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Méndez García, María del Carmen; Cores-Bilbao, Esther; Moreno Gámez, Laura – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
Multicultural European societies increasingly demand internationally oriented citizens, who are willing to actively participate in civic life and able to successfully access the labour market. The European dimension in education supposedly endows youngsters with civic values, multiculturalist attitudes and plurilingual competences which ultimately…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Self Concept, Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism
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Dang, Que Anh – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2018
This paper examines the sources of authority behind the Bologna and ASEM secretariats' technocratic appearance and administrative routines, and argues that they are transnational policy actors in their own right. By drawing on principal-agent theory and the concept of "authority," it offers an alternative framework for understanding the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Moral Values, Expertise, Comparative Analysis
Choudaha, Rahul – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2018
International students are critical to the competitiveness of American higher education in terms of financial, intercultural, and educational contributions. However, recent data indicates that the U.S institutions enrolled 31,520 fewer international students in Fall 2017 as compared to Fall 2016. At average tuition and fees of US$ 25,000, higher…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Higher Education, Foreign Students, Enrollment
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Ali, Sedig Ahmed Babikir; Ahmad, Mohammad Nazir; Zakaria, Nor Hidayati; Arbab, Ahmed Mohammed; Badr, Kamal Badr Abdalla – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2018
Purpose: Standards should provide a means for transparently comparing academic programmes delivered by higher education providers and the research activities they carry out. The purpose of this study is to investigate the different sets of standards related to the quality assurance of academic programmes in four countries with regard to the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Academic Standards, Quality Assurance, Guidelines
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Harsch, Claudia – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018
The discussion takes up the common theme across the seven contributions of this special issue, namely the CEFR's suitability as a basis for setting university entrance standards. The special issue allows insights into this theme from a multitude of contexts, languages and perspectives, including data from stakeholders, students, tests and their…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Guidelines, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
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Gemmell, Isla; Harrison, Roger – Open Learning, 2017
Online distance learning (ODL) is now recognised as a mainstream teaching method for undergraduate and postgraduate students around the world. However, differences in learner characteristics such as help-seeking behaviour between transnational students and home students may impact on student attainment. 64 students undertaking an online master of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Masters Programs
Payne, Bethan; Charonis, George-Konstantinos; Haaristo, Hanna-Stella; Maurer, Moritz; Kaiser, Florian; Siegrist, Rahel; McVitty, Debbie; Gruber, Angelika; Heerens, Nik; Xhomaqi, Brikena; Nötzl, Tina; Semjonov, Meeli; Primožic, Rok – European Students' Union, 2013
Higher education plays a vital role in society and the quality, accessibility, and form of higher education is highly dependent on financing. Financing of higher education is conceived to be of central importance for the future creation and dissemination of knowledge and research. Therefore, the financing of higher education is a topic that has…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Futures (of Society), Student Unions, Higher Education