Explanatory accounts in international and comparative higher education research

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan Cantwell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Comparative Higher Education

Jullien’s 1817 Esquisse: Toward a “Science” of Comparative Higher Education?

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-48
Author(s):  
John C. Weidman ◽  
Aizat Nurshatayeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Comparative Education ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Comparative Higher Education ◽  
League Tables ◽  
Contemporary Work ◽  
Foundational Work ◽  
Positivist Approach

This article links comparative and international higher education research to ideas put forward in the 1817 pamphlet by Marc-Antoine Jullien, Esquisse, that is widely recognized as a foundational work for the field of comparative education, including providing its name. The paper describes how Jullien’s ideas in Esquisse are reflected in the contemporary work of the International Bureau of Education (IBE) and the UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS), including examples of comparative higher education tables analogous to those first described in Esquisse. The positivist approach advocated by Jullien is linked to contemporary research such as international rankings of higher education institutions (league tables) and surveys of the professoriate. It concludes with implications for future directions of comparative education research that are more “scientific” because they embed the increasingly sophisticated capacity for measurement and data collection within systematic conceptual frameworks as well as ever more rigorous quantitative and qualitative methodological techniques.

Comparative higher education research in times of globalisation of higher education: Theoretical and methodological insights

2021 ◽  
pp. 147490412098793
Author(s):  
Maruša Hauptman Komotar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Institutional Isomorphism ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Comparative Higher Education ◽  
Methodological Nationalism ◽  
Internationalisation Of Higher Education ◽  
Contextual Element ◽  
Pyramid Model ◽  
Complex Relationships

In times of globalisation of higher education, alternative theoretical and methodological approaches were introduced in the field of comparative higher education research. To stimulate the debate on this issue, this paper firstly addresses them theoretically by combining the concept of institutional isomorphism and the ‘glonacal’ analytical heuristic. On this basis, it discusses arguments in favour of convergence and diversity from the perspective of the internationalisation of higher education and also points to the limits of institutional isomorphism resulting from ‘glonacal’ influences of agencies and agency on the development of (internationalisation of) higher education. Secondly, the paper also draws attention to the influence of globalisation on the selection of methodology in comparative higher education research by exposing the limits of methodological nationalism. Along these lines, it portrays the reversed pyramid model of different horizontal and vertical levels of comparisons with which it establishes the (missing) link between the selected theoretical and methodological framework of comparative (higher education) research. In conclusion, it acknowledges the need to integrate the contextual element into the comparative framework which allows thorough analysis of complex relationships between globalisation and higher education both theoretically and methodologically.

scholarly journals International Higher Education Research and Comparative Analysis

2015 ◽  
pp. 11-13
Author(s):  
Anna Kosmützky ◽  
Georg Krücken
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Comparative Research ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Comparative Higher Education ◽  
International Comparative Research ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Country Clusters ◽  
International Comparative

The article investigates whether international comparative higher education research has grown considerably during the past two decades. It reports the outcomes of a recent bibliometric study which found three key characteristics of international comparative higher education research: a relatively steady state, a larger share of international collaborative articles in international comparative research compared to non-comparative research, and a preference for small-scale country clusters for comparison.

Thriving in Academia: Understanding and Managing the Complexities of Faculty Work

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ketevan Mamiseishvili
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Work Setting ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Faculty Work ◽  
College And University ◽  
Teaching Research ◽  
University Settings

In this paper, I will illustrate the changing nature and complexity of faculty employment in college and university settings. I will use existing higher education research to describe changes in faculty demographics, the escalating demands placed on faculty in the work setting, and challenges that confront professors seeking tenure or administrative advancement. Boyer’s (1990) framework for bringing traditionally marginalized and neglected functions of teaching, service, and community engagement into scholarship is examined as a model for balancing not only teaching, research, and service, but also work with everyday life.

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