As managers of Brazilian HEI's can use the BSC to improve the decision-making process? The answer to this question guided this study that found the efficiency of this business strategy in the educational context of Brazilian higher education expansion.

Higher education institutions (HEIs) are often curious whether students will be successful or not during their study. Before or during their courses the academic institutions try to estimate the percentage of successful students. But is it possible to predict the success rate of students enrolled in their courses? Are there any specific student characteristics, which can be associated with the ...

Recent debate in Higher Education (HE) has attempted to identify the legitimate components at the core of academic scholarship. Teaching and research, are recognized activities of modern academia; although their nexus is at times questioned. This paper seeks to understand the role of a rising academic activity, academic consultancy, and to portray its impact onto HE. A two-stage research design...

In an era of global economic recession, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are experiencing severe pressure from budget reduction. As a result, they have been forced to develop more competitive ways in order to tap on resources and capabilities stemming from contemporary rapid technological and organisational changes. Thus, quality management issues have drawn the interest of academics and pr...

This paper details findings from a study in the University sector which sought to identify the location and processes of knowledge creation necessary for the effective governance. It explored the differences between the stated location of, and systems for, knowledge production and the actual practice occurring within the organisation. Data was collected via observations of key committees and se...

Milam, John H., Jr. Knowledge Management for Higher Education. ERIC Digest. ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, Washington, DC. Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. EDO-HE-2001-05 2001-00-00 4p.; Small font may not reproduce well. RR-99-00-0036 ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, Institute for Education Policy Studies, Graduate School of Education and Hum...

To solve the problem of quality in higher education, many different factors, including controversial ones, must be involved. To achieve the required quality of education at universities, teachers must have enough freedom to develop educational content, as well as to involve the results of scientific research and innovative pedagogical technologies into the process of education. It is necessary ...

Associate Pro f fessor of Computer Education Memorial University of New fo u n d l a n d b m a n n @ m o r g a n . u c s . mu n . c a T his paper has three aims; first, to briefly describe the aspirations of c o m m e rcial Web course management systems (WCMS’s) in education. The second aim is to examine the applicability of familiar i n s t ructional design models and theories to the re q u i ...

43 As the World Wide Web has matured, so have people’s expectations of their Web experiences. After becoming familiar with what they can find and how to find it, Web visitors have begun to expect more and timelier information from the Web sites they visit. Web managers, in turn, have had to find new ways of meeting these expectations. For campus Web managers, the challenge is to meet these expe...