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Fashaad Crawford; Kaitlyn Mittan – Assessment Update, 2025
Accreditation can serve as an accountability mechanism for higher education, ensuring institutions meet specific standards, which can be impacted by various factors including the regulatory environment of each country or local jurisdiction as well as an institution's mission, enrollment, and student success trends. In addition, higher education…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education, Learning Activities, Educational Quality
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Lepori, Benedetto; Borden, Victor M. H.; Coates, Hamish – European Journal of Higher Education, 2022
This paper discusses empirical comparisons of higher education institutions across world regions. It argues that institutional data systems have the potential for complementing global comparisons promoted by rankings by providing sensible information on institutional size, budgets, staffing, enrolments and activity profiles. With this perspective…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Reputation, Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Evaluation
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Estevez Nenninger, Etty Haydee; Parra-Perez, Lizeth Guadalupe; González Bello, Edgar Oswaldo; Valdés Cuervo, Angel Alberto; Durand Villalobos, Juan Pablo; Lloyd, Marion; Martínez Stack, Jorge – Cogent Education, 2018
Higher education in Mexico is under an ongoing transition process influenced by global tendencies. The world is changing, and Mexico is striving to fulfill the latest requirements to be part of the "elite universities." Although higher education literature has tracked Mexico's progress, the tension between global tendencies and their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reputation, Power Structure, Educational Policy
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Meggan Madden; Gerardo L. Blanco – International Perspectives on Education and Society, 2019
This chapter aims to define comparative and international higher education (CIHE), describe its orientation and application, and reflect on research trends of the past five years. Research trends were identified through the review of panel sessions of the Higher Education Special Interest Group at the Annual Conference of the Comparative and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, International Education, Higher Education, Trend Analysis
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Skolnik, Michael – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
This article was written in response to concerns that have been expressed about the possible consequences of an increasing number of countries overtaking the United States in educational attainment. International statistics on educational attainment were analyzed, questions about comparability of data were discussed, and the impact of different…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Institutional Characteristics, Reputation, Educational Attainment
Liu, Nian Cai – Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, 2016
The first multi-indicator ranking of world universities, "Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)", was published by the Institute of Higher Education of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in June 2003. Although the initial purpose of ARWU was to find the global standing of top Chinese universities, it has been attracting world-wide…
Descriptors: Universities, Reputation, Institutional Evaluation, Educational Quality
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Jajo, Nethal K.; Harrison, Jen – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2014
University rankings are key drivers in national and institutional strategic planning. The increase in the number of university ranking systems and the diversity of methods and indicators used by these systems necessitate the development of an index that can measure a university's performance in all these systems at once. This article presents…
Descriptors: Reputation, Strategic Planning, Universities, Institutional Evaluation
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Brady, Laurie – Curriculum and Teaching, 2013
While the introduction of NAPLAN in 2008 has always been a source of contention for many teachers, and is regarded by some as an expression of bureaucratic control and therefore a challenge to professional autonomy, the development of the My School Website provided a more serious threat. This publication of school performances is viewed by many…
Descriptors: National Curriculum, Criticism, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Silver, Harold – Studies in Higher Education, 2009
For almost half a century from the early 1960s Martin Trow was the most persistent American commentator on British higher education. He analysed the main reports from Robbins to Dearing, developed and applied a language for discussing common problems amongst different systems, and focused on the uncertain progress of the UK to mass higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Nationals, Data Analysis, Perspective Taking
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Pouris, Anastassios – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2007
This article reports the results of an investigation to identify the disciplinary strengths and the international standing of the higher education institutions in South Africa. Even though comparative assessments provide valuable information for research administrations, researchers and students such information is not available in South Africa…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Investigations, Scientific and Technical Information
Warren, Donald – TECHNOS, 1997
Although reformers suggest otherwise, U.S. schools and universities are highly regarded in other nations. Listening to high-achieving Asian educators who admire U.S. education may help Americans clarify educational priorities and plot effective strategies. Discusses educational goals in Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, China, and Japan. Highlights the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Conferences, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Jorgensen, Boel – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1982
Conflicts arising when a new university, the Roskilde University Centre, is exposed to many different expectations are described. The impact of confrontations between the university and politicians on university activities and actions taken by university members to counteract the unfavorable public image are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Role, Comparative Education
Lobkowicz, Nikolaus – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1982
The University of Munich, with 43,000 students, is a city university with typical university problems. It has no public relations guidelines, and public relations work is not primarily concerned with securing financial support, largely fixed by the government. Publicity efforts are more directed toward creating goodwill, explaining the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Comparative Education, Financial Support
Radock, Michael; Jacobson, Harvey K. – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1982
Concerned about shrinking state support, University of Michigan officials undertook a program in 1978 to increase public and legislative awareness of higher education problems and stop the appropriations decline. Person-to-person contact, group interaction, specialized communication through publications, and mass media communication were used.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, Comparative Education
Lindegren, Alina M. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1934
The purpose of this bulletin is to present to collegiate registrars, committees of admission, and State departments of public instruction such data about the institutions of higher education in Norway as will enable those officials and offices to form fairly accurate judgments of how higher training in Norway compares with that in the United…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Credentials, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries