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Unit 1 General introduction: History/ Philosophy of higher education
Clark, Burton: The higher education system:academic organization in cross-national perspectives, 1983. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 315 pp.
Castells, Manuel: Universities as dynamic systems of contradictory functions, 2001. In: Muller, J., Cloete, N. and Badat, S. (eds.) Challenges of Globalisation. South African debates with Manuel Castells. Maskew Miller Longman, Cape Town. pp 206-224.
Maassen, Peter: Higher Education Research: The Hourglass Structure and Its Implications, 2000. In: Teichler et al (eds) Higher Education Research. Its Relationship to Policy and Practice. Pergamon pp. 59-67
Trow, Martin: Reflections on the transition from mass to universal higher education, 1970. Daedalus vol 99. Winter 1970: The Embattled University. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20023931.
Wells, R., Kolek, E., Williams, E. and Saunders, D. (2015). How We Know What We Know: A Systematic Comparison of Research Methods Employed in Higher Education Journals, 1996-2000 v. 2006-2010. The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 86. No. 2 March/April 2015. 171-198 (27 pages) http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_higher_education/v086/86.2.wells.html
Wittrock, Bjõrn: The Modern University: Its three transformations, 1993. In: Sheldon, Rothblatt & Wittrock (eds.) The European and American University since 1800, Cambridge. pp 303-362.
Unit 2 Changes in higher education's primary processes
Barnett, R., G. Parry, & K. Coate: Conceptualising Curriculum Change, 2001. Teaching in Higher Education, Vol 6 Issue 4. pp. 435-449. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13562510120078009.
Becher, Tony: The Significance of Disciplinary Differences, 1994. Studies in Higher Education, Vol 19, no 2. pp. 151-161. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03075079412331382007.
Brew, A. Towards a New Model of the Relationship, 2006. In: Brew, A. Research and Teaching. Beyond the Divide. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.17-37.
Fry, H., Ketteridge, S., Marshall, S: Understanding student learning, 2009. In Fry, H., Ketteridge, S., Marshall, S., A handbook for teaching and learning in higher education. Routledge, pp 8-26.
Henkel, Mary : Evaluation in Higher Education: conceptual and epistemological foundations., 1998. European Journal of Education, Vol. 33. pp. 285-299. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1503584.
Kuh, George D: College Students Today. Why We Can't Leave Serendipity to Chance, 2001. In: Altbach, P. In Defense of American Higher Education. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. Chapter 11, pp. 277-303.
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/oslo/docDetail.action?docID=10021622.
Lattuca L and Stark : Shaping the College Curriculum. Academic Plans in Context, 2009. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass, p. 1-23.. http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/54/07879855/0787985554.pdf.
Marambe, K.N., Vermunt, J., Boshuizen, H.: A cross-cultural comparison of student learning patterns in higher education, 2012. Higher Education, 64(3), 299-316. (17 pages)
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10734-011-9494-z
Neumann, T., Parry, S., & Becher, T.: Teaching and Learning in their Disciplinary Contexts: a conceptual analysis, 2002. Studies in Higher Education, vol. 25 issue 4. pp. 405-417. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0307507022000011525.
Nerland, M. (2012). Professions as knowledge cultures. In Jensen, K., Lahn, L., Nerland, M. Professional learning in the knowledge society, pp. 27 – 48. Sense Publishers
https://www.sensepublishers.com/media/1335-professional-learning-in-the-knowledge-society.pdf
Pascarella, Ernest T.: How College Affects Students: Ten Directions for Future Research, 2006. Journal of College Student Development, Volume 47, Number 5, . 508-520. (13 pages). http://geekyartistlibrarian.pbworks.com/f/Zach_EDHE6520_How%20College%20Affects%20Students.pdf.
Tight, Malcom: Researching Higher Education, 2012. Berkshire:SRHE and Open University Press. Chapters 1,4-7, 11.
Xiaoyan Wang, Yelin Su, Stephen Cheung, Eva Wong and Theresa Kwong : An exploration of Biggs’ constructive alignment in course design and its impact on students’ learning approaches, 2013. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 38(4), pages 477-491. (15 pages). http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02602938.2012.658018.
Unit 3 The conditions under which higher education operates
Altbach, Ph. & J. Knight (2007). The Internationalization of Higher Education: Motivations and Realities. Journal of Studies in International Education, Vol. 11(3/4), pp. 290-305. http://jsi.sagepub.com/content/11/3-4/290.short (15 s)
Cloete, N. & P. Maassen (2015). Roles of Universities and the African Context. In N. Cloete, P. Maassen & T. Bailey (eds) Knowledge production and Contradictory Functions in African Higher Education. Sommerset West: African Minds, pp. 1-18. http://www.chet.org.za/books/knowledge-production-and-contradictory-functions-african-higher-education
Dill, D. (2014): Public Policy Design and University Reform: Insights into Academic Change. In: Musselin, C. and Teixeria, P. (eds.) Reforming Higher Education. Public Policy Design and Implementation. Dordrecht: Springer. Chapter 2 pp. 21-38 (17 pages) http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-7028-7_2/fulltext.html
Gornitzka, Å. (1999). Governmental Policies and Organisational Change in Higher Education. Higher Education, Vol. 38. pp. 5-31. http://www.springerlink.com/content/v7xq94864k221m34/.
Gornitzka, Å. & P. Maassen (2000). Hybrid Steering Approaches with respect to European Higher Education. Higher Education Policy, Vol. 13. pp. 267-285. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095287330000012X
Gumport, P. (2000). Academic Restructuring: Organizational change and institutional imperatives. Higher Education, Vol. 39. pp. 43-66. http://www.springerlink.com/content/m3721l6405812p33/.
Huisman, J., B. Stensaker & B. Kehm (2009). Bologna, Quo vadis? In B. Kehm, J. Huisman & B. Stensaker (eds) The European Higher Education Area: Perspectives on a Moving Target. Rotterdam, Sense Publishers. pp. xiii-xv. https://www.sensepublishers.com/media/1073-the-european-higher-education-area.pdf.
Jongbloed, B. (2000). The Funding of Higher Education in Developing Countries. In B. Jongbloed & H. Teekens (eds.) The Financing of Higher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa. pp. 13-43. http://ahero.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=cshe&action=downloadfile&fileid=81806115511950417766563.
Meek, V. L.: Introduction, 2003. In A. Amaral et al. (eds.) The Higher Education Managerial Revolution? Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 1-29
Musselin, C. (2005). Change or Continuity in Higher Education Governance? Lessons Drawn from Twenty Years of National Reforms in European Countries. In I. Bleiklie & M. Henkel (eds) Governing Knowledge: A Study of Continuity and Change in Higher Education. A Festschrift in Honour of Maurice Kogan. Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 65-79. http://www.springerlink.com/content/h30t516w14094v74/fulltext.pdf.
Slaughter, S. & B. Cantwell (2012). Transatlantic moves to the market: the United States and the European Union. Higher Education, Vol. 63(5), pp. 583-606. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-011-9460-9 (24 s.)