The article discusses the review of Russell Group of UNIVERSITIES' Research Excellence Framework (REF) for research assessment exercise of UNIVERSITIES in Great Britain, appointment of economist Nicholas Stern to conduct the review and his views regarding the future of REF.
Comments on the importance of approval ratings to increase the quality of higher education teachers in Great Britain. Efforts by colleges in the country to invest in workforce development; Recognition of the challenges of improving pay.
This article informs that the 1st International Harvest Conference and Festival, being held from August 16-19, 2005, is a coming together of countries represented by experts and interested parties in cultural anthropology and its related fields to present conference papers and perform rituals and cultural practices that are carried out during harvest festivals celebrated in their countries. Since it is an event organized by the MARA university of Technology, Sabah, the focus of the festival performance is to reach out to UNIVERSITIES around the world.
Jean and John Comaroff enthusiastically claim that Africa constitutes a rich site ‘of new knowledges and ways of knowing-and-being … that have the capacity to inform and transform theory in the north, to subvert its universalisms in order to rewrite them in a different, less provincial register’ (Comaroff and Comaroff 2011). What role, then, can the African university – which, as described by Jeremiah Arowosegbe, is in a lamentable state – play in creating and generalizing these ‘new knowledges’? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
In this article, the author discusses Shanghai rankings of global UNIVERSITIES by Academic Ranking of World UNIVERSITIES, and also mentions ranking of Indian UNIVERSITIES such as Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
作者:
Macharzina,KlausWolf,JoachimOesterle,Michael-JProfessor
Chair of Management and Director Center for Export and Technology Management University Hohenheim Stuttgart Germany./Research Assistats Center for Export and Technology Management
Evaluation of journals as an instrument of university controlling is still rather novel in Europe. This paper presents a quantitative analysis of publications by scholars and institutions in the major German-speaking academic business journals over the period 1982 to 1991. Results suggest that the share of academics who contribute substantially to the major German-speaking business periodicals is fairly high though the number of one-time authors is high, too. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
The article reports on the plan of universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico to replace its technology infrastructure used in education. It states that the five-year renovation plan provides updated learning process and academic enrichment in schools through the technology. It notes the projects of the technological-renovation plan, which include the use of tablet personal computers (PC), digital projectors, and Blackboard Enterprise learning platform.
The article focuses on the collaboration of higher education schools and their respective towns for the promotion of entrepreneurial spirit in U.S. communities. It notes the aim of the collaboration between two entities for economic development. Furthermore, it also precedes the 10 examples of institutions that collaborated with their communities.
The article reports on the opening of the 70 million recreation center by the California State university Long Beach (CSULB) in Long Beach, California. It explores the reaction of the Fog's Fitness club that the recreation center would close its doors for good at the end of January 2011. It also notes that the club's membership levels have started to drop after the opening of the center, and Fog could no longer extend the service levels its customers expected under the circumstances.
Focuses on the computer network at Widener university in Chester, Pennsylvania. Emphasis on access to informational resources through multimedia applications and databases; Campuswide videoconferencing capabilities; Details of the systems used to provide the services; Inclusion of remote campuses in the network.
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