EHELF-2012

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This collection of papers is the first proceedings of the Eurasian Higher Education Leaders’ Forum held at Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan in 2012. The collection presents local and global views on the past, present and future of the higher education sector’s development. It consists of six keynotes and eight papers including six case studies. The topics of the papers vary from the discussions of educational reforms in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia and US to the global debates about challenges of tertiary education in the 21st century. The papers discuss local and global nuances of higher education development in the world. They raise a wide range of issues such as search for true meaning and purposes of universities nowadays; functionality of a present-day structures of higher education governance and administration; striking a balance between institutional self-governance and accountability; issues of building research universities; and challenges and opportunities of higher education internationalisation.

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WHAT A R E UNIVERSITIES F O R IN 21ST CENTURY
(2012-08) Worton, Michael
The author tells about the role of universities in our modern life.
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UNDERSTANDING FACULTY PERCEPTIONS OF THE CURRENT STATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION GOVERNANCE IN KAZAKHSTAN
(2012-08) Sarinzhipov, Asian; Sagintayeva, A.; Kurakbayev, Kairat
"In this paper, we have examined faculty perceptions of the current state of higher education governance in Kazakhstan. The purpose was to analyse the faculty's opinions and attitudes towards governance in their institutions. Several conclusions can be drawn from the findings. The first is that faculty was mostly unsatisfied with their level of involvement in governance, particularly in terms of the ways in which they communicate with upper management. Faculty would like to see proper feedback mechanisms in their communication channels with Vice Rectors and Rectors. Interestingly, the majority of faculty respondents claim that contemporary governance systems cannot respond appropriately to new social and academic realities. Most faculty members take their inactiveness for granted as they do not feel that their decisions will have an impact on institutional governance. However, the research has shown that faculty members are involved at the departmental level and feel comfortable about that." - ...
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THE UNIVERSITY: A CENTER OF LEARNING?
(2012-08) Bridges, David
"I want to begin with the significance that both the Minister and Deputy Prime-minister have attached to the university's contribution to economic development.This is clearly a theme on which one could expand very extensively, but the contribution includes a number of different dimensions, and I think it worth distinguishing some of these. Part of it is certainly about equipping an economy with higher level understanding and skills, and at the moment many international companies coming into Kazakhstan have to bring these with them or seek in the international market place, higher level skills, which in future, one hopes.Kazakhstan w i l l be able to supply through its own higher education system" - ...
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THE IMPACT OF STANDARTIZED TESTING ON EDUCATION QUALITY: THE CASE OF THE PROGRAMFOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT
(2012-08) Shamatov, Duishon
“This paper examines the impact of the Program for International Student Assessment”—
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REFLECTION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE POST-INDUSTRIAL AREA
(2012-08) Uhibai, Serjan
This article is about Chinese higher education in post-industrial area.
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LESSONS FROM AN AMERICAN QUANDARY STRENTHENING SHARED GOVERNANCE IN TURBULENT TIMES
(2012-08) Zemsky, Robert
This article is about some American universities which faced with problems that should be solved by governance of the USA. Author tells about the following universities: The University of Wisconsin-Madison, The Pennsylvania State University, and The University of Virginia
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INTERNATIONALIZATION OF UNIVERSITY AND LEARING OF UNIVERSITY AND LEARNING PROCESS: WEB 2.0 DIMENTIONS
(2012-08) Ribickis, Leonids; Tipans, Igors; Valtin, Karlis
Today Web 2.0 means a qualitative leap in computer technologies that have made the internet environment more creative, participative and socializing. Its dimensions are present in almost every aspect and process at a university. This paper gives an insight about usage and possibilities of such dimensions.
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INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION OF S. TORAIGYROV PAVLODAR STATE UNIVERSITY: SCIENCE WITH NO BOUNDARIES
(2012-08) Omirbayev, Serik
This article is about international collaboration of S.Toraigyrov Pavlodar State University. The author tells about partners, projects and main results of this university.
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITATEA BABE S-BOLYAI
(2012-08) POP, loan-AureL
This article is about Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, its profile, institutions, programs, partners, cooperation with other universities and etc.
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EDUCATIONAL POLICY ACHIEVEMENTS IN KAZAKHSTAN
(2012-08) ZhumaguLov, Bakhytzhan
This article was written by Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The main topic of the article is education in Kazakhstan, its development and main goals.
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Education reforms in Kazakhstan
(2012-08) Orynbayev, YerboL
This article is about development of Kazakhstan, its plans for the future. The author is talking about Nazarbayev University as a big national project which will become a template for the development of other Kazakhstani universities.
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Current status and prospects of university partnerships: the example of the peoples’ friendship university of Russia
(2012-08) Krasnova, Gulnara
This article discusses the current status and prospects of university partnership, using as an example the People`s Friendship University of Russia. The theme of university partnership in our context has actively developed during the last few years.
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Challenges for tertiary education in the 21st century
(2012-08) Salmi, Jamil
In this article the author talks about the future of tertiary education. The article includes the following topics: Importance of knowledge for economic and social development; Changing education needs and practices.
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A FEW GLOBAL TRENDS AND POINTS OF COMMONALITY IN QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(2012-08) Ruby, Alan
In this brief paper author offers a public policy perspective on quality assurance in higher education. Author begins by arguing that there is a growing public interest in quality assurance and offers some reasons for this increased attention. He suggests that the forces and factors that have fostered this greater interest are common to many countries and that this commonality has led to a convergence of the fundamental principles underlying quality assurance in different jurisdictions. He concludes by suggesting how these principles might apply at higher education institutions in new nations and emerging systems of higher education in the region.

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