Editorial: The Need for Good Leaders in Higher Education

the survey of the virtual higher education in iran and the ways of its development and improvement

این پژوهش با هدف "بررسی وضعیت موجود آموزش عالی مجازی در ایران و راههای توسعه و ارتقای آن " و با روش توصیفی-تحلیلی و پیمایشی صورت پذیرفته است. بررسی اسنادو مدارک موجود در زمینه آموزش مجازی نشان داد تعداد دانشجویان و مقاطع تحصیلی و رشته محل های دوره های الکترونیکی چندان مطلوب نبوده و از نظر کیفی نیز وضعیت شاخص خدمات آموزشی اساتید و وضعیت شبکه اینترنت در محیط آموزش مجازی نامطلوب است.

Engaging with Leaders in Higher Education

www.lfhe.ac.uk INTRODUCTION Over the last decade the pressures in higher education in the UK have become greater than ever and this includes growth in student numbers, severe regulatory demands, and, more recently, explicit competition. The corollary of this has been a steady increase in the measures within universities to actively manage finances and quality. It could be anticipated that the a...

Are Female Leaders Good for Education? Evidence from India.∗

This paper studies the impact of the politicians’ identity, along the lines of gender, on the education achieved by individuals living in their districts in India. To address this question I collected a unique and very detailed dataset on the votes received by politicians in India who contested in elections during 1967-2001. I use these data to identify close elections between women and men, wh...

Preparing Tomorrow's Classroom Leaders: Challenges for Christian Higher Education

Competition in higher education – good or bad?

Competition is an integrated part of most civilizations, from sports to education. Often competition arise whether or not it was intended and higher education is no exception from this. Should teachers acknowledge this and try to introduce competition as a part of the course or should they try to prevent competition, even spontaneously arisen competition? In this paper an overview of effects of...