This paper investigates the growth over time of the size of higher education institutions (HEIs), as measured by the number of academic staff, and its association with HEI and country attributes. We analyse a sample of 837 HEIs from 18 countries derived from the European Tertiary Education Register (ETER) and from the European Micro Data dataset (EUMIDA) for the years 2008 and 2012. Our analysi...

Good or poor nutrition education begins in early life. Often reinforced by misguided parental threats and entreaties, the preschool child, within the framework of personal preference, usually displays uncritical acceptance of family eating patterns. When he first enters school he regards his own eating habits, whether the emphasis is on pie and chips, meat and two vegetables or on vegan fare, a...

in this paper we argue about knowledge management (km) and its implications for academic productivity with focus on models of changes in knowledge production posited by gibbons et al and community model of knowledge management, especially in a transitional society as iran.  based on the above argument, we have discussed the relationships between research and teaching productivity, briefly. beca...

Thisarticlereviewstheinternationalliteratureonblendedlearninginviewofestablishingitsthematic trendsinhighereducation.ThesystematicreviewthroughPRISMA,soughttoanswerthreeresearch questions:First,howhavepublicationsevolvedfrom2000to2016inblendedlearninginhigher education?Secondly,whatthemesarefrequentlypublishedinblendedlearningsince2000to2...

The rapid development in Indian higher education sector has increased the focus on reforms in higher educational institution administration. Efficiency and accountability have become important elements, and the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) into the educational administration process has become a necessity. The objective of this study is to know the current exten...

this research has used a mixed methodology with both quantitative and qualitative approaches. the study population included three groups; the post-graduate students, professors and academic staff at two universities, khouzestan ramin agriculture and natural resources university and bu-ali sina university. for collecting quantitative data among 320 students, 175 were selected using random sampli...

the most important goal of each society, is to reach economic development. as the goal and agent of development, man has got an important responsibility, which responsibility is realized by way of education, specially higher education, because the universities are the main factors for progress, production of knowledge and education of specialized human forces and they play a significant role in...