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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(2012-08)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)"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. ...
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(2012-08)"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 ...
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(2012-08)This article is about Universitatea Babes-Bolyai, its profile, institutions, programs, partners, cooperation with other universities and etc.
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(2012-08)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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(2012-08)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 ...
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(2012-08)“This paper examines the impact of the Program for International Student Assessment”—
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(2012-08)This article is about Chinese higher education in post-industrial area.
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(2012-08)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 ...
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(2012-08)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 ...
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INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION OF S. TORAIGYROV PAVLODAR STATE UNIVERSITY: SCIENCE WITH NO BOUNDARIES (2012-08)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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(2012-08)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 ...
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(2012-08)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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(2012-08)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 ...
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