Full Description
As a new model of growth and development comes into force, higher education institutions (HEI) worldwide have to adapt and respond to a constantly changing environment. Politics, economics, advances in technology and the resultant societal change create a number of opportunities and challenges that HEI' administrators have to address on a daily basis. This volume offers practice-driven accounts of how HEI successfully embrace these challenges and opportunities.
The experts and practitioners contributing to this volume reveal a complex reality of HEI today. The book links the debate on education to topical issues in politics, society and economy, including questions of technological progress, social responsibility, sustainability, well-being and, broadly understood, resilience. The authors emphasise the importance of the role of the university in supporting new models of growth by ensuring that the institutions strive towards inclusive education for all. Topics examined in this timely book include university social responsibility, emerging technologies in Higher Education and digital games-based learning and organizational innovation, in a range of international contexts.
Given its practice-drive approach, this book will be invaluable for researchers, administrators and leaders in higher education management.
Contents
1. Introduction: Emerging Technologies and Higher Education: Management and Administration in Focus; Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis D. Lytras and Akila Saritete
2. How Can Higher Education Institutions (HEI's) Engender Enterprising Behaviour from within Under-represented Communities?
Emma O'Brien and Thomas Cooney
3. From Content- to Competence-oriented Design of HE Curricula: Leadership in Times of Transition; Àngels Fitó-Bertran and Mª Jesús Martínez-Argüelles
4. University Social Responsibility from the Industrial Value Creation Program Perspective; Ying-Jiun Hsieh, Yenchun Jim Wu, Lan-Ying Huan and Chia-Fen Chang
5. Four Obstacles to Improving the Quality of University Education: The Case of Hungary; Peter Mihályi
6. A Happy Dean's Office: But Is There One? The Case of Polish HEIs; Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska and Ewa Wiśniewska
7. Thriving in Higher Education: Creating the New Normal Through Resilience; Jennifer Moss Breen
8. Innovation in the Quality Life Cycle of Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Effat University; Haifa R. Jamal Al-lail and Eman A. A. Mohamed
9. Entrepreneurial University and Organizational Innovation: The Case of Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain
Odeh Al-Jayyousi, Adel Al-Alawi, Soud Al-Mahamid and Afaf Bugawa
10. Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Transformation of the Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Mexico; Miguel Torres-Ruiz and Marco Moreno-Ibarra
11. Transitioning to Digital Games-based Learning: The Case of Scottish Universities; Aishah Abdul Razak, Mohamad Izani Zainal Abidin and Thomas M. Connolly
12. Managing Student Engagement at HEI: The Case of CURPA; Marco Spruit and Patrick Joosten
13. By Means of Conclusion: ICT at the Service of Higher Education in a Transforming World; Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis D. Lytras and Akila Saritete
