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Santiago, Rui; Carvalho, Teresa; Cardoso, Sónia – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This article aims to analyse academics' perceptions on changes in the governance and management of higher education institutions (HEIs) under a generational perspective. It is empirically based on the analysis of national data resulting from the "Changing Academic Profession" international survey. Findings reveal a general tendency for…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Fernandes, Sandra; Mesquita, Diana; Flores, Maria Assunção; Lima, Rui M. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
This paper reports on findings from a three-year study of project-based learning implemented in the first year of the Industrial Engineering and Management programme, at the University of Minho, Portugal. This particular model was inspired on project-led education (PLE), following Powell and Weenk's [2003. "Project-Led Engineering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Engineering Education, Active Learning
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Finkelstein, Martin; Cummings, William – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
This study focuses on aspects of the Changing Academic Profession survey of 2007-08 that describe the place of faculty in their institutions. The authors examine the following aspects of institutional life: (1) the faculty role in institutional governance; (2) who evaluates their teaching and research; (3) the locus of their loyalties as between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Academic Rank (Professional), Teaching Conditions