Predicting the future is a difficult and inexact business and, generally, humans are more prone to focus on immediate problems short-term problem-solving rather than long-range planning. In fact, forecasts tricky often rendered wrong due catalytic events. The dramatic changes in teaching, learning, conducting research that have seemingly catapulted Higher Education (HE) institutions into new mo...

The present study aimed to investigate professional success among Iranian EFL teachers in two different teaching contexts namely high schools and language institutes concerning their years of teaching experience, gender, level of education and socioeconomic status. Data were gathered from among 61 teachers and 600 students chosen from various private English language institutes and high schools...

Higher education can function as an important marker of seriousness in fields characterized by diffuse professional standards. Using the case of a fine arts institute, the article outlines the role of higher education in promoting the interconnection of a professional and individual subjectivity; being an artist is not merely something one does but something one is. By primarily examining inter...