“More profoundly, Tyrrell entertained no illusion about the particularity of an institution of higher education, “the center of confluence for many social forces.” In Tyrrell’s nascent theory, the institution is most definitely not an object, a prison house of institutional research, but a field that unites cultural and material phenomenaContinue Reading
“[E]very student has an array of different probabilities of success that varies for every institution in the country. Little is known how these differential probabilities of success are distributed across institutions because opposition to institutional accountability and multi-institutional research has effectively constrained institutional research to the local outcomes at particularContinue Reading
International Essential forum for higher education institutions in the Middle East to improve education quality, institution global standing and student employability in the region | With the theme ‘Creating a dynamic and competitive higher education sector in the Middle East’, the event will host lively dialogue around structuring competitive curriculumContinue Reading
International Dr. John Hattie: Assessment should measure teachers’ impact | Of course, every kid is unique in that sense and all education needs to be personalized, but “personalized education” doesn’t mean “individualized.” A lot of kids learn dramatically well from other students, so the mistake often with personalized education isContinue Reading
International Saudi Enrollment Declines | Colleges have come to count on tuition from large numbers of Saudi Arabian students. After years of rapid growth, enrollments are declining on many campuses, in some cases precipitously. Dorothy Bishop: the costs of the teaching excellence framework | The TEF will divide universities intoContinue Reading
