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Collaborating for Change: Transforming Cultures to End Gender-Based Violence in Higher Education. Interpersonal Violence
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Marine, Susan, Ed.; Lewis, Ruth, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2020
In the midst of unprecedented attention to gender based violence (GBV), prompted in part by the #MeToo movement, "Collaborating for Change: Transforming Cultures to End Gender-Based Violence in Higher Education" provides a groundbreaking analysis of higher education culture and how it can be transformed to eradicate GBV. This book builds…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Gender Bias, School Culture, College Environment
The Role of Universities in Modern Society
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Moscardini, A. O.; Strachan, R.; Vlasova, T. – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
This is a conceptual paper that examines the origin and development of universities and their current role in global society. There has been an unprecedented and exponential growth of technology and artificial intelligence capabilities over the past ten years which is challenging current working practices and affecting all areas of society. The…
Descriptors: Universities, College Role, Social Change, Teaching Methods
Bringing Universities to the Centre of the French Higher Education System? Almost but Not Yet …
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Musselin, Christine – European Journal of Higher Education, 2021
This paper retraces the evolution of the relationships between higher education institutions, the state and the academic profession in France since the French Revolution on the one hand and the parallel evolution of the societal expectations for their roles and missions, on the other. It in particular highlights the divide between the universities…
Descriptors: Universities, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational History
Elite Circulation and the Convertibility of Knowledge: Comparing Different Types and Forms of Knowledge and Degrees of Elite Circulation in Europe
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Mangset, Marte – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
According to classical elite theory, increased circulation is related to increased integration which is thought to increase elites' power. Based on a comparative analysis of some European countries' elite education systems, recruitment to elite positions and degrees of circulation--with a specific focus on administrative elites--this article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Social Theories, Social Change
Three Phases in the Emergence of a Student-Based Social Movement in France.
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Wievorka, Michel – European Journal of Education, 1984
The French university student strike from December 1975 to May 1976, in opposition to national higher education reform efforts, is examined in the context of a theory of student movements that sees the student as a social actor situated in the midst of conflicts inherent in a programmed, technological society. (MSE)
Descriptors: Activism, College Faculty, College Students, Educational Change
University Reform: An International Perspective. AAHE-ERIC/Higher Education Research Report No. 10, 1980.
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Altbach, Philip G. – 1980
Universities around the world have changed dramatically in the period since World War II. Although the basic concerns of higher education (teaching, research, and service) have remained unchanged, the reality of expanded numbers and increased responsibility in a number of areas has placed immense pressure on universities. Seven goals essential to…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Role