Die Forschung und in deren Folge auch die Lehre zu nationalen und europäischen Fragen und Problemen stehen vor einem Dilemma. In vielen Fächern findet die weltbeste Forschung nicht nur in den USA statt, sondern vor allem auch über die USA, ihre Fragestellungen und Probleme mit amerikanischen...

We contribute to the research policy literature by pioneering the development of a sufficiently reliable and generically applicable benchmarking approach for research area output quantity and/or quality. In our development, we overcome substantial structural problems such as the ignorance of...

The objective of this study is to examine the conditions of higher education and the reform of doctoral graduation in Uzbekistan. The current system operates under strict government control. The President, the Supreme Attestation Commission at the Cabinet of Ministers regulating and monitoring...

The structural reform becomes the most visible initiative of the Bologna process. However, today the reform serves as an umbrella for comprehensive reform processes in national systems of higher education. In Central and Eastern European countries the Bologna process is not only strongly...

This paper reviews the capacity of colleges and universities to serve poor and vulnerable populations during past and present economic shocks. The main argument is that the environment of the global recession — an Asia far more economically integrated than during past economic shocks, with...

This is the eighth Green Bag Almanac & Reader. This year is a special one, though, for reasons given after our customary salute to our diligent board and before our customary confessions of editorial error. There are two big problems with this Almanac. First, it is late — printed in September...

Recent developments in higher education, with leading institutions starting to offer courses online, suggest that the Internet is going to disrupt this industry, just as it has already disrupted the music and book industries and many others. We are entering a period of experimentation with new...

Esta trabajo tiene el objetivo de determinar el impacto académico en los estudiantes del Centro de Estudios Superiores del Estado de Sonora con la implementación del “Programa de Apoyo Académico”, el cual consiste en que alumnos de muy buen rendimiento académico, llamados Guías apoyen a...

Although the value of diversity — in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status —to the U.S. military has been subject to debate, preferences for diversity at educational institutions for the military officers are rarely examined systematically. To address this, we...

In modern society, consumers are seeking more than text, visuals, or dictation to absorb information, appreciate art, be entertained by media, etc. Learning in the information age plays by different rules than historical practices, as knowledge points are interwoven throughout all aspects of...