Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 537 g
Can the Challenges be Reconciled?
Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 537 g
ISBN: 978-94-6300-171-7
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers
In a mass Higher Education system, the social basis of the student body diversifies—a fact that creates new challenges for planners and managers. The authors’study of diversity concentrates particularly upon issues of equity and justice for students, addressing their life cycle transitions from school to higher education, degree completion, postgraduate education and employability. It also considers challenges posed by diversification at the institutional level, encompassing changes in management, leadership, governance and performance assessment. It addresses attempts to achieve excellence by selectivity, thereby contributing to the stratification of university systems; and it explores attempts to achieve excellence by merging smaller institutions to form larger entities. The book’s overall conclusion is that diversity and excellence are not necessarily enemies but relatives who cannot escape the bond between them.