Higher education in a state of crisis / Roccio M. Teixeira, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Teixeira, Roccio M.

Series:

Education in a competitive and globalizing world series.

Education in a competitive and globalizing world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Cross-cultural studies.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Higher education has played a steadily greater role in national development, contributing towards heightened competitiveness and turning knowledge into a factor of differentiation in both socio-economic and market contexts. This book explores the state of crisis in the global higher education realm.

Contents:

""HIGHER EDUCATION IN A STATE OF CRISIS""; ""HIGHER EDUCATION IN A STATE OF CRISIS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF HIGHER EDUCATION IMPACTING UNEMPLOYMENT ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""I. INTRODUCTION ""; ""The Economic Recession of 2007 ""; ""II. HIGHER EDUCATION AND UNEMPLOYMENT ""; ""The Demand Side: Higher Education, a Substitute of Unemployment ""; ""The Supply Side ""; ""State Budgets in a Crisis of Their Own ""; ""Layoffs ""; ""Furloughs ""; ""Programs Being Cut ""; ""Hiring Freezes ""; ""Enrollment Limits Imposed ""; ""Decreasing Endowments""; ""Tuition Hikes ""

""III. LESS FUNDING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION MEANS A SOAR IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATES""""Participation and Completion Rates ""; ""Community Colleges""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: A VIEW FROM PORTUGAL* ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""2. THE GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION CONTEXT ""; ""3. THE HIGHER EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT ""; ""4. MASSIFICATION, PRIVATIZATION AND NEW HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ""; ""5. INSTITUTIONAL PLURALISM AND THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ""; ""6. THE HIGHER EDUCATION CONTEXT IN PORTUGAL ""

""7. REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF PORTUGUESE HIGHER EDUCATION""""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""THE SCANDAL OF SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION: INSTITUTIONAL INTEGRATION AND THE DESCENT OF PRACTICE ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INSTITUTION AND THE ORGANIZATION ""; ""THE DESCENT OF PRACTICE AND THE SCHOLAR ""; ""INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND THE NATIONAL MARKET ""; ""SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION AND THE NATIONAL MARKET ""; ""TWO FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF PRODUCTION IN EDUCATION ""; ""THE END OF THE LINE: A NEW UNIT OF ANALYSIS ""; ""REFERENCES ""

""THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROBLEMS OF TRAINING TEACHERS FOR VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN TURKEY """"ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""FINDINGS AND COMMENT""; ""I. Developments at Vocational and Technical Secondary Education ""; ""1. Technical Education Schools for Boys ""; ""2. Technical Education Schools for Girls ""; ""3. Commerce and Tourism Education Schools ""; ""II. The History of Teacher Training for Vocational and Technical Education ""; ""II.I. Developments in Teacher Training for Vocational Education before 1982 ""

""II.I.I. The Institutions Training Teachers for Vocational and Technical Education before 1982 """"Technical School of Teaching for Girls ""; ""Vocational School of Teaching for Girls ""; ""Technical School of Teaching for Boys ""; ""Vocational School of Teaching for Boys ""; ""Higher Commerce School of Teaching ""; ""Higher School of Teaching for Industrial Arts ""; ""II.II. Developments in Training Teachers for Vocational Education after 1982 ""; ""II.II.I. Faculties of Vocational and Technical Education Reconstructed after 1982 ""; ""Faculties of Vocational Education ""

""Faculty of Technical Education""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61942-149-6

OCLC:

775352374