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Kendall M. Zammit; Megan C. Connor; Jeffrey R. Raker – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
A national survey on chemistry instructional laboratories was administered to faculty members at four-year postsecondary institutions in the United States for the purpose of exploring levels of inquiry-based instruction implemented in laboratory courses. Respondents were asked to rate the level of choice their students had in deciding six key…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Active Learning
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Fomunyam, Kehdinga George – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2020
The driving force behind research in many countries is funding for research and development. The research at postgraduate level is predicated on a core research group championed by one principal investigator which might include staff scientists, postdoctoral appointees, non-faculty doctorate researchers, or graduate students and they play major…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Graduate Students, Student Research, Postdoctoral Education
Arnold, Neetu – National Association of Scholars, 2022
This case study reveals how Qatar uses partnerships with American universities to advance its own interests and values. In partnering with Qatar, American universities have invested substantial time and manpower to aid the development of an illiberal regime that funds and befriends entities hostile to American national interests.
Descriptors: Case Studies, International Education, Partnerships in Education, Universities
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Khayati, Anis; Selim, Mohammad – Cogent Education, 2019
In light of globalization and rapid economic changes, innovation became a necessity for all organizations. Innovation differs from one type of organization to another, and is considered more complex in the case of universities. This paper deals with innovation in Saudi universities, and searches to analyze its main features based on a number of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Educational Innovation, Educational Quality
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Simbürger, Elisabeth; Guzmán-Valenzuela, Carolina – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2020
This article discusses the role of the media and academic experts in the configuration of educational policy in a neoliberal context. The analysis is based on the discourse on the public/private divide in higher education scrutinising the opinion columns of "El Mercurio," a major Chilean newspaper. The authors identify the discursive…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Foreign Countries, Mass Media Role, Educational Policy
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Erin C. Yang; Robby Divine; Christine S. Kang; Sidney Chan; Elijah Arenas; Zoe Subol; Peter Tinker; Hayden Manninen; Alicia Feichtenbiner; Talal Mustafa; Julia Hallowell; Isiac Orr; Hugh Haddox; Brian Koepnick; Jacob O'Connor; Ian C. Haydon; Karla-Luise Herpoldt; Kandise Van Wormer; Celine Abell; David Baker; Alena Khmelinskaia; Neil P. King – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Undergraduate research experiences can improve student success in graduate education and STEM careers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, undergraduate researchers at our institution and many others lost their work-study research positions due to interruption of in-person research activities. This imposed a financial burden on the students and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Howard, Matthew Owen; Fraser, Mark W.; Bowen, Gary L. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2018
Scientific and professional developments in the coming decade will have profound implications for social work doctoral education and the research and academic careers doctoral students are preparing for. These developments include the knowledge explosion, corporatization of the university and related effects, and the emergence of the Grand…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Social Work, Graduate Students, Professional Development
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Labaree, David F. – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2016
American higher education rose to fame and fortune during the Cold War, when both student enrollments and funded research shot upward. Prior to World War II, the federal government showed little interest in universities and provided little support. The war spurred a large investment in defence-based scientific research in universities, and the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Universities, War, Scientific Research
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Bardel, Camilla; Erickson, Gudrun; Granfeldt, Jonas; Rosén, Christina – Language Teaching, 2017
Since 2008, the Swedish government has launched occasional offers of funding for graduate schools aimed at practising teachers. The fundamental purpose of this initiative is to enhance quality in the Swedish school system by implementing what is stated in the Education Act, namely that education at all levels should be based upon scientific…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Educational Finance, Evidence Based Practice, Foreign Countries
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Bililign, Solomon – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2019
Increasing diversity in the geosciences has remained a challenge, despite large investments made by federal agencies in minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and historically black universities and colleges (HBCUs). With increasing challenges associated with climate and environmental change and severe and frequent natural disasters that…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Science Education, College Science, Earth Science
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Davydova, Nataliia N.; Dorozhkin, Evgenij M.; Polyanskova, Nataliia V.; Nuykina, ?lena Yu. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the investigated issue is caused by the need to explore new approaches to the development of integration processes in the field of education which are of great interest for the development of an environment conducive to the creation and the active use of innovations in the education system. The aim of this study is the development…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Commercialization, Teaching Methods, Guidelines