Higher Education Research

Provides readers with an overview of the state of higher education research and its relationship to policy and practice. This work draws upon developments in higher education research in Australia, Canada, Japan and Latin America to provide a comparative perspective on the state of higher education research.

Part 1: Introduction. The relationships between higher education research and higher education policy and practice: the researcher's perspective (U. Teichler). Part 2: Major Issues in Comparative Perspective. Research, policy and practice: assessing their actual and potential linkages (E. El-Khawas). Higher education research, policy and practice: contexts, conflicts and the new horizon (Motohisa Kaneko). Higher education research: the hourglass structure and its implications (P.A.M. Maassen). Part 3: Experiences from Individual Countries and Regions. Higher education research and policy in Canada (G.A. Jones). Higher education policy research in Australia (M. Hayden). Recent developments of higher education research and higher education policy in Japan (Akira Arimoto). Latin America: higher education research in a transformation context (C. Garcia-Guadilla). Part 4: A Synthesis. Higher education research in the light of a dialogue between policy makers and practitioners (P. Scott). Annex 1. Higher education and the World Bank: from policy to practice. Annex 2. Academic social science research and policy-making in Chile (R. Urza).Annex 3. Select Bibliography on higher education research and policy-making.