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Learning in the global classroom : a guide for students in the multicultural university
Dalglish, Caril - 2011
This unique and fascinating book is written for tertiary level students in the multicultural classroom, whether … studying abroad or at home alongside international students. It relates a genuine understanding of the student perspective of … learning in a multicultural classroom, highlighting how students possess different learning styles and attitudes to teaching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851334
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How to fast-track your academic career : a guide for mid-career scholars
Lindgreen, Adam (ed.); Di Benedetto, C. Anthony (ed.) - 2024 - Second edition
the obstacles faced by researchers pursuing an academic career. From applying for grants to supervising Ph.D. students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635748
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Economics, competition and academia : an intellectual history of sophism versus virtue
Stabile, Donald - 2007
1. Introduction : markets, competition, and higher education -- 2. Sophism, academia, and Greek economics -- 3. Adam Smith and sophism : reaction to the endowment model -- 4. Virtue and early academia in the US -- 5. Academia and the rise of capitalism in the US -- 6. Corporate capitalism and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420014
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Recruitment, retention, and retirement in higher education : building and managing the faculty of the future
Ma, Jennifer (contributor); Clark, Robert Louis (contributor) - 2005
This volume examines some of the most pressing employment and compensation issues confronting academic administrators. Contributors discuss topics such as: ageing of faculty, changing economic conditions and shifts in faculty employment patterns, rapid increases in health care costs and trends...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851394
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Academic entrepreneurship : university spinoffs and wealth creation
Shane, Scott Andrew - 2004
In this unique and timely volume, Scott Shane systematically explains the formation of university spinoff companies and their role in the commercialization of university technology and wealth creation in the United States and elsewhere. The importance of university spinoff activity is discussed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851600
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Higher education in a global society
Johnstone, Donald Bruce (contributor);  … - 2010
students to campus : who, what, when, where, why and how? / Charles E. Phelps -- 11. Reinventing higher education in a global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851622
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Learning to compete in European universities : from social institution to knowledge business
McKelvey, Maureen D. (contributor);  … - 2009
This book addresses the critical issue of how and why European universities are changing and learning to compete. Anglo-Saxon universities particularly in the US, the UK and Australia have long been subject to, and responded to, market-based competition in higher education. The authors argue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851977
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The economic institutions of higher education : economic theories of university behavior
Raines, J. Patrick; Leathers, Charles G. - 2003
Working within the context of the evolutionary-institutional transformation of higher education, the authors trace the development of an economic model by which the behavioral tendencies of modern universities can be evaluated. That model is expanded to provide insights to the following...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474161
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Career choice in management and entrepreneurship : a research companion
Özbilgin, Mustafa F. (contributor);  … - 2007
pt. 1. Career choice of MBA students from cross-national and interdisciplinary perspectives -- pt. 2. Early influences … entrepreneurs, their attitudes at the start of their careers as students, and in their later employment experiences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419995
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Teaching in the global business classroom
Dalglish, Carol - 2008
Teaching in the Global Business Classroom presents an educational framework for effective teaching and learning in the global classroom. It provides practical tools for teachers through suggestions for innovative curriculum design, lecture techniques, group work and participation activities, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851134