Τρίτη 1 Σεπτεμβρίου 2009

Higher Education in Europe

Higher Education in Europe, Volume 34 Issue 2 2009

Financial Support to Students Through Student Loans

Editorial
Adrian Ziderman; Milena Bevc
Pages 169 – 170

Articles
Challenges in Student Financing: State Financial Support to Students – A Worldwide Perspective
Hans Vossensteyn
Pages 171 – 187
Conventional Fixed-schedule versus Income Contingent Repayment Obligations: Is There a Best Loan Scheme?
D. Bruce Johnstone
Pages 189 – 199
Financing Higher Education: Lessons from Economic Theory and Reform in England
Nicholas Barr
Pages 201 – 209
The Effects of Different Loan Schemes for Higher Education Tuition: An Analysis of Rates of Return and Tuition Revenue in Thailand
Bruce Chapman; Kiatanantha Lounkaew
Pages 211 – 226
Promoting Access of Disadvantaged Groups Through Student Loans: Prerequisites for Success
Adrian Ziderman
Pages 227 – 242
Student Loans and the Likelihood of Graduation: Evidence from Finnish Cohort Data
Rita Asplund; Oussama Ben Abdelkarim; Ali Skalli
Pages 243 – 255
An Efficient Student Loan System: Case Study of Hungary
Edina Berlinger
Pages 257 – 267
Student Loans Reform in China: Problems and Challenges
Jianguo Wei; Rong Wang
Pages 269 – 280
Student Loans Repayment in China: Designing a New Model to Ease the Repayment Burden
Hua Shen; Hong Shen; Adrian Ziderman
Pages 281 – 290
Book Reviews and Studies
Eric Gilder
Pages 291 – 296

Higher Education Quarterly

Higher Education Quarterly
Volume 63 Issue 3 (July 2009)

EDITORIAL
Editorial (p 217-218)
Lee Harvey, Celia Whitchurch

Articles
Structural Development of Finnish Universities: Achieving Competitiveness and Academic Excellence (p 219-236)
Jarkko Tirronen, Terhi Nokkala

Developing a Performance Measurement System for University Central Administrative Services (p 237-263)
Marika Arena, Michela Arnaboldi, Giovanni Azzone, Paola Carlucci

Assessment and Feedback: Institutional Experiences of Student Feedback, 1996 to 2007 (p 264-286)
James Williams, David Kane

Towards 'Lisbon objectives': Economic Determinants of Participation Rates in University Education: An empirical analysis in 14 European Countries (p 287-307)
Tommaso Agasisti

Endpiece
Student Support in Higher Education: Understandings, Implications and Challenges (p 308-314)
Brendan Bartram

Review
The Change from Private to Public Governance of British Higher Education: Its Consequences for Higher Education Policy Making 1980–2006: Another View : A review of Michael Shattock's book (p 315-316)
Roger Brown

Quality in Higher Education

Quality in Higher Education
Volume 15 Issue 2 2009

Editorial
James Williams
Pages 87 – 88

Articles
Building European-level Quality Assurance Structures: Views from Within ENQA
Timo Ala-Vähälä; Taina Saarinen
Pages 89 – 103
The Impact of the Bologna Process on the Development of the Greek Quality Assurance System
Foteini Asderaki
Pages 105 – 122

Criteria for Accreditation in Vietnam’s Higher Education: Focus on Input or Outcome?
Kim D. Nguyen; Diane E. Oliver; Lynn E. Priddy
Pages 123 – 134
Management and Academic Freedom in Higher Educational Institutions: Implications for Quality Education in Uganda
Benon Basheka
Pages 135 – 146
An Exploratory Use of the Stakeholder Approach to Defining and Measuring Quality: The Case of a Cypriot Higher Education Institution
Melpo Iacovidou; Paul Gibbs; Anastasios Zopiatis
Pages 147 – 165
Quality in Work-based Studies not Lost, Merely Undiscovered
Paul Gibbs
Pages 167 – 176

Learning Environment: Relevant or Not to Students' Decision to Leave University?
Elisabeth Hovdhaugen; Per Olaf Aamodt
Pages 177 – 189

Comparative Political Studies (2)

Comparative Political Studies
September 2009, Volume 42, No. 9


Tulia G. Falleti and Julia F. Lynch
Context and Causal Mechanisms in Political Analysis
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1143-1166.

Orfeo Fioretos
The Regulation of Transnational Corporate Identity in Europe
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1167-1192.

Cameron G. Thies and Moises Arce
The Politics of Exchange Rate—Based Stabilization Versus Structural Reforms in Latin America
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1193-1216.

Marcus André Melo, Carlos Pereira, and Carlos Mauricio Figueiredo
Political and Institutional Checks on Corruption: Explaining the Performance of Brazilian Audit Institutions
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1217-1244.

Philip Arena
Book Review: McGillivray, F., & Smith, A. (2008). Punishing the Prince: A Theory of Interstate Relations, Political Institutions, and Leader Change. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1245-1247.

Orit Kedar
Book Review: Duch, R. M., & Stevenson, R. T. (2008). The Economic Vote: How Political and Economic Institutions Condition Election Results. New York: Cambridge University Press
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1247-1250.

Christine S. Lipsmeyer
Book Review: Haggard, S., & Kaufman, R. R. (2008). Development, Democracy, and Welfare States: Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1250-1253.

Comparative Political Studies (1)

Comparative Political Studies
August 2009, Volume 42, No. 8

Rabab El-Mahdi
Enough!: Egypt's Quest for Democracy
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1011-1039.

Kirk A. Hawkins
Is Chávez Populist?: Measuring Populist Discourse in Comparative Perspective
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1040-1067

Julia Lynch and Mikko Myrskylä
Always the Third Rail?: Pension Income and Policy Preferences in European Democracies
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1068-1097.

Quan Li
Democracy, Autocracy, and Expropriation of Foreign Direct Investment
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1098-1127.

Karleen Jones West
Book Review: Van Cott, D. L. (2008). Radical Democracy in the Andes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1128-1130.

Aviad Rubin
Book Review: Woods, P. (2008). Judicial Power and National Politics: Courts and Gender in the Religious-Secular Conflict in Israel. Albany: State University of New York Press
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1131-1134.

Barbara Ann Chotiner
Book Review: Combs, D. (2008). Inside the Soviet Alternate Universe: The Cold War's End and the Soviet Union's Fall Reappraised. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press
Comparative Political Studies 2009 42: 1134-1137.

The Journal of Higher Education

The Journal of Higher Education
Volume 80, Number 4, July/August 2009

Finding Money on the Table: Information, Financial Aid, and Access to College
William G. Tierney, Kristan M. Venegas
pp. 363-388
Subject Headings:
•Student aid -- United States.
•Low-income students -- United States.
•College preparation programs -- United States.

Access and Equity for African American Students in Higher Education: A Critical Race Historical Analysis of Policy Efforts
Shaun R. Harper, Lori D. Patton , Ontario S. Wooden
pp. 389-414
Subject Headings:
•African American college students -- Social conditions.
•African American college students -- History.
•Higher education and state -- United States -- History.

Attitudes and Advocacy: Understanding Faculty Views on Racial/Ethnic Diversity
Julie J. Park , Nida Denson
pp. 415-438
Subject Headings:
•College teachers -- United States -- Attitudes.
•Cultural pluralism -- United States.

The Production of Bachelor’s Degrees and Financial Aspects of State Higher Education Policy: A Dynamic Analysis
Marvin A. Titus
pp. 439-468
Subject Headings:
•Higher education and state -- United States.
•Education -- Finance -- Law and legislation -- United States.

Book Reviews
Multiversities, Ideas, and Democracy (review)
Tatiana Suspitsyna
pp. 469-473
Women & Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change (review)
Barbara K. Townsend
pp. 474-476
Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning:Theory, Research, and Applications (review)
Nancy Collins
pp. 476-479
From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools (review)
Kevin T. Leicht
pp. 480-481

Δευτέρα 31 Αυγούστου 2009

Teacher Evaluation: Current Practices in OECD Countries and a Literature Review

Teacher Evaluation: Current Practices in OECD Countries and a Literature Review

Marlène Isoré
OCDE

07/2009

http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/NEWRMSFREDAT/NT00004942/$FILE/JT03267747.PDF

Key Data on Education in Europe 2009

Key Data on Education in Europe 2009

Eurydice

07/2009

http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/key_data_series/105EN.pdf

How Information Technology Can Enable 21st Century Schools

How Information Technology Can Enable 21st Century Schools

Tim McDonald, Ted Kolderie

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

07/2009


http://www.itif.org/files/Education_ITIF.pdf

In demand: Career guidance in EU neighbouring countries

In demand: Career guidance in EU neighbouring countries

Helmut Zelloth

European Training Foundation (ETF)

07/2009

http://www.etf.europa.eu/web.nsf/pages/EmbedPub_EN?OpenDocument&emb=/pubmgmt.nsf/(WebPublications%20by%20yearR)/7A331BB7D77DABEDC12574E5006386B7?OpenDocument

Do Quasi-markets Foster Innovation in Education? A Comparative Perspective

Do Quasi-markets Foster Innovation in Education? A Comparative Perspective

Christopher Lubienski

OCDE

08/2009


http://puck.sourceoecd.org/vl=2177595/cl=11/nw=1/rpsv/cgi-bin/wppdf?file=5kscg4d40r7f.pdf

The dynamics of qualifications: defining and renewing occupational and educational standards

The dynamics of qualifications: defining and renewing occupational and educational standards

Jens Bjørnåvold (dir)
Cedefop

08/2009


http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/etv/Upload/Information_resources/Bookshop/556/5195_en.pdf

British Educational Research Journal

British Educational Research Journal

Vol. 35, n°4, août 2009

* Research quality assessment in education: impossible science, possible art?, David Bridges
* Language as capital, or language as identity? Chinese complementary school pupils' perspectives on the purposes and benefits of complementary schools, Becky Francis, Louise Archer, Ada Mau
* Veiled and overt school choice: a consideration of the ways in which different forms of school choice affect student experiences, Natalie Heath
* The Nottingham Apprenticeship Model: schools in partnership with artists and creative practitioners, Morwenna Griffiths, Felicity Woolf
* The determinants of undergraduate degree performance: how important is gender?, Michael Barrow, Barry Reilly, Ruth Woodfield
* A Fresh Start for a 'failing school'? A qualitative study, Marta Araujo
* Moving beyond the metaphor of transfer of learning, Paul Hager, Phil Hodkinson
* Does the index of segregation matter? The composition of secondary schools in England since 1996, Stephen Gorard
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Vol.22, n°5, septembre 2009

* Unfolding possibilities through a decolonizing project: Indigenous knowledges and rural Japanese women, Kimine Mayuzumi
* The story of leading mathematics teachers from teacher-trainees to key positions, Dorit Patkin, Dvora Gesser
* 'Snapped': researching the sexual cultures of schools using visual methods, Louisa Allen
* Student and teacher negotiations of racial identity in an Afro-Ecuadorian region, Ethan Allen Johnson
* Validity as intended: 'bursting forth toward' bridling in phenomenological research, Mark Vagle
* Seeing red: poetry and metaphor as responses to representational challenges in critical narrative research, Brenton Prosser

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g914008880~tab=toc~order=page

Bristish journal of Educational Studies

Bristish journal of Educational Studies

Vol.57, n°3, septembre 2009

* MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION - GOOD FOR BUSINESS BUT NOT FOR THE STATE? THE IB CURRICULUM AND GLOBAL CAPITALISM, Julia Resnik
* SELECTION BY ATTAINMENT AND APTITUDE IN ENGLISH SECONDARY SCHOOLS, John Coldron, Ben Willis, Claire Wolstenholme
* HOW TALK BECOMES TEXT: INVESTIGATING THE CONCEPT OF ORAL REHEARSAL IN EARLY YEARS' CLASSROOMS, Debra Myhill, Susan Jones
* TRANSFORMING SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL GOVERNANCE: TRADE TRAINING CENTRES AND THE TRANSITION TO SOCIAL INVESTMENT POLITICS IN AUSTRALIA, Stephen Hay
* TEAMWORK IN ISRAELI ARAB-BEDOUIN SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT, Omar Mizel

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118492626/home?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0