Education Policy

Competitive Accountability in Academic Life

Richard Watermeyer

This book considers how a culture of ‘competitive accountability’ in UK higher education produces multiple tensions, contradictions and paradoxes that are destabilizing and deleterious to the work and identities of academics as research ...

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The Policies of Childcare and Early Childhood Education

Edited by Katja Repo, Maarit Alasuutari, Kirsti Karila, Johanna Lammi-Taskula

This timely book reveals how policies of childcare and early childhood education influence children’s circumstances and the daily lives of families with children. Examining how these policies are approached, it focuses particularly on th...

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Philanthropy in Education

Edited by Natasha Y. Ridge, Arushi Terway

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Challenging commonly held perceptions of philanthropic organisations, this book brings toget...

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Research Handbook on the Sociology of Education

Edited by Rolf Becker

Presenting original contributions from the key experts in the field, the Research Handbook on the Sociology of Education explores the major theoretical, methodological, empirical and political challenges and pressing social questions fac...

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Higher Education and the Future of Graduate Employability

Edited by Ruth Bridgstock, Neil Tippett

This book challenges the dominant ‘employability skills’ discourse by exploring socially connected and networked perspectives to learning and teaching in higher education. Both learning and career development happen naturally and optimal...

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Higher Education in the Digital Age

Edited by Annika Zorn, Jeff Haywood, Jean-Michel Glachant

The European higher education sector is moving online, but to what extent? Are the digital disruptions seen in other sectors of relevance for both academics and management in higher education? How far are we from fully seizing the opport...

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The State, Business and Education

Edited by Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Alexandra Draxler

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. The State, Business and Education contributes to the ongoing debates surrounding the effects...

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The New Global Politics of Science

Mats Benner

Science has become a central political concern with massive increases in public investments and expectations, but resources are embedded in a complex web of societal expectations, which vary between countries and regions. This book outli...

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Research Handbook on Quality, Performance and Accountability in Higher Education

Edited by Ellen Hazelkorn, Hamish Coates, Alexander C. McCormick

As higher education becomes a key determinant for economic competitiveness, institutions face increasing pressure to demonstrate their fitness to meet the needs of society and individuals. Blending innovative research with richly context...

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Handbook on the Politics of Higher Education

Edited by Brendan Cantwell, Hamish Coates, Roger King

Understanding the politics of Higher Education is becoming more important as the sector is increasingly recognised as a vital source of innovation, skills, economic prosperity, and personal wellbeing. Yet key political differences remain...

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Human Capital and Development

Ju-Ho Lee, Hyeok Jeong, Song Chang Hong

During recent decades, Korea has been one of only a handful of countries that have made the successful transformation to become a developed nation by simultaneously achieving persistent economic growth combined with a democratic politica...

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