Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management Vol. 30‚ No. 3‚ August 2008‚ 215–229 Globalisation and higher education funding policy shifts in Kenya Gerald Wangenge-Ouma* Faculty of Education‚ University of the Western Cape‚ Bellville‚ South Africa This paper identifies‚ examines and discusses higher education funding policy shifts that have taken place in Kenya. The paper argues that even though Kenya’s higher education funding policy shifts‚ from free higher education to cost-sharing‚
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Bardetta Access to higher education Prepared by Liu zixuan Student ID: LIZID1302 Group 8 Wednesday‚ 28 August‚ 2013 Word Count = 1‚011 (Should it be the responsibility of the government to ensure that all SES students have access to higher education?) Obtaining an advanced degree is increasingly significant for many employees especially of them working for major corporations. However‚ the fact is that opportunities of accessing to higher education are unequal (Argy 2007)
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archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1753-7983.htm EBS 3‚3 Dealing with plagiarism in a complex information society Debbie Wheeler Abu Dhabi Women’s College‚ Higher Colleges of Technology‚ Abu Dhabi‚ United Arab Emirates‚ and 166 David Anderson Al Ain Women’s College‚ Higher Colleges of Technology‚ Al Ain‚ United Arab Emirates Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of the modern information society on attitudes and approaches
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Mapping Australian higher education Founding members Program Support Grattan Institute Report No. 2012-1‚ January 2012 This report was written by Andrew Norton‚ Grattan Institute Higher Education Program Director. Grattan Associates Julian Reichl and Ben Weidmann‚ and Grattan interns Peter Deutscher and ShanVerne Liew‚ contributed to the report’s research and production. We would like to thank the members of the Grattan Institute’s Higher Education Reference Group for their helpful comments
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As seen throughout the semester‚ social science can have a significant effect on the Supreme Court’s rulings‚ but analyzing the methodology of proffered studies is key to deciding their worth and relevance. As the statistical science behind such studies has advanced‚ so has the ability of the Court to parse through findings and to distinguish which studies actually support the claims they boldly make. The Court’s improving ability to sift good science from bad means that the methodology behind Patricia
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Gil Gilead Student I.D.802008629 BUS 9551 SFB May 11‚ 2012 Improving Higher Education Cost Efficiency with Technology and Program Accountability Executive Summary: In the last two decades college costs have risen by 429 percent‚ a rate higher than the increase rate for health care (Sheets‚ 2012). To encourage colleges to increase value and efficiency‚ the government is offering $55 million in grant money to colleges which can reduce costs for students (Cooper‚ 2012). In the past twenty
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Computers in Education The typical school has 1 computer per 20 students‚ a ratio that computer educators feel is still not high enough to affect classroom learning as much as books and classroom conversation. Some critics see computer education as merely the latest in a series of unsuccessful attempts to revolutionise education through the use of audio- and visually-oriented non print media. For example‚ motion pictures‚ broadcast television‚ filmstrips‚ audio recorders‚ and videotapes were all
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Program) 2012 INTRODUCTION Education has been regarded as a means toward economic stability and progress. The increase productivity of the workforce is due mainly to the increase in the education and training of the people. The success and development of the country would greatly depend in the productivity of its human resources – which is considered as one of the vital asset of the nation. And to have a good and competent manpower resource; quality education and intensive training are necessary
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The aim of higher education Ⅰ.The definition of education A. Ancient Greeks The ancient Greeks‚ during the Golden Age of Athens‚ gave us great advances in art‚ literature‚ and philosophy. Philosophers such as Socrates(470-399 B.C.)‚ Plato(427-347 B.C.)‚ and Aristotle (384-322B.C.)were responsible for advanced thinking that has affected education up to the present time. Advanced thinking for these Greeks meant that they possessed wisdom far beyond what humans had expected before their time.
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The Development of American Higher Education The Development of American Higher Education History and Expansion of Higher Education Germany has been the trendsetter in higher education‚ influencing ideas and models‚ and inspiring an expansion of academe since the nineteenth century. During this time‚ European governments began to see the connection between universities‚ economic growth‚ and military strength. This led to one of the most significant innovations of the
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