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Wesley Teter; Teri C. Balser – Higher Education Quarterly, 2025
Accountability is a critical part of achieving success in mutual goals and relationships. Throughout Asia and the Pacific, national authorities remain off track in achieving Agenda 2030, particularly Sustainable Development Goal Four (SDG4) on quality education. Persistent challenges, including the lack of data, effective measurement, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Higher Education, Sustainable Development, Educational Quality
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Bappa Karmakar; Rajappa Janyanaik Joga; Ramesh Thangavel; Dwipendra Thakuria; Ramie Husneara Begum – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The general assembly meeting of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2015 adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at achieving a better and more sustainable world by 2030. Incorporating sustainable values through a series of pedagogical strategies into university curricula to help…
Descriptors: Laboratory Experiments, Sustainability, Science Education, Sustainable Development
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Farinha, Carla Sofia; Azeiteiro, Ulisses; Caeiro, Sandra Sofia – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to determine, from key actors' perspective, how sustainability has been integrated into the policies and strategies of higher education institutions (HEIs), particularly Portuguese public universities, within the framework of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UN DESD) 2005-2014.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Universities
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Eta, Elizabeth Agbor; Vuban, Joyce Afuh – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2018
Educational policy borrowing is almost the norm in today's policy making, partly because of globalisation, the rise in information and communication technology, and the involvement of external stakeholders in higher education governance. However, the reasons, applications, and results obtained from the adoption and implementation of borrowed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Higher Education
European Students' Union, 2018
In every policy paper European Students' Union (ESU) seeks to outline their vision for a truly modern and collegial higher education and student interests. This paper provides an overview of ESU's main policies on higher education. It begins with the following sections: (1) What is higher education?; (2) Who is higher education for?; (3)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Unions, Student Rights, Educational Policy
Johnson, Bethany; Weber, Adam; Ying, Chris – US Agency for International Development, 2021
Since 2018, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has worked in more than 80 countries to ensure that children and youth have access to the education and skills they need to be productive members of society. The launch of USAID's Education Policy in 2018 encouraged USAID Missions to be as adaptive, flexible, and responsive…
Descriptors: International Organizations, International Programs, Federal Programs, Educational Strategies
Ahwireng, Doreen – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of the study was to understand best practices for internationalizing higher education. Despite the growing recognition of the importance of internationalization to student learning in higher educational institutions, majority of students continue to exhibit deficiency in international skills and competencies required to function…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis, Universities
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Blanco Ramírez, Gerardo; Jahirul Haque, H. M. – Quality in Higher Education, 2016
Private higher education is growing, especially in developing and transitioning countries. Rapid growth frequently comes with concerns about quality. This article explores challenges and opportunities for higher education quality among private universities in Bangladesh. By presenting a vertical case study that explores interactions among actors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Colleges, Universities, Higher Education
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Dysthe, Olga; Webler, Wolff-Dietrich – Higher Education Policy, 2010
Are the central pedagogical concepts and practices of the Humboldtian university, with "Bildung" as the overarching goal, only part of an elitist history of the university in the past or may they still be of relevance for the 21st century? What processes are involved in fostering "Bildung" then and now? This article…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Instruction, Seminars
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Kehm, Barbara M.; Michelsen, Svein; Vabo, Agnete – Higher Education Policy, 2010
This article describes and analyses changes made in the organisation of higher education studies in Germany and Norway, following the recommendations of the Bologna Declaration. In both countries, the characteristic modes of university study have been circumscribed by the tradition of Humboldtian values and ideals, albeit to a different extent. On…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Educational Change
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Ravinet, Pauline – European Journal of Education, 2008
Beginning in the year 2000, higher education policies all over Europe were transformed by the launching and evolution of the Bologna Process, otherwise known as the process of creating a European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Initially, this process was flexible and informal, which makes the rapidity and scope of the changes it brought about…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, International Organizations
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Sampong, Kwasi Addo – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
The study used an adaptation of Provus' discrepancy evaluation model to evaluate a distance teacher education program in the University of Cape Coast, the premier teacher education institution in Ghana. The study involved comparing performance data of the program as perceived by students and faculty/administrators to standards prepared from the…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Distance Education, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Velazquez, Luis; Munguia, Nora; Sanchez, Margarita – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2005
Purpose: To explore some of the factors that could obstruct the implementation of the sustainability initiatives in higher education institutions as a way for assisting key players to improve the effectiveness of their potential or current sustainability initiatives and being ready for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable…
Descriptors: Research, Higher Education, Campuses, Sustainable Development
Kenya Inst. of Education, Nairobi. – 1979
This manual provides background information, program organization descriptions, and guidelines for preparing and reporting projects undertaken by students enrolled for the postgraduate diploma in curriculum development at the University of Nairobi, under the direction of the African Curriculum Organization (ACO). The ACO was established in 1976 by…
Descriptors: Correspondence Study, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Study Centers
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Muhirwa, Jean-Marie – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2009
Distance education and information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been marketed as cost-effective ways to rescue struggling educational institutions in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study uses classroom video analysis and follow-up interviews with teachers, students, and local tutors to analyse…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Conflict, Interaction, Foreign Countries
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