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Direct linkAlexander Mitterle; Roland Bloch – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Competition today has become a central policy imperative in higher education. Connected to resource efficiency and scarcity, it remains closely attached to the idea of the market but reaches beyond when related to positional or status orders. In the higher education literature such varieties of competition -- as distinct social processes -- are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Commercialization, Competition
Ravit Mizrahi-Shtelman; Gili S. Drori – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Seeing that the culture and governance of competition determines relations among social actors, we turn to the concept of referentiality to investigate the institutional order of competition in higher education. Defining referentiality as the description of a model standard for comparison, this study explores how higher education organizations…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Competition, Status
Kate Ayres – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2024
This paper argues that a data-driven, niche-focused approach to strategy development will assist Higher Education Institutions to direct their financial resources to greater effect by providing a more tailored service to students, therefore, increasing student satisfaction and creating brand loyalty. This approach will give institutions greater…
Descriptors: Data Use, Decision Making, Student Recruitment, Foreign Countries
Johnson, Matthew; Danvers, Emily; Hinton-Smith, Tamsin; Atkinson, Kate; Bowden, Gareth; Foster, John; Garner, Kristina; Garrud, Paul; Greaves, Sarah; Harris, Patricia; Hejmadi, Momna; Hill, David; Hughes, Gwen; Jackson, Louise; O'Sullivan, Angela; ÓTuama, Séamus; Perez Brown, Pilar; Philipson, Pete; Ravenscroft, Simon; Rhys, Mirain; Ritchie, Tom; Talbot, Jon; Walker, David; Watson, Jon; Williams, Myfanwy; Williams, Sharon – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2019
How should academic staff engage in outreach with communities outside of the university? The need of academics to answer this question has intensified in the UK given the changing priorities of academic job roles, shaped by increasing institutional concern for widening participation, graduate employability and research impact in an era of…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, College Faculty, School Community Relationship, Barriers
Download full textLee, Lung-Sheng – Online Submission, 2022
The colleges and universities in Taiwan are confronted with the following two problems: (1) The average youth (aged 15-29) unemployment rate is more than double the overall unemployment rate; and (2) Mainly affected by the low birth rate, the admission and vacancy rates of colleges and universities have increased, and fierce competition exists…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Competition, Universities, Employment Opportunities
Ammigan, Ravichandran; Jones, Elspeth – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2018
This article evaluates the degree to which international students are satisfied with different dimensions of their university experience, namely, their arrival, living, learning, and support service experiences. Using quantitative survey research methods based on data from the International Student Barometer (ISB), the study evaluates the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Students, Educational Experience, Meta Analysis
Wang, Xin – English Language Teaching, 2017
The application-oriented development of local institutions has become a trend. Business English, with its "compound and cross-disciplinary" characteristics and the development of local economy have put forward higher requirements for the development of business English teachers in local institutions. This paper surveys and analyzes the…
Descriptors: Business English, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Ho, Kong Chong; Kang, Trivina – Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 2015
East Asian higher education has experienced an important shift by it's national universities to pay increasing attention to rankings in the wake of globalization. This critical feature influences inter-university competition for resources, faculty and students. During this process, these universities have restructured their organizations and…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Universities, Foreign Countries, College Faculty
Jordaan, Y.; Wiese, M. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2010
Changes in the higher education landscape have led to many higher education institutions reassessing their recruitment and marketing strategies. A proper understanding of the relative importance of the choice factors that prospective students consider when selecting a higher education institution will enable higher education administrators and…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Student Diversity, Higher Education, Social Life
Higher Education Funding Council for England, Bristol. – 2001
The Higher Education Funding Council for England has a funding agreement with each institution that it funds that specifies the targets relating to student numbers that the Funding Council expects the institution to meet. This document explains the action the Council will take if institutions do not meet their targets for 2001-2002. The…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Enrollment, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Wolf, D. M.; Wilson, R. T. J. – 1990
The creation of "Higher Education Corporations" in the United Kingdom is discussed within the context of what one Polytechnic has done in creating a Decision Support System to address the problems found in resource management, cost control, and competitive bidding. A summarization is included of the actions taken by the Polytechnic in…
Descriptors: Costs, Decision Making, Financial Needs, Foreign Countries
Malone, Susan E.; Arnove, Robert F. – 1998
This booklet, which is intended for individuals engaged in educational planning and administration, senior government officials, and policymakers in developing and developed countries alike, provides guidance regarding planning, implementing, and administering learner-centered adult literacy programs. Chapter 1 examines the following topics…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
