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Marín, Victoria I.; Bond, Melissa; Zawacki-Richter, Olaf; Aydin, Cengiz H.; Bedenlier, Svenja; Bozkurt, Aras; Conrad, Dianne; Jung, Insung; Kondakci, Yasar; Prinsloo, Paul; Qayyum, Adnan; Roberts, Jennifer; Sangrà, Albert; van Tryon, Patricia J. Slagter; Veletsianos, George; Xiao, Junhong – Open Praxis, 2020
This paper reports on the first stage of an international comparative study for the project "'Digital educational architectures: Open learning resources in distributed learning infrastructures--EduArc,'" funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. This study reviews the situation of digital educational resources (or…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Higher Education, Comparative Education, Educational Change
Zgaga, Pavel, Ed.; Teichler, Ulrich, Ed.; Schuetze, Hans G., Ed.; Wolter, Andrä, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2019
The central focus of this book is the concept of higher education reform in the light of an international and global comparative perspective. After decades of far-reaching reform, higher education around the world has profoundly changed and now has to face the challenges of the present. This volume takes a close look at these changes, the drivers…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Instruction
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Davidovitch, Nitza; Cohen, Erez – Higher Education Studies, 2021
For over six decades Israel's system of higher education has been managed by the Ministry of Education and the Council for Higher Education (CHE). During this period, significant transitions have occurred in the academic system throughout the world and in Israel, leaving their mark on research and teaching and on the related regulatory agencies.…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Case Studies, Global Approach, Educational Administration
King, Roger – Universities UK, 2008
The growth of private higher education has come as a surprise to most governments, which have tried to catch up in their regulatory and funding policymaking. In China, Malaysia and South Africa they have given legal recognition to previously disallowed private higher education and this has helped to fuel its subsequent growth. Some governments…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Proprietary Schools, Models
Clark, Burton R., Ed. – 1984
Eight perspectives on higher education are provided in essays based on papers presented at a 1982 seminar. The historical perspective is provided by Harold Perkin with attention to turning points in higher education in Europe, Japan, and the United States. Maurice Kogan considers the political view and specifically intrainstitutional issues, the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cultural Influences, Economic Factors, Educational Finance
Stocking, Carol B.; Curry, Glen David – 1986
Using data gathered from the High School and Beyond study, a comparative analysis of the social processes related to the postsecondary plans of high school seniors in the United States and Japan was conducted. Differentiations are seen between students choosing to enter the labor market directly from school and those choosing to attend a trade or…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Educational Anthropology
Carson, Arthur L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
Because of close relations between the Philippines and the United States in the earlier years of this century, developments in the Philippines since that country achieved its independence in 1946 are of particular interest to Americans. An important aspect of the island nation's efforts in its first 15 years of complete self-government is the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, War
Carson, Arthur L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
Because of close relations between the Philippines and the United States in the earlier years of this century, developments in the Philippines since that country achieved its independence in 1946 are of particular interest to Americans. An important aspect of the island nation's efforts in its first 15 years of complete self-government is the…
Descriptors: Educational History, War, Politics of Education, Economic Factors