International Perspectives on Higher Education Challenging Values and Practice

Trevor Kerry draws together contributions from leading academics in the field based in Europe, Canada and Australia to examine key themes in higher education, including: - academic freedom - leadership and management - the nature of learning and teaching - ethical behaviour - curriculum innovation - attitudes to globalization and internationalization The contributors explore what might constitute effective higher education provision, drawing on innovative practice from around the world and encouraging higher education practitioners to become more analytical and critical about their institutions, about their own roles, and about the ways in which they and their work serve their client-base. In so doing the book confronts the contextual conflicts that arise from political, social and fiscal agendas for higher education.

Introduction \ Part I: Ethics, Freedom and Spirituality \ 1. The Ethics of Higher Education: Maintaining Ethical Standards in the 21st Century University Trevor Kerry \ 2. Academic Freedom: Medieval Concept for a 21st Century University? Trevor Kerry and Carolle Kerry \ 3. Religion and Spirituality in Student Life Tom Sherwood \ Part II: Leadership and Management \ 4. Leadership in the 21st Century University: Hard Choices and Effective Management Muriel Robinson \ 5. Curricular Design and Assessment: Towards a Global Template? Kent Löfgren \ 6. Internationalization and Globalization Fengshu Liu and Terfot Ngwana \ 7. International Experience for Students: The Evansville/Harlaxton Model Gordon Kingsley \ Part III: Learning and Teaching \ 8. The Myth of the Learning Society Revisited Malcolm Tight and Christina Hughes \ 9. The Impact of e-Learning in the 21st Century University Paul Bacsich \ 10. A Sustainable Model for Experiential Learning Rosie Le Cornu \ Conclusion \ Index