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Cathal O'Siochru; Catherine O'Connell; Namrata Rao – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
While much has been written about the impact of metrics in higher education, less is known about the variety of response orientations that individual academics may adopt in reaction to the increasing metricization of academia. Taking the English higher education sector as a case study, this research surveyed the views of academics from Education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Inclusion, Foreign Countries, College Faculty
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Gardner, Howard E.; Fischman, Wendy – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Most institutions of higher education presume that the pursuit of truth is central to their missions. However, the status of truth has been seriously challenged in contemporary society--by postmodern critiques, confusion about the goals and methods of scholarly disciplines, and the seductive power of social and other digital media. In this essay,…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Scholarship, Role of Education
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Hemmati, Reza; Mahdie, Arefeh – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
An academic learning environment has a significant role in shaping students' learning experience, scholarly identity construction, and socialization into academic culture. The aim of the present study was to understand the experiences of PhD students from their learning environment and the challenges and problems they may face. This case study was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Student Experience