Criticcal Issues iin Higher Education -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- SECTION 1: LEARNERS -- OVERVIEW -- 1. SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY, HIGHER EDUCATIONAND CULTURAL CONVERGENCE -- OVERVIEW -- COURSE DEVELOPMENT -- SOCIAL EPISTEMOLOGY AND CRITICAL THINKING -- KNOWLEDGE, KNOWING AND CHARACTER -- INVISIBLE PODIUMS -- LOOKING AHEAD -- THE USEFULNESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION -- REFERENCES -- 2. TEACHING QUALIFICATION FOR DOCTORALSTUDENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- DOCTORAL STUDENTS IN EDUCATION -- TEACHING AND FACULTIES OF EDUCATION -- TEACHINGWITHIN THE UNIVERSITY -- OCCUPATION VERSUS PROFESSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 3. DEVELOPMENTS IN DOCTORALASSESSMENT IN THE UK -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- QUESTIONS OF CONSISTENCY IN THE DOCTORAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS -- DIVERSIFICATION OF THE DEGREE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DOCTORALOUTPUTS AND ASSESSMENT -- USE OF ASSESSMENT CRITERIA IN DOCTORAL EDUCATION -- DEVELOPMENTS IN DOCTORAL ASSESSMENT LINKED TO THE UK QUALITYCODE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, CHAPTER B11: RESEARCH DEGREES -- PROGRESS AND REVIEW ARRANGEMENTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 4. KEEPING THE BOYS AT A DISTANCE: An Alternate path to Post-Secondary Education -- INTRODUCTION -- MODES OF DISTANCE EDUCATION -- DISTANCE-MODE SECONDARY EDUCATION -- The Virtual High School -- The Florrida Virtual Schhool -- PUBLIC POST-SECONDARY DISTANCE EDUCATION -- GENDER -- Gender and Technology Adoption -- Single-gender Education -- Other Gender Issues -- USING DE TECHNOLOGY TO TEACH LIFE SKILLS AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE -- A FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTING A DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 5. PREPARING RESEARCHERS OF TOMORROW: Research Assistantships as Learning Venues for Postgraduate Students -- INTRODUCTION -- EVOLVING RESEARCH LANDSCAPE -- RESEARCH LEARNING VENUES -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES.

6. EVERY STUDENT COUNTS: CURRENT TRENDSIN POST SECONDARY STUDENT RETENTION -- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION IN POST-SECONDARY STUDIES -- LEADERSHIP -- STUDENT ENGAGEMENT -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- SECTION 2: LEARNING -- OVERVIEW -- 7. OUTCOMES OF LEARNING: [DIS]ENGAGINGSTUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- OUTCOMES: A SIGN OF THE TIMES? -- CHALLENGES WITH OUTCOMES-BASED APPROACHES -- CONTENT VERSUS PROCESS -- 21ST CENTURY COMPLEXITIES -- ENGAGING IN DEEP LEARNING -- LEARNING WITHOUT OUTCOMES? -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- 8. QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTSIN ONTARIO UNIVERSITIES: How did we get here? -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTOORY OF QUALITY ASSURANCCE IN ONTARIIO -- NEED FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN ONTARIO UNIVERSITIES -- Political Influences -- Economic Influences -- Media Influences -- International Influences -- Technological Influences -- Social Influences -- INFLUENCES OF QUALITY ASSURANCE: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL -- CONCLUSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- 9. STUDENTS WITH LEARNING ANDDEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION: Towards an Inclusive Universal Design Model -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 10. UK HIGHER EDUCATION: Providing Assurance of Academic Standards and Quality. -- INTRODUCTION -- UK HIGHER EDUCATION -- WHAT IS QAA? -- External Examining -- Academic Standards and Quality -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 11. MATCHING THE CHARACTERISTICS OFRESEARCHERS WITH THE DEMANDS OF 21STCENTURY RESEARCH -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE -- WHICH CHARACTERISTICS? -- WHOSE DEMANDS MATTER THE MOST? -- IN SUMMARY: WHAT DOES THE RDF TELL US? -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 12. TENSIONS BETWEEN PRACTITIONERRESEARCHERS AND UNIVERSITY HUMANRESEARCH ETHICS REGULATORY BOARDS -- INTRODUCTION -- A HISTORY OF EPISTEMOLOGICAL DEBATE -- PRACTITIONER RESEARCH AND UNIVERSITY HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICSREGULATORY BOARDS.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH: INTEGRATION OR BIFURCATION? -- THE UNIQUE TENSIONS OF REBS AND PRACTITIONER RESEARCH -- RECOGNIZING RISK -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SECTION 3: GOVERNANCE -- OVERVIEW -- 13. SILENCE WITHIN THE ACADEMY: A SYMPTOM -- INTRODUCTION -- GENERAL BACKGROUND -- SILENCE AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL -- SILENCE AS A WAY TO WIELD POWER -- INTERDISCIPLINARY OR GUILD SILENCE -- SILENCING OF EDUCATIONAL DISCIPLINE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 14. EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF INNOVATIONS INDOCTORAL EDUCATION IN THE UK -- INTRODUCTION -- UNDERPINNING EVALUATION THEORY -- Realiistic Evaluation -- Environment -- Outcomes -- Additional Methodological Features -- How does the Evaluation Methodology Address the Challenges of Evaluation? -- EVALUATION METHODOLOGY IN PRACTICE: CASE -STUDY EXAMPLES -- Micro - Small Level Evaluation of a Speed Reading Workshop at the Universityof Leeds -- Macro - Large scale Evaluation of the Impact of the UK Investment in ResearcherTraining and Development Activity -- DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL RESEARCHERS SUMMARY - GUIDINGPRINCIPLES -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 15. DOCTORATENESS - AN ELUSIVE CONCEPT? -- SETTING THE DISCUSSION WITHIN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT -- DOCTORAL EDUCATION IN THE UK -- DOCTORAL AWARDS -- DOCTORATENESS -- Criteria -- Credit Rating and Grading -- Evidencing Doctoral Attributes -- Peer Review -- INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS -- The Challenge of Capturing the Elusive -- REFERENCES -- 16. INTERSECTING ROLES: Tensions of Employee-Graduate Students -- PERSONAL CONNECTION -- THE EMPLOYMENT OF GRADUATE STUDENTS ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES -- CHAPTER OUTLINE -- A CRITIQUE OF CURRENT UNIVERSITY STRUCTURES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS -- Hierarchy -- FUNCTIONS OF THE STRUCTURES THAT OPERATE WITHIN HIGHEREDUCATION -- THE SPECIFIC TENSIONS EXPERIENCED BY EMPLOYEE-GRADUATE STUDENTS.

Blurred Boundaries Between Roles and Relationships -- SCENARIO 1 -- SCENARIO 2 -- SCENARIO 3 -- Internal Conflict with the "Apprenticeship Model" of Graduate Education -- SCENARIO 4 -- NEGOTIATING MULTIPLE ROLES: STRATEGIES FOR EMPLOYEE-GRADUATESTUDENTS -- BEYOND THE EMPLOYEE-GRADUATE STUDENT: UNIVERSITY-WIDESTRATEGIES -- Partnerships Between Vulnerable Groups -- Partnerships Beyond Vulnerable Groups? -- ACKNOWLEDGING THE NEED FOR REFORM -- University and Graduate Program Reform -- DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- 17. JOHN IS BACK, OR IS HE? THE DEWEY REVIVALAND COMMUNITY SERVICE-LEARNING IN HIGHEREDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- CONCERN ABOUT DECLINE IN CIVIC AND POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT -- INCREASE IN DEWY-BASED APPROACH TO HIGHER EDUCATION -- RE-SHAPING AND RE-DEFINING CIVIC AND POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT -- IMPLICATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- 18. QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY CONCERNS FORONLINE COURSE OFFERINGS IN HIGHEREDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- THE STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE -- Time and Place Flexibility -- Social Context -- Role Reversal -- Plagiarism -- Research Needed -- THE TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE -- Virtual Work Space -- Time and Place Freedom -- Issues of Academic Ownership -- Role Reversal and Generational Shift -- Plagiarism -- THE ADMINISTRATOR'S PERSPECTIVE -- Cost savings for the Institution -- Efficacy of Online Education -- Plagiarism -- The Trend toward Part-Time Facilitators -- GUIDELINES FOR OL CLASSES -- Quality Feedback -- Research -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 19. BEFRIENDING BOLOGNA? STUDENTS ANDSTANDARDIZED POLICIES AND PROCEDURESGOVERNING HIGHER EDUCATION IN EUROPE -- INTRODUCTION -- BOLOGNA REFORMS AND STUDENT UPHEAVAL -- THE BOLOGNA ACCORD -- COMMITMENTS TO STUDENT GOVERNANCE -- COMMITMENTS TO HIGHER EDUCATION -- Cycles and Credits -- Financing -- Employability/Knowledge of Stakeholders.

FUTURE RESEARCH AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES -- CHRISTINE HELEN ARNOLD -- WENDY ARSCOTT -- JANET BOHRER -- TONY BROMLEY -- ELLEN CARTER -- GILL CLARKE -- PAMELA M. DENICOLO -- LORI GOFF -- EWELINA K. NIEMCZYK -- MICHAEL KOMPF -- RAHUL KUMAR -- CATHARINE O`ROURKE -- CHRIS PARK -- JULIE REEVES -- ANDREW SHORT -- NICOLA SIMMONS -- CHRISTINA SKOROBOHACZ -- PATRICK TIERNEY -- LORI WALKER -- SHANTAL WOOLSEY.