Preparing students for life and work : policies and reforms affecting higher education's principal mission / edited by Walter Archer and Hans G. Schuetze.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Archer, Walter, editor.

Schütze, Hans Georg, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Cross-cultural studies.

College students--Political activty.

College students.

Student participation in administration.

Comparative education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2019]

Summary:

In Preparing Students for Life and Work: Policies and Reforms Affecting Higher Education’s Principal Mission the editors assemble works by scholars of higher education who address various aspects of the policies and reforms that affect the education and ultimately the lives and work prospects of students. Chapter topics include the social and government policy context of higher education in various countries, including Canada, Mexico, the USA, Japan, Germany, Europe generally and the Bologna process specifically. Aspects of teaching and learning in higher education, including MOOCs, student services, and treatment of international students are also addressed. Finally, how students themselves have had major impacts on higher education in various countries is touched upon in several chapters.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction / Walter Archer and Hans G. Schuetze

How Central Is the “Principal Mission” of the University Today? / Chris Duke

Canada

Access to and Participation in Higher Education in Canada / Hans G. Schuetze and Walter Archer

Aboriginal Higher Education and Indigenous Students / Michelle Pidgeon

Minding the Gap: Perspectives on Graduate Education for Students with Disabilities / Mahadeo A. Sukhai

Student Affairs and Services in Canadian Higher Education / Kyle D. Massey

The World

Reforms and Myths / Wietse de Vries

Policies for Adult Students in Mexican Higher Education and Motives for Returning to Study / Germán Álvarez Mendiola and Brenda Yokebed Pérez Colunga

The Value of Degrees and Diplomas in Japan / Shinichi Yamamoto

MOOCs, Students, Higher Education and Their Paradoxes / Maureen W. McClure

The Expansion of Higher Education and First Generation Students in Germany: Increasing Participation or Continuing Exclusion? / Andrä Wolter

The Abolition of Tuition Fees in Germany: Student Protests and Their Impact / Dieter Timmermann

Conditions of Learning at High-Ranked Universities in Four Countries: An International Student’s Perspective / Jade Zhao

Students and Their Influence on Higher Education Policies

Student Policies and Protests / Hans G. Schuetze

Collective Student Action and Student Associations in Quebec / Alexandre Beaupré-Lavallée and Olivier Bégin-Caouette

European Higher Education Reforms and the Role of Students / Pavel Zgaga.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

90-04-39307-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004393073 DOI