scholarly journals Hochschulforschung in der Schweiz

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-429
Author(s):  
Carole Probst ◽  
Christian Wassmer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Higher Education Research

Hochschulforschung (higher education research) ist ein relativ junges Feld mit engen Verbindungen und unklaren Grenzen zu benachbarten Disziplinen. Es definiert sich mehr über den Forschungsgegenstand als über gemeinsame Theorien und Methoden. Der Forschungsgegenstand ist oft stark durch nationale Gegebenheiten geprägt. Auch in der Schweiz zeigt sich, dass das Feld (noch) nicht als eigenständige wissenschaftliche Disziplin bezeichnet werden kann, fehlen doch z. B. die institutionalisierte Ausbildung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses oder Gefässe für den gegenseitigen Austausch. Dieser Beitrag hat zum Ziel, den Stand der Hochschulforschung in der Schweiz anhand von Publikationen von Autorinnen und Autoren aus der Schweiz darzustellen, mit einem Fokus auf Themen und Co-Autorschaften.

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.

Student Variables that Predict Retention: Recent Research and New Developments

NASPA Journal ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Reason
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
College Student ◽  
Student Retention ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
College Student Retention ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Changing Demographics

This article reviews recent research related to the study of college student retention, specifically examining research related to individual student demographic characteristics. The increasing diversity of undergraduate college students requires a new, thorough examination of those student variables previously understood to predict retention. The retention literature focuses on research conducted after 1990 and emphasizes the changing demographics in higher education. Research related to a relatively new variable —the merit-index—also is reviewed, revealing potentially promising, but currently mixed results.

Borders, paths and orientations: assembling the higher education research field as doctoral students and supervisors

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 422-437
Author(s):  
Tai Peseta ◽  
Giedre Kligyte ◽  
Amani Bell ◽  
Brittany Hardiman ◽  
Delyse Leadbeatter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Higher Education Research

Philosophy’s rematch: A new conceptualization of the study of higher education

2021 ◽  
pp. 147402222110029
Author(s):  
Gabe A Orona
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Virtue Epistemology ◽  
Bayesian Epistemology ◽  
Higher Education Research ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Research Philosophy ◽  
Development Of Students

In recent decades, philosophy has been identified as a general approach to enhance the maturity of higher education as a field of study by enriching theory and method. In this article, I offer a new set of philosophical recommendations to spur the disciplinary development of higher education, departing from previous work in several meaningful ways. Due to their deep and useful connections to higher education research, philosophy of measurement, virtue epistemology, and Bayesian epistemology are introduced and discussed in relation to their conceptual association and potential practical influence on the study of higher education. The culmination of these points signals a learnercentered lens focused on the development of students.

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