Critical Issues in Higher Education

Section 1. Learners

1. Social Epistemology, Higher Education and Cultural Convergence
Michael Kompf

2. Teaching Qualification for Doctoral Students
Andrew Short

3. Developments in Doctoral Assessment in the UK
Gill Clarke

4. Keeping the Boys at a Distance
Patrick Tierney

5. Preparing Researchers of Tomorrow
Ewelina K. Niemczyk

6. Every Student Counts
Catherine O’rourke

Section 2. Learning

7. Outcomes of Learning
Nicola Simmons

8. Quality Assurance Requirements in Ontario Universities
Lori Goff

9. Students with Learning and Developmental Disabilities in Post Secondary Education
Wendy Arscott

10. UK Higher Education
Janet Bohrer

11. Matching the Characteristics of Researchers with the Demands of 21st Century Research
Julie Reeves

12. Tensions Between Practitioner Researchers and University Human Research Ethics Regulatory Boards
Lori Walker

Section 3. Governance

13. Silence within the Academy
Rahul Kumar

14. Evaluating the Impact of Innovations in Doctoral Education in the UK
Tony Bromley

15. Doctorateness – An Elusive Concept?
Pamela M. Denicolo, Chris Park

16. Intersecting Roles
Christina Skorobohacz

17. John is Back, or is He? the Dewey Revival and Community Service-Learning in Higher Education
Ellen Carter

18. Quality And Sustainability Concerns for Online Course Offerings in Higher Education
Shantal Woolsey

19. Befriending Bologna? Students and Standardized Policies and Procedures Governing Higher Education in Europe
Christine Helen Arnold

Keywords: Education, Education (general)