With near unanimity, American scholars of higher education as a field of study redefined the profession of institutional research as applied research to support decision-making at one particular institution and as a rule did not contribute to generalizable knowledge about higher education or higher education administration. For presidents and provostsContinue Reading
International Trump’s bigotry – The role of African intellectuals | The role of African academics and intellectuals on the continent and in the diaspora in strategically countering the prejudice and misinformation about Africa on the part of leaders such as United States President Donald Trump cannot be overemphasised. Higher educationContinue Reading
Whereas institutional researchers from the early twentieth century advanced the profession as the study of higher education “just as scientific investigation in the natural or social sciences,” the field suffered from arrested development under the direction of the Association for Institutional Research after 1965. The publications closely associated with theContinue Reading
International Progress in higher education hampered by poor schools | There is no dearth of demand for higher education in India. In fact, the share of the population enrolling on higher education courses in the country is higher than that in other countries with comparable levels of development. But theContinue Reading
International Manuel Castells – Inspiring fundamental change | Building on the scholarly contribution of great thinkers like Humboldt and Clark Kerr, Castells analyses the evolution of the four key functions performed by universities. The first one is ideological, reflecting the traditional role of transmitting the values that help legitimise theContinue Reading
