The Challenges and Opportunities Facing Higher Education: An Agenda for Policy Research.

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Dennis; Ewell, Peter; McGuinness, Aims
Institution	National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, CA.
Titel	The Challenges and Opportunities Facing Higher Education: An Agenda for Policy Research.
Quelle	(1998), (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Educational Policy; Educational Research; Financial Support; Governance; Higher Education; Institutional Mission; Leadership; Policy Analysis; Policy Formation; Public Policy; Quality Control; State Government; State Regulation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Finanzielle Förderung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Führung; Führungsposition; Politikfeldanalyse; Politische Betätigung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Qualitätskontrolle; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Staatliche Lenkung
Abstract	This report examines the changing nature of higher education policy and the fact that many policy assumptions are no longer valid, and sets out a research agenda for the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education (NCPPHE). It discusses how the growing importance of higher education, and postsecondary education in general, is affecting individuals, employers, and society, and the role of the states in supporting higher education. The report then reviews the changing nature of higher education policy, focusing on mission and program approval, governance, regulation, financing and resource allocation, quality assurance, reporting requirements, setting public priorities, and policy leadership. It is argued that policymakers will have to adopt a broader definition of higher education, recognize that postsecondary education will increasingly come in "bites" that are bigger than existing courses but smaller than existing programs, and respond to the growing demand for certification of the resulting learning that comes in these smaller bites. The report concludes that NCPPHE should develop a research agenda that focuses on new ideas and conceptual structures, formulating a public agenda, experience and action-research, good practice in the design and use of policy tools, and commentary on the inevitable policy fads. (MDM)
Anmerkungen	National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 152 N. Third St., Suite 705, San Jose, CA 95112; Tel: 408-271-2699; Fax: 408-271-2697; e-mail: center@highereducation.org; Web site: http://www.highereducation.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01