Today’s women in higher education administration are the beneficiaries of previous generations of courageous and committed women who challenged societal rules and expectations governing women in the academy. This research study revisits the cross-generational conversations initiated by Astin and Leland (1991) by exploring female administrators’ current perceptions regarding their status in high...

The following investigation of post secondary education will proceed via three subdisciplines of modem economic analysis: first, by way of well-known techniques used in the study of public finance (welfare economics); second through models connected with the economic theory of organization; and third through the approach of ʺpublic choiceʺ (the economics of politics). There are important areas ...

Higher Education targets to develop complex theoretical, abstract and analytical reasoning capabilities in the alumni. This objective can be accomplished addressing four major steps: Theoretical foundation, practice, communication and assessment (Petry, 2002). Theoretical background and practical exercise comprise the basic knowledge building process at initial stages. Assessment guides the alu...

The paper develops a model for the screening mechanism for higher education, within an adverse selection framework. Specifically it examines the effect of wage earned by high school graduates on higher education participation. The model pinpoints a positive relation between the “high school” wage and the number of candidates entered in higher education with positive influences on the quality of...

H do conceptions of the knowledge worker and the learning organization fit with research on adult learning? In the last 30 years a great deal has been written on the subject of adult learning – Knowles, Cross, and Brookfield are three of the major theorists in the field. Knowles (1979) uses the term “andragogy” as opposed to pedagogy to argue that adults learn in ways different from children. H...

Though religion played a central role in the founding of U.S. higher education, over the centuries, its influence was diluted by competing secular emphases. In recent decades, religion has seen a resurgence in academic and co-curricular attention on campuses. In addition, a spirituality not based on religion has gained increasing attention. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of t...

Because of the increasing use of digital information within educational organizations, users encounter problems with finding and selecting the right information. Therefore, the request for personalized information becomes an important issue. Portals are seen as a solution because they can combine various information channels in a personalized way. This was also the conclusion of recent research...

Nevada Facts & Statistics • Nevada ranked 45th in the nation for per-capita higher education support in FY 2014. • Between 2010 and 2015, per-student higher education appropriations in Nevada decreased by 34.5 percent. In response, tuition and fees at all public higher education institutions increased between 36 and 46 percent during that span. • Recession-era budget cuts to the University of N...

Higher education institutions around the world are taking on more responsibility for their own future planning. As a result, they need to further strengthen their capacity for strategic performance. The narrow field of strategic planning is comprised of three steps: first the changing demands of the environment (economy, society, policy, research, etc.) are analyzed against the institution’s in...