Pre- and post-tenure faculty face immense pressure to meet professional expectations and
requirements from their colleagues and disciplines. Faculty involved in community-campus …

In 1997, the state of South Dakota instituted an incentive program to reward institutions for
performance related to state policy priorities. The program had a specified starting and ending …

Open universities have emerged as an innovative pillar in the expansion of access to higher
education participation, with single-mode distance education providers broadening access …

While quality measures in higher education in general have gained significant and growing
attention over the past 30 years, questions remain about quality in open universities. This …

Purpose: Little is known regarding why prospective dental hygiene students select a four-year
entry-to-practice baccalaureate degree rather than a diploma granting program in Canada…

The purpose(s) and role(s) that higher education plays in society have been contested
since Plato and his Republic. In 1852, for example, Cardinal Newman, argued for ‘pursuit of …

For the last decade or so, the notion of sustainability has been an intersecting point of socio-political
debates around resource management, economics, environmental conservation …

This research explores the various ways in which performative inquiry was implemented in
a graduate organizational theories course within an educational leadership cohort at a …

This study explored the experiences of former first-year students who had been institutionally
dismissed from an undergraduate health program in a large Canadian university. Using a …

Higher education is a policy field crossed by multiple issues that often have a global resonance
but are framed based upon local idiosyncrasies. This chapter examines how policies …