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Direct linkHamann, Julian; Ringel, Leopold – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2023
If there is one thing all university rankings have in common, it is that they are the target of widespread criticism. This article takes the many challenges university rankings are facing as its point of departure and asks how they navigate their hostile environment. The analysis proceeds in three steps. First, we unveil two modes of ranking…
Descriptors: Universities, Achievement Rating, Criticism, Responses
Hickey, Andrew; Davis, Samantha; Farmer, Will; Dawidowicz, Julianna; Moloney, Clint; Lamont-Mills, Andrea; Carniel, Jess; Pillay, Yosheen; Akenson, David; Brömdal, Annette; Gehrmann, Richard; Mills, Dean; Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy; Machin, Tanya; Reich, Suzanne; Southey, Kim; Crowley-Cyr, Lynda; Watanabe, Taiji; Davenport, Josh; Hirani, Rohit; King, Helena; Perera, Roshini; Williams, Lucy; Timmins, Kurt; Thompson, Michael; Eacersall, Douglas; Maxwell, Jacinta – Journal of Academic Ethics, 2022
A growing body of literature critical of ethics review boards has drawn attention to the processes used to determine the ethical merit of research. Citing criticism on the bureaucratic nature of ethics review processes, this literature provides a useful provocation for (re)considering how the ethics review might be enacted. Much of this criticism…
Descriptors: Ethics, Research Committees, Educational Research, Criticism
Sharon Stein – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2024
This article reflects on recent calls for universities to deepen their commitments to sustainability in the face of climate change. It suggests that because climate change is a "wicked problem" that is hyper-complex, lacks clear solutions, and affects multiple communities in different ways, universities are unlikely to achieve consensus…
Descriptors: Climate, Sustainability, Colonialism, College Role
From Gym Crow to P4C: Recontextualizing P4C's Reasonableness within the Racial Politics of the 1960s
Download full textJonathan Wurtz – Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis, 2024
As the story is often told, P4C was established after Matthew Lipman, then a professor of education at Columbia University, observed a deficiency in reasoning skills among his students and colleagues during the student protest of April 1968. Lipman pondered whether there might be a way to enhance the critical thinking skills of individuals through…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Children, Thinking Skills, Educational History
Sanna Honkimäki; Päivikki Jääskelä; Päivi Tynjälä – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2024
Current global drivers have challenged higher education and increased institution-wide top-down managed reforms, including curriculum reforms. As academics are vital in curriculum development, listening to their voices is essential for understanding actors' experiences of curriculum change processes in top-down managed reforms. The present study…
Descriptors: Educational Change, College Faculty, College Administration, Criticism
Christopher Olusola Omoregie – Journal of Research Initiatives, 2023
This paper critically reviews the research done in education faculties in Nigerian universities. This research, though categorized in postgraduate schools or colleges as mainly in the liberal arts/humanities and the social sciences, depends on the theories and methodologies from other disciplines. The arts and social sciences are disciplines where…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Methodology, Universities, Foreign Countries
Ignasi Ribó – Environmental Education Research, 2024
This article discusses and elaborates on the insights gained from the teaching of a course in "Environment, Literature and Culture" at a university in the north of Thailand. The course was designed as an invitation to English major students to develop sustain-abilities (vulner-abilities, attend-abilities, and response-abilities). In an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Experience, Universities, Sustainability
Exit Strategy or Springboard for Career Development? The Case of University Executives' Remuneration
Alice Civera; Erik E. Lehmann; Michele Meoli; Jonah M. Otto; Stefano Paleari – Higher Education Quarterly, 2024
The steady increase of chief executives' compensation in both public and private universities has long been at the centre of public debate and has received a lot of criticism in the UK. As higher education is considered as an industry, a pay for performance relationship is expected. This paper differs by demonstrating that UK Vice Chancellors…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Change, Salaries, Universities
Weaver, John – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2022
Michel Serres was a successful scholar who made a living within the university on two continents. However, he also viewed the university with great trepidation and tried to warn young scholars against falling victim to the university culture that encouraged a scholar to become a critic and not do original work. In place of the current university…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Universities, Educational Environment, College Faculty
Mustafa Kayyali – Online Submission, 2023
The role of rankings in higher education accrediting procedures is examined in this essay. It examines how rankings are integrated, as well as their advantages, drawbacks, and potential applications. Rankings have grown in popularity as instruments for evaluating institutional excellence, offering comparison data, and assisting in decision-making.…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, Universities
Rhein, Douglas; Nanni, Alexander – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2023
This article reviews the history of world university rankings and their large-scale impact. It then analyzes some of the criticism of the world ranking systems before exploring their impact in the context of Thai universities. The authors' assertions centre on the premise that much of the criticism of these ranking systems can be divided into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Universities, Institutional Characteristics
Xiaoming Zhai; Yue Yin – International Journal of Science Education, 2024
Learning progressions (LPs) are considered to have great potential to improve pedagogical practices. However, even with LPs, teachers may still be unaware of the barriers that keep students from progressing; many are struggling with essential pedagogical strategies to support students' progression. This study thus proposed an educative LP (ELP), a…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Learning Trajectories, Lesson Plans
G. B. Jablonski; A. S. Grinath – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2023
Science advances through the interplay of idea construction and idea critique. Our goal was to describe varied forms of productive disciplinary engagement that emerged during primary literature discussions. Such descriptions are necessary for biology educators and researchers to design for and recognize diverse repertoires of participation in the…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Education, Primary Sources, Scientific Research
Kayyali, Mustafa – Online Submission, 2023
University rankings have become an increasingly important aspect of academia in recent years. These rankings, which evaluate universities based on a variety of factors such as research output, graduation rates, and reputation, provide valuable information for students, educators, and policymakers alike.
Descriptors: Reputation, Higher Education, Institutional Evaluation, Educational Quality
Olsson, Erik J. – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
Decolonisation aims at exposing the ills of colonialism in an attempt to undo their long-standing effects. Important criticism of curriculum decolonisation has focused on potential conflicts with academic freedom. However, this criticism has to some extent suffered from a perceived lack of agreement on the concept and status of academic freedom…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Universities, International Organizations, Foreign Countries
