledge by focusing researchers’ attention on the robustness of an innovation when used by varied students, teachers, classrooms, schools, and regions. The concept of robustness requires additional discipline both in the design process and in the conduct of valid research. By examining a progression of three studies in the Scaling Up SimCalc program, we articulate how scaling up research can contribute to designing for and evaluating robustness.     

ENGLISH UNIVERSITIES, ADDITIONAL FEE INCOME AND ACCESS AGREEMENTS: THEIR IMPACT ON WIDENING PARTICIPATION AND FAIR ACCESS

ABSTRACT:  This paper argues that the introduction of access agreements following the establishment of the Office for Fair Access (OFFA) has consolidated how English higher education institutions (HEIs) position themselves in the marketplace in relation to widening participation. However, the absence of a national bursary scheme has led to obfuscation rather than clarification from the perspective of the consumer. This paper analyses OFFA's 2008 monitoring report and a sample of twenty HEIs' original 2006 and revised or updated access agreements (2008) to draw conclusions about the impact of these agreements on notions of 'fair access' and widening participation. The authors conclude that, unsurprisingly in an increasingly market-driven system, institutions use access agreements primarily to promote enrolment to their own programmes rather than to promote system-wide objectives. As a consequence of this marketing focus, previous differences between pre-1992 and post-1992 institutions in relation to widening participation and fair access are perpetuated, leading to both confusion for consumers and an inequitable distribution of bursary and other support mechanisms for the poorest applicants to HE.