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Di Napoli, Roberto; Fry, Heather; Frenay, Mariane; Verhesschen, Piet; Verburgh, An – International Journal for Academic Development, 2010
This paper reports research in five European universities, in four countries between 2004 and 2008. The research explored and compared institutional contexts for academic development and the interpretations and reflections of a number of academic developers on the organizational position and role of academic development, and of…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Universities
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Asghar, Waheed; Siddi, Sulaman Hafeez – International Journal of Training Research, 2008
In this era of global competition, human resources will play a decisive role in the battle for efficiency and competitive advantage, where nations and organisations with superior and quality-oriented human capital will soon outperform those with inefficient and quantity-oriented labour force. Rate of human capital formation will be more important…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Productivity, Competition
Reinisch, Holger; Frommberger, Dietmar – European Journal: Vocational Training, 2004
We currently know little about why vocational education has evolved very differently in countries with very similar economic and social backgrounds; there are few studies which address the historical development of national vocational education systems from a comparative perspective. This article is intended to fill this gap a little. It describes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Development, Cross Cultural Studies