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  • thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education  (20)
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  • African Minds  (16)
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    One world, many knowledges (2023)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Various forms of academic co-operation criss-cross the modern university system in a bewildering number of ways, from the open exchange of ideas and knowledge, to the sharing of research results, and frank discussions about research challenges. Embedded in these scholarly networks is the question of whether a global template for the management of both higher education and national research organisations is necessary, and if so, must institutions slavishly follow the high-flown language of the global knowledge society or risk falling behind in the ubiquitous university ranking system? Or are there alternatives that can achieve a better, more ethically inclined, world? Basing their observations on their own experiences, an interesting mix of seasoned scholars and new voices from southern Africa and the Nordic region offer critical perspectives on issues of inter- and cross-regional academic co-operation. Several of the chapters also touch on the evolution of the higher education sector in the two regions. An absorbing and intelligent study, this book will be invaluable for anyone interested in the strategies scholars are using to adapt to the interconnectedness of the modern world. It offers fresh insights into how academics are attempting to protect the spaces in which they can freely and openly debate the challenges they face, while aiming to transform higher education, and foster scholarly collaboration. The Southern African-Nordic Centre (SANORD) is a partnership of higher education institutions from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Botswana, Namibia, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. SANORDs primary aim is to promote multilateral research co-operation on matters of importance to the development of both regions. Our activities are based on the values of democracy, equity, and mutually beneficial academic engagement.
    Keywords: higher educaton ; university ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNH Education: care & counselling of students ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy::JNFC Counselling and care of students ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
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    Digital Technology in Capacity Development (2023)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: This book focuses on digital approaches to capacity development, reflecting the greater interest in how digital tools and platforms can be used for capacity development in the ‘Global South’. While Covid-19 demonstrated some of the benefits of online learning, the widespread, often uncritical adoption of online tools driven by necessity has left many with an experience of ‘emergency online learning’. This book aims to assist in the design of technology-enhanced capacity development by sharing evidence of practices that are principled rather than rushed; inclusive rather than creating new digital divides. We have worked to evidence how technology can be leveraged effectively to enhance or strengthen capacities of individuals, teams or systems. We make clear that there are no magic bullets, that online approaches are not simply quicker or cheaper substitutes, and that solutions need to be selected carefully, designed well, and significant time invested if it is to work well. We hope Digital Technology in Capacity Development will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in a range of institutions, whether they are directly responsible for designing, delivering or evaluating new initiatives or whether they are advising or funding those who do.
    Keywords: capacity development ; higher education ; online learning ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
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    Higher Education in Portuguese Speaking African Countries (2023)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: This publication is the result of a baseline study of the state of the higher education systems in the five Portuguese speaking countries in Africa (PALOP): Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe. The project was undertaken by an African international expert in the field of higher education studies and was fully sponsored and supported by the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA). The report offers a historical overview of the development of higher education in PALOP from colonial times to the present. The main objective of this baseline study is to map the landscape and dynamics of change in the higher education systems of PALOP countries. It focuses on describing the latest developments of trends of expansion, financing, governance and policy reforms closely linked to the development of higher education systems in these countries. Furthermore, the study will facilitate an informed debate and the dissemination of knowledge on the role of higher education for development in Africa.
    Keywords: higher education ; Portugese ; Africa ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
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    The University in Africa and Democratic Citizenship (2023)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Whether and how higher education in Africa contributes to democratisation beyond producing the professionals that are necessary for developing and sustaining a modern political system, remains an unresolved question. This report, then, represents an attempt to address the question of whether there are university specific mechanisms or pathways by which higher education contributes to the development of democratic attitudes and behaviours among students, and how these mechanisms operate and relate to politics both on and off campus. The research contained in this report shows that the potential of a university to act as training ground for democratic citizenship is best realised by supporting students' exercise of democratic leadership on campus. This, in turn, develops and fosters democratic leadership in civil society. Thus, the university's response to student political activity, student representation in university governance and other aspects of extra-curricular student life needs to be examined for ways in which African universities can instil and support democratic values and practices. Encouraging and facilitating student leadership in various forms of on-campus political activity and in a range of student organisations emerges as one of the most promising ways in which African universities can act as training grounds for democratic citizenship. The project on which this report is based forms part of a larger study on Higher Education and Democracy in Africa, undertaken by the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (HERANA). HERANA is coordinated by the Centre for Higher Education Transformation in South Africa.
    Keywords: education ; citizenship ; democracy ; higher education ; univeristy ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPH Political structure & processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy
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    Low-Income Students, Human Development and Higher Education in South Africa (2023)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: This book explores learning outcomes for low-income rural and township youth at five South African universities. The book is framed as a contribution to southern and Africa-centred scholarship, adapting Amartya Sen’s capability approach and a framework of key concepts: capabilities, functionings, context, conversion factors, poverty and agency to investigate opportunities and obstacles to achieved student outcomes. This approach allows a reimagining of ‘inclusive learning outcomes’ to encompass the multi-dimensional value of a university education and a plurality of valued cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes for students from low-income backgrounds whose experiences are strongly shaped by hardship. Based on capability theorising and student voices, the book proposes for policy and practice a set of contextual higher education capability domains and corresponding functionings orientated to more justice and more equality for each person to have the opportunities to be and to do what they have reason to value. The book concludes that sufficient material resources are necessary to get into university and flourish while there; the benefits of a university education should be rich and multi-dimensional so that they can result in functionings in all areas of life as well as work and future study; the inequalities and exclusion of the labour market and pathways to further study must be addressed by wider economic and social policies for ‘inclusive learning outcomes’ to be meaningful; and that universities ought to be doing more to enable black working-class students to participate and succeed. Low-Income Students, Human Development and Higher Education in South Africamakes an original contribution to capabilitarian scholarship: conceptually in theorising a South-based multi-dimensional student well-being higher education matrix and a rich reconceptualisation of learning outcomes, as well as empirically by conducting rigorous, longitudinal in-depth mixed-methods research on students’ lives and experiences in higher education in South Africa. The audience for the book includes higher education researchers, international capabilitarian scholars, practitioners and policy-makers.
    Keywords: higher education ; human development ; South Africa ; students ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education::JNMH Colleges of higher education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
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    Universities and Economic Development in Africa (2023)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Universities and economic development in Africa: Pact, academic core and coordination draws together evidence and synthesises the findings from eight African case studies. The three key findings presented in this report are as follows: 1. There is a lack of clarity and agreement (pact) about a development model and the role of higher education in development, at both national and institutional levels. There is, however, an increasing awareness, particularly at government level, of the importance of universities in the global context of the knowledge economy. 2. Research production at the eight African universities is not strong enough to enable them to build on their traditional undergraduate teaching roles and make a sustained contribution to development via new knowledge production. A number of universities have manageable student-staff ratios and adequately qualifi ed staff, but inadequate funds for staff to engage in research. In addition, the incentive regimes do not support knowledge production. 3. In none of the countries in the sample is there a coordinated effort between government, external stakeholders and the university to systematically strengthen the contribution that the university can make to development. While at each of the universities there are exemplary development projects that connect strongly to external stakeholders and strengthen the academic core, the challenge is how to increase the number of these projects. The project on which this report is based forms part of a larger study on Higher Education and Economic Development in Africa, undertaken by the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (HERANA). HERANA is coordinated by the Centre for Higher Education Transformation in South Africa.
    Keywords: education ; higher education ; university ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education::JNMH Colleges of higher education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
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    Higher Education Financing in East and Southern Africa (2023)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: This nine-country study of higher education financing in Africa includes three East African states (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda), five countries in southern Africa (Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa), and an Indian Ocean island state (Mauritius). Higher Education Financing in East and Southern Africa explores trends in financing policies, paying particular attention to the nature and extent of public sector funding of higher education, the growth of private financing (including both household financing and the growth of private higher education institutions) and the changing mix of financing instruments that these countries are developing in response to public sector financial constraints. This unique collection of African-country case studies draws attention to the remaining challenges around the financing of higher education in Africa, but also identifies good practices, lessons and common themes.
    Keywords: higher education ; education ; funding ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNK Organization & management of education::JNKG Funding of education & student finance ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNK Educational administration and organization::JNKG Funding of education and student finance
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    Change Management in TVET Colleges (2023)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: The Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college environment is marked by increasingly stark juxtapositions between what needs to be achieved in the post-school education sector and the increasing difficulty of current conditions. The ‘triple challenge’ of poverty, inequality and unemployment weighs heavily on the social, political and economic fabric of the country and expectations are high that the TVET colleges can make a pivotal contribution to counter these challenges. Despite laudable increases in TVET enrolment, the education system needs to work harder to accommodate the weight of demand for post school further education and training (FET) band qualifications from young people not in education, employment or training. At the same time, it is vital to secure adequate quality in TVET programmes which depend so much on the competence and commitment of college lecturers.
    Keywords: vocational training ;  college education ;  TVET ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education::JNMF Colleges of further education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education::JNMH Colleges of higher education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
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    Linking Higher Education and Economic Development (2023)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Finland, South Korea and the state of North Carolina in the United States are three systems that successfully have harnessed higher education in their economic development initiatives. Common to the success of the all these systems is, amongst others, the link between economic and education planning, quality public schooling, high tertiary participation rates with institutional differentiation, labour market demand, cooperation and networks, and consensus about the importance of higher education for development. Linking higher education and economic development: Implications for Africa from three successful systems draws together evidence on the three systems, synthesises the key findings, and distils the implications for African countries.
    Keywords: higher education ; economic development ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCG Economic growth ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCG Economic growth
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    Shaping the Future of South Africa’s Youth (2023)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: South Africa has made huge gains in ensuring universal enrolment for children at school, and in restructuring and recapitalising the FET college sector. However, some three million young people are not in education, employment or training and the country faces serious challenges in providing its youth with the pathways and support they need to transition successfully into a differentiated system of post-school education and training. Across nine evidence-based chapters, 17 authors offer a succinct overview of the different facets of post-school provision in South Africa. These include an analysis of the impact of the national qualifications system on occupational training, the impact of youth unemployment, the capacity of the post-school system to absorb larger numbers of young people, the relationship between universities and FET colleges, the need for more strategic public and private investment in skills development, and a youth perspective on education and training policy. The authors have a number of recommendations for improving the alignment between schooling, further education and training, and university education – interventions that could shape the future of South Africa’s youth.
    Keywords: higher education ; educataion ; FET college ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; bic Book Industry Communication::4 Educational purpose qualifiers::4P Designed / suitable for other (non-UK) curricula & examinations::4PZ Designed / suitable for South African examinations & educational levels::4PZF For Further Education & Training (FET): Academic grades (South Africa) ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
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    Internationale Nachwuchswissenschaftler in Deutschland (2021)
    W. Bertelsmann Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-01
    Description: "What motivates international scientists to research and teach at German Universities? How successful is their professional and social integration? What are their long-term career objectives? The MIND study at GATE-Germany (a consortium for international university marketing funded by DAAD and HRK) comprehensively surveyed international post-doctoral academics for the first time on their decision motivation, organisational challenges and their professional and social integration across all participating universities. The resulting quantitative data delivers empirical information about needs and decision criteria of young, post-doctoral academics and therefore expands the experience knowledge of the universities."
    Keywords: Sociology ; Wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs ; Deutschland ; Liste der Hochschulen in Deutschland ; Promotion (Doktor) ; Stipendium
    Language: German
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    Arbeitsmarkt Kompakt (2021)
    W. Bertelsmann Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-01
    Description: "Arbeitsmarkt kompakt" bietet eine umfassende Bestandsaufnahme des deutschen Arbeitsmarkts für Wissenschaftler und Praktiker. Kurzgefasste, mit zahlreichen Infografiken versehene Texte erlauben einen schnellen Überblick über einschlägige Forschungsbefunde des IAB. Der Band befasst sich mit folgenden Themenfeldern: - Standortbestimmung: Herausforderungen am Arbeitsmarkt - Demografie und Erwerbsbeteiligung - Beschäftigungsformen - Arbeitslosigkeit und Leistungsbezug - Löhne und Lohnstruktur (mit einem Schwerpunkt auf dem Thema "Mindestlohn") - Bildung und Beruf - Digitalisierung - Migration und Integration - Arbeitsmarktpolitische Maßnahmen Begleitend zum Buch steht im Internet ein Datenanhang mit unterschiedlichsten Arbeitsmarktindikatoren zum Download zur Verfügung (amk.iab.de).
    Keywords: Sociology ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitsmarktintegration ; Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Arbeitszeit ; Beruf ; Bildung ; Digitalisierung ; Erwerbstätigkeit ; Flüchtlinge ; Frauen ; Jugendarbeitslosigkeit ; Leiharbeit ; Lohnstruktur ; Migration ; Mindestlohn ; Weiterbildung ; berufliche Rehabilitation ; demografischer Wandel ; ältere Arbeitnehmer ; Deutschland ; Teilzeitarbeit
    Language: German
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    Von der Exklusion zur Inklusion (2021)
    W. Bertelsmann Verlag | W. Bertelsmann Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: In diesem Sammelband wird das Aufgabenspektrum der Weiterbildung an Hochschulen neu gedacht und erweitert. Ausgehend von der Grundbedeutung des Begriffs "Inklusion" als Beteiligung und Berücksichtigung von Menschen in Sozialsystemen betrachten die Autorinnen und Autoren verschiedene Facetten des Themas: Durchlässigkeit, Exklusion und Schließung der offenen Hochschule, Bildung als Mechanismus der Teilhabe oder des Ausschließens, biografische Perspektiven, europäische Vergleiche sozialer Öffnung, Bildung im Medium der Wissenschaft sowie inklusive Lernorte. Schließlich werden Zielgruppen fokussiert: Beruflich Qualifizierte, die an Genderfragen interessierte (Fach-)Öffentlichkeit, Menschen mit Beeinträchtigungen, Ältere sowie Migrantinnen und Migranten. Der Sammelband bündelt zukunftsorientierte Perspektiven auf die Weiterbildung an Hochschulen und erscheint zum 50-jährigen Jubiläum der Deutschen Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung (DGWF).
    Keywords: Education ; Higher ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
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    Interkulturelle Kompetenz Deutschland-Russland (2021)
    W. Bertelsmann Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-01
    Description: The reader is presented with 20 case examples, so-called Critical Incidents (CIs), which explain how to ensure a smooth encounter between Germany and Russia. The CIs promote empathy and the ability to switch perspectives. At the same time, they allow for new viewpoints in the context of German-Russian interactions. The publication addresses topics such as hospitality and welcoming culture, the expression of frustration and criticism, action processes, professional collaboration, external image, linguistic exchange, and approaches to overcome language barriers. Each of the 20 case examples from everyday life, school, and university are described by means of questions and possible solutions, which participants in language courses and exchange programmes as well as employees of international organisations can use to prepare themselves for short or long-term stays in Germany or Russia.
    Keywords: Sociology ; Interkulturelles Lernen ; Deutschland ; Russland ; Student ; Tourismus
    Language: German
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    Higher Education Pathways (2021)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: "In what ways does access to undergraduate education have a transformative impact on people and societies? What conditions are required for this impact to occur? What are the pathways from an undergraduate education to the public good, including inclusive economic development? These questions have particular resonance in the South African higher education context, which is attempting to tackle the challenges of widening access and improving completion rates in in a system in which the segregations of the apartheid years are still apparent. Higher education is recognised in core legislation as having a distinctive and crucial role in building post-apartheid society. Undergraduate education is seen as central to addressing skills shortages in South Africa and is also seen to yield significant social returns, including a consistent positive impact on societal institutions and the development of a range of capabilities that have public, as well as private, benefits. However, the precise extent and nature of these impacts remain unclear, particularly in light of contemporary global, social and economic challenges. This book offers comprehensive contemporary evidence that allows for a fresh engagement with these pressing issues."
    Keywords: university ; curriculum ; South Africa ; public good ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy & theory of education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education::JNMN Universities ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNA Philosophy and theory of education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
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    Research Universities in Africa (2021)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: "From the early 2000s, a new discourse emerged, in Africa and the international donor community, that higher education was important for development in Africa. Within this ‘zeitgeist’ of converging interests, a range of agencies agreed that a different, collaborative approach to linking higher education to development was necessary. This led to the establishment of the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (Herana) to concentrate on research and advocacy about the possible role and contribution of universities to development in Africa. This book is the final publication to emerge from the Herana project. The project has also published more than 100 articles, chapters, reports, manuals and datasets, and many presentations have been delivered to share insights gained from the work done by Herana. Given its prolific dissemination, it seems reasonable to ask whether this fourth and final publication will offer the reader anything new. This book is certainly different from previous publications in several respects. First, it is the only book to include an analysis of eight African universities based on the full 15 years of empirical data collected by the project. Second, previous books and reports were published mid-project. This book has benefited from an extended gestation period allowing the authors and contributors to reflect on the project without the distractions associated with managing and participating in a large-scale project. For the first time, some of those who have been involved in Herana since its inception have had the opportunity to at least make an attempt to see part of the wood for the trees. Different does not necessarily mean new. An emphasis on the ‘newness’ of the data and perspectives presented in this book is important because it shows that it is more than a historical record of a donor-funded project. Rather, each chapter in this book brings, to a lesser or greater extent, something new to our understanding of universities, research and development in Africa."
    Keywords: university ; development ; Africa ; research ; knowledge production ; network ; data ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
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    Hochschulweiterbildung als Forschungsfeld (2021)
    W. Bertelsmann Verlag | W. Bertelsmann Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Der Band bereitet das neue Themenfeld Hochschulweiterbildung anhand aktueller Forschungsergebnisse systematisch auf. Die Autorinnen und Autoren strukturieren aktuelle Beobachtungen zur Hochschulweiterbildung und analysieren Befunde zu Institutionalisierung und Implementierung wissenschaftlicher Weiterbildung. Mit dem Mittel der Kartografie werden Forschungsansätze und -gegenstände übersichtlich geordnet und Entwicklungsbedarfe sichtbar gemacht. Abschließend ziehen die Herausgebenden Bilanz und entwickeln Ideen für die Orientierung der weiteren Forschung.
    Keywords: Education ; Higher ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
    Language: German
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    Arbeitsmarkt 2030 - Die Bedeutung der Zuwanderung für Beschäftigung und Wachstum (2021)
    W. Bertelsmann Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-01
    Description: What are the effects of migration into Germany on growth and employment? Can immigrants close the skilled worker gap? Is Germany an immigration country? The study develops an empirically founded profile of changes in the economy and society in Germany until 2030. It identifies skilled worker bottlenecks and offers recommendations for ensuring a sufficient supply of workers. That includes the integration of migrants, an expansion of the adult education system and a long-term, forward-looking family policy on the basis of an improved compatibility of family and work life. The study was commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales).
    Keywords: Sociology ; Bildungsstudie ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Arbeitsmarktökonomik ; Deutschland ; Einwanderung ; Erwerbspersonen (Labour-Force-Konzept) ; Erwerbstätigkeit ; Prognose
    Language: German
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    Transforming Research Excellence (2021)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-23
    Description: "Modern-day science is under great pressure. A potent mix of increasing expectations, limited resources, tensions between competition and cooperation, and the need for evidence-based funding is creating major change in how science is conducted and perceived. Amidst this ‘perfect storm’ is the allure of ‘research excellence’, a concept that drives decisions made by universities and funders, and defines scientists’ research strategies and career trajectories. But what is ‘excellent’ science? And how to recognise it? After decades of inquiry and debate there is still no satisfactory answer. Are we asking the wrong question? Is reality more complex, and ‘excellence in science’ more elusive, than many are willing to admit? And how should excellence be defined in different parts of the world, particularly in lower-income countries of the ‘Global South’ where science is expected to contribute to pressing development issues, despite often scarce resources? Many wonder whether the Global South is importing, with or without consenting, the flawed tools for research evaluation from North America and Europe that are not fit for purpose. This book takes a critical view of these issues, touching on conceptual issues and practical problems that inevitably emerge when ‘excellence’ is at the center of science systems. Emerging from the capacity-building work of the Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa, it speaks to scholars, as well as to managers and funders of research around the world. Confronting sticky problems and uncomfortable truths, the chapters contain insights and recommendations that point towards new solutions – both for the Global South and the Global North."
    Keywords: research excellence ; RE ; science ; Global South ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues
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    Wissenschaft Weltoffen 2017 (2021)
    W. Bertelsmann Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-01
    Description: The Baltic Sea Region is an important example of the regionalisation of international academic cooperation. This is the conclusion of the 17th DAAD study on international scientific mobility. On an annual basis, the paper documents the status quo as well as developments in the internationality of German science and universities. The study also examines other countries such as the USA, China, and Great Britain. The emphasis of this issue lies on academic mobility and cooperation within the Baltic Sea Region. Among other sources, the included mobility analyses by scientists, students, and doctoral students are based on international data by the OECD and UNESCO as well as on national data by the German Federal Statistical Office. In combination with other indicators, this data offers a valid foundation for long-term analyses. "Cosmopolitan Academia" (Wissenschaft Weltoffen) is published as a bilingual German/English issue. The study text and diagrams are available for free download at wbv
    Keywords: Sociology ; Studierende ; Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst ; Deutschland ; Student ; Vereinigte Staaten
    Language: German
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    Zwischen Ingenieurpädagogik, Lehrkräftebildung und betrieblicher Praxis (2021)
    W. Bertelsmann Verlag | W. Bertelsmann Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Anlässlich des Ausscheidens des Universitätsprofessors und Ingenieurpädagogen Klaus Jenewein aus dem universitären Regelbetrieb reflektieren und bilanzieren langjährige wissenschaftliche Weggefährt:innen und Schüler:innen wichtige Entwicklungen in der Berufsbildungswissenschaft, beruflichen Ausbildung und Bildungspolitik. Ihre Texte zur Ingenieurpädagogik, Lehrkräftebildung und betrieblichen Praxis knüpfen an die Arbeiten von Klaus Jenewein an und stellen darüber hinaus eigene Forschungsergebnisse vor. Die Themenfelder des Bandes umfassen aus unterschiedlichen disziplinären und interdisziplinären Perspektiven die Berufsausbildung und Berufliche Bildung in gewerblich-technischen Domänen, Ausbildung und Professionalisierung von Berufsschullehrkräften und Lehrerbildung, Berufliche Schulen und berufsschulisches Lernen, (Fach-)Didaktik und betriebliches Lehren und Lernen. Dabei werden die regionalen Bezüge von Klaus Jenewein ebenso sichtbar wie seine Nähe zur Modellversuchsforschung, zu Ansätzen responsiver Begleitforschung, zur Wissenschaft-Praxis-Kommunikation und zum Design-Based-Research.
    Keywords: Education ; Higher ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
    Language: German
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    Anchored in Place (2021)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: "Tensions in South African universities have traditionally centred around equity (particularly access and affordability), historical legacies (such as apartheid and colonialism), and the shape and structure of the higher education system. What has not received sufficient attention, is the contribution of the university to place-based development. This volume is the first in South Africa to engage seriously with the place-based developmental role of universities. In the international literature and policy there has been an increasing integration of the university with place-based development, especially in cities. This volume weighs in on the debate by drawing attention to the place-based roles and agency of South African universities in their local towns and cities. It acknowledges that universities were given specific development roles in regions, homelands and towns under apartheid, and comments on why sub-national, place-based development has not been a key theme in post-apartheid, higher education planning. Given the developmental crisis in the country, universities could be expected to play a more constructive and meaningful role in the development of their own precincts, cities and regions. But what should that role be? Is there evidence that this is already occurring in South Africa, despite the lack of a national policy framework? What plans and programmes are in place, and what is needed to expand the development agency of universities at the local level? Who and what might be involved? Where should the focus lie, and who might benefit most, and why? Is there a need perhaps to approach the challenges of college towns, secondary cities and metropolitan centers differently?"
    Keywords: place-making ; anchor institutions ; university ; development ; South Africa ; East London ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
    Language: English
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    Castells in Africa (2021)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Castells in Africa: Universities and Development collects the papers produced by Manuel Castells on his visits to South Africa, and publishes them in a single volume for the first time. The book also publishes a series of empirically-based papers which together display the multi-faceted and far-sighted scope of his theoretical framework, and its fecundity for fine-grained, detailed empirical investigations on universities and development in Africa. Castells, in his afterword to this book, always looking forward, assesses the role of the university in the wake of the upheavals to the global economic order. He decides the university’s function not only remains, but is more important than ever. This book will serve as an introduction to the relevance of his work for higher education in Africa for postgraduate students, reflective practitioners and researchers.
    Keywords: university ; higher education ; development ; Africa ; functions ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
    Language: English
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    Bildung in Deutschland 2016 (2021)
    W. Bertelsmann Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-01
    Description: "In the long-term observation of the German education system, the authors proceeded to analyse the known indicators of the study. A key topic is the influence of migration experiences on educational biography. Every two years, the report delivers a survey of the German education system and examines framework conditions, such as costs and requirements, educational institutions like nurseries and schools, vocational training and university education, further education at an adult age and educational effects and returns."
    Keywords: Sociology ; Bildungsstudie ; Deutschland ; Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung ; Hochschulreife ; Migrationshintergrund ; Öffentlicher Dienst
    Language: German
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    Arbeitsmarkt 2030 - Wirtschaft und Arbeitsmarkt im digitalen Zeitalter (2021)
    W. Bertelsmann Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-01
    Description: "The third long-term forecast by Economix estimates the implications of the recent influx of refugees on the German labour market as well as the qualification structure among the employees. At the same time, it forecasts the opportunities and risks of digitalisation. All analyses come to the conclusion that the integration of refugees into the labour market represents the primary task of the coming five to ten years. Indeed, the immigration of refugees rejuvenates the population. However, it also causes a decline in the qualification structure of labour supply. The authors emphasise both the necessity of extensive and systematic further education programs for all employees as well as the importance of developing educational services for refugees and encouraging them to participate in vocational education. The digitalisation scenario shows considerable increases in growth and employment as a consequence of the use of digital technologies. However, this positive development requires
    Keywords: Sociology ; Beschäftigungspolitik ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Berufsbildung ; Deutschland ; Digitalisierung ; Einwanderung ; Erwerbspersonen (Labour-Force-Konzept) ; Informationstechnik ; Prognose
    Language: German
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    Bundesbericht Wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs 2017 (2021)
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    Publication Date: 2023-02-01
    Description: This report provides the reader with empirical findings on junior researchers in Germany. The reconciliation of family and an academic career constitutes the central issue of the report. Other topics are work and employment conditions, qualification conditions during the doctoral phase, as well as career paths and perspectives, particularly during the post doctoral phase. Topics such as mobility behaviour and contributions to the research, teaching, and transfer of junior scientists as well as the educational returns of a doctoral degree are also addressed. The report is primarily based on data from official statistics and surveys conducted on a regular basis. At the same time, the paper examines the collected data with greater emphasis on the comparability and classification of the findings. In doing so, the report provides universities, research institutes, interest groups, funding agencies, and decision makers at federal and state level with essential knowledge on the topic.
    Keywords: Sociology ; Wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs ; Deutschland ; Professor ; Promotion (Doktor) ; Statistisches Bundesamt ; Wiesbaden
    Language: German
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    Einflussfaktor subjektives Alter (2021)
    W. Bertelsmann Verlag | W. Bertelsmann Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Entwicklung neuer Forschungsperspektiven Untersuchungsmerkmal der Weiterbildungsforschung Alexandra Maßmann stellt die Frage, ob das subjektive Alter in Abgrenzung zum chronologischen Alter ein Untersuchungsmerkmal in der Weiterbildungsforschung sein kann. In der Dissertation entwickelt sie ausgehend von der Alters- und Weiterbildungsforschung neue Untersuchungsperspektiven. Basis sind zwei Studien, die mittels Regressionsanalysen und Strukturgleichungsmodellen ausgewertet werden. In ihren Ergebnissen beschreibt die Autorin das Erkenntnispotenzial des subjektiven Alters als Untersuchungsvariable und skizziert mögliche Forschungsfelder, die unter diesem Aspekt bearbeitet werden könnten.
    Keywords: Education ; Higher ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education
    Language: German
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    Arbeitsmarkt 2030 - Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt (2021)
    W. Bertelsmann Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2022-05-02
    Description: The analyses and results included in the technical assessment complement the third main study "The German Labour Market in 2030 - Economy and Labour Market in the Digital Age - Forecast 2016" (Original title: Arbeitsmarkt 2030 - Wirtschaft und Arbeitsmarkt im digitalen Zeitalter; Prognose 2016). The authors examine the implications of digitalisation on today's work by means of different individual assessments, taking into account economic, sociological and organisational aspects. Moreover, they provide an overview of existing or planned measures to support digitalisation.
    Keywords: Sociology ; Bildungsstudie ; Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie ; Cloud computing ; Deutschland ; Digitalisierung ; Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik ; Informationstechnik
    Language: German
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    Reflections of South Africa Student Leaders 1994-2017 (2020)
    African Minds
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-29
    Description: Reflections of South African Student Leaders 1994-2017 brings together the reflections of twelve former SRC leaders from across the landscape of South African universities. Each student leader’s reflections are presented in a dedicated chapter that draws closely on an interview conducted in the course of 2018/19 which was followed by an interactive process of co-editing, correcting, and approving the chapter between the researchers and the student leaders.
    Keywords: student leaders ; university ; higher education ; South Africa ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher & further education, tertiary education::JNMN Universities ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPH Political structure & processes::JPHL Political leaders & leadership ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNM Higher education, tertiary education ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPH Political structure and processes::JPHL Political leaders and leadership
    Language: English
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