Higher Education Quarterly 65 (3)

Higher Education Quarterly 65 (3)

Higher Education Quarterly
July 2011
Volume 65, Issue 3
Pages 229–330
EDITORIAL
Editorial – Global themes, local issues (page 229)
Dr Celia Whitchurch and Professor Lee Harvey
Articles
Do Pre-entry Interventions such as ‘Aimhigher’ Impact on Student Retention and Success? A Review of the Literature (pages 230–250)
Liz Thomas
The New Independent Higher Education Institutions in China: Dilemmas and Challenges (pages 251–266)
Luxi Zhang and Bob Adamson
Evaluating the Efficiency of Research in Academic Departments: an Empirical Analysis in an Italian Region (pages 267–289)
10. Tommaso Agasisti, Antonio Dal Bianco, Paolo Landoni, Alessandro
Development of Manager-Academics at Institutions of Higher Education in Catalonia (pages 290–307)
Diego Castro and Marina Tomàs
Endpiece
Success Without ‘A’ Pass: an Educational Experiment Revisited (pages 308–324)
Mary Nash
Reviews
Lifelong Learning and Development: A Southern Perspective – By Julia Preece (pages 325–327)
Brenda Morgan-Klein
The Development of Higher Education in the United Kingdom since 1945 – By Tight Malcolm (pages 327–330)
Peter Scott