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Managing higher education in colleges / Gareth Parry, Anne Thompson and Penny Blackie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parry, Gareth, 1950- author.
- Blackie, Penny, author.
- Thompson, Anne, Dr., author.
- Series:
- Essential FE toolkit series.
- Essential FE toolkit series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher--Great Britain--Administration.
- Education, Higher.
- Continuing education centers--Great Britain--Administration.
- Continuing education centers.
- University cooperation--Great Britain.
- University cooperation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, [2006]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In recent years, further education colleges have been asked to play an increasingly important role as providers of higher education programmes. Following the recommendation of the Dearing inquiry that colleges be accorded a 'special mission' in sub-degree higher education, they have become key partners in the design and teaching of new-style Foundation degrees. In so doing, they are expected to meet employer demand for higher-level skills and broaden the social base of undergraduate education. Aimed at senior managers and higher education coordinators and tutors, this book is a guide to instit
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; Series foreword; Series introduction; Figures and tables; Introduction; Part One; 1 Changing contexts, changing policies; 2 Overlapping boundaries, diverse patterns; Part Two; 3 Organisational arrangements and responsibilities; 4 Funding: principles and practice; 5 Partnerships and frameworks; 6 Quality assurance, quality enhancement; 7 Working with the curriculum; Part Three; 8 Issues and questions; Appendixes; A: Selected terminology; B: Key funding initiatives and documents; C: Guide to organisations and resources; References; Index; A; E; M; S; V; W
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-160) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613206091
- 9781283206099
- 1283206099
- 9781441147714
- 1441147713
- OCLC:
- 741690750
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