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Higher Education Forum 21（March, 2024）
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International Faculty Members’ Intention to Leave South Korea: Do acculturation and cultural advantage matter?
Jung Cheol Shin, Douglas R. Gress, Byung Shik Rhee,
Kiyong Byun, Jang Wan Ko, and Heejin Lim
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Working Conditions in Argentina’s Academia:
Different career paths and fragmentation of the profession
Mónica Marquina, Mariana Mandonça, and Nicolás Reznik
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Preferences for Study Modalities Based on the Experience of E-Learning in Pandemics
Patricia Hernández Medina and Darío Díaz Muñoz
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Online Learning Post-COVID: Faculty caring in the eyes of university students
Rebecca M. Giles, Kelly O. Byrd, Susan Ferguson, and Paige Vitulli
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Mexico-Japan Technical and Academic Exchange Program in Transition:
Challenges and issues of interculturality
Sylvie Didou Aupetit and Juan José Ramírez Bonilla
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The Way Forward for ASEAN Students’ Exchange Program Participation With South Korean Universities After the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Focusing on the needs of non-participating students
Kiyong Byun, Bawool Hong, Hyunju Lee, Ngo Tu Lap,
Nordiana Mohd Nordin, Eko Hari Purnomo, and Dondulee Jaisut
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Faculty Members’ Experience of Student Incivility in Public Institutions of Higher Education:
A case study of a conflict-stricken country
Sayeed Naqibullah Orfan and Sayed Shafiullah Obaidi
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Internationalization of Higher Education in Laos:
Perspectives of university staff on rationales, challenges, and strategies for the post-COVID-19
Soubin Sisavath
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Professional Learning Derived From International Academic Mobility During PhD Programs
Leslie Quiroz-Schulz
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Death of Vernaculars and Language Hegemony: An ethnography of higher education sector in 21st century India
Rajeev Kumaramkandath
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Cumulative Author Index, Vol. 1-21
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Higher Education Forum 20（March, 2023）
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COVID-19 and Loneliness in Higher Education: a UK-based cohort comparison study
Julia Ouzia, Keri Ka-Yee Wong, and Eleanor J. Dommett
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Undergraduate Students’ Learning Outside of Class Time during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan:
The impact of online education
Qiujing Pan and Noboru Miyoshi
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Relationship between Learning Engagement and Learning Outcomes in Online Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A semi-structured interview
Noboru Miyoshi, Qiujing Pan, Takuya Kimura, and Takahiko Nakaseko
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Virtual Student Mobility from Students’ Perspectives: Case study from Japan
Ariunaa Enkhtur, Ming Li, and Xixi Zhang
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A Comparative Study on the Education for Sustainability (EfS) Skills and In-role Performance Effectiveness in the Context of the Malaysian and the Japanese Academic Ecosystems
Majid Ghasemy and James A. Elwood
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Effects of Graduate Education on Initial Employment:
Evidence from new graduates in the Japanese labor market
Tomotaka Hirao
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The Unequal Strife for Representation in Professional Organizations:
The University and College Union in English research-intensive universities
Giulio Marini
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Impacts of Internationalisation for Quality Assurance:
A case study on institutional best practices for quality assurance in a research university
Solomon Arulraj David
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Economic Benefits of Higher Education in Ethiopia:
A Benefit-Cost Ratio Analysis
Mesfin Molla Demissie
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Higher Education Forum 19 （March, 2022）
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Understanding and Applying the Key Elements of Knowledge Diplomacy:
The role of international higher education, research and innovation in international relations
Jane Knight
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English Medium Instruction Programs in Private Universities in Mongolia－Rationales and challenges
Sainbayar Gundsambuu
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A Competency Level Model for Communication Skills
Kristina Walz and Edith Braun
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The Effect of Class Experiences via Online Education on Japanese University Students’ Learning Outcomes amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Noboru Miyoshi, Qiujing Pan and Yonghong Hu
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Internationalization of Curriculum in Japanese Higher Education:
Blockers and Enablers in English-medium Instruction Classrooms in the Era of COVID-19
Christopher D. Hammond and Leyla Radjai
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A Hidden Cultural Force: Contextualizing Taiwan’s higher education governance
Warangkana Lin
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To Be or Not to Be Responsible? Academic Research and Social Responsibility
Aleksandar Avramovic, Rómulo Pinheiro, and Michael Asante
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Academic Profession and Gender among Academics in Formative Stages:
International trends and successful public university strategies
Paulina Berríos, Braulio Montiel, Fernanda Aguilera,
Karen Gutiérrez, Estefanía Álvarez, Marcelo Robaldo,
Fabian Pino, Javier Fuentes, and Claudio Olea
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At the Top of the Pyramid, Everyone is Above Average:
Self-efficacy and perceived performance of academics in the Nordic countries
Laila Nordstrand Berg, Aleksandar Avramović,
Lars Geschwind, Elias Pekkola and Rómulo Pinheiro
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Private Financing and Access to Higher Education in India during 2010 to 2020
Vishakha Gandhi and Kinjal Ahir
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Higher Education Forum18 （March, 2021）
Higher Education Forum 17 （March, 2020）
Contents + PDF ／ Special Issue for APIKS
Higher Education Forum 16 （March, 2019）
Contents + PDF ／ Special Issue for HER2017
Higher Education Forum 15 （March, 2018）
Higher Education Forum 14 （March, 2017）
Higher Education Forum 13 （March, 2016）
Higher Education Forum 12 （March, 2015）
Higher Education Forum 11 （March, 2014）
Higher Education Forum 10 （March, 2013）
○ 127pp
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Postmortem for the Current Era: Change in American higher education, 1980 – 2010
／ Roger L. Geiger
Student Mobility Revisited
／ Hanneke Teekens
Diversity and Quality in Higher Education: A comparison of preferential policies in India and the U.S.
／ Ratna Ghosh
“Why” and “How” Matter: Student engagement in China’s universities
／ Jinghuan Shi, Shu Wang and Liusi Guan
Horizontal and Vertical Differentiation in the Global Market for Higher Education: An economic perspective
／ Yukari Matsuzuka
Beyond the University: International university co-operation and network capital
／ brian D. Denman and Neil Dunstan
Higher Education in Algeria: Evolution and perspectives
／ Nabil Bouzid, Zineddine Berrouche and Youcef Berkane
Higher Education Forum 9 （March, 2012）
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Everything for Sale? The marketisation of UK higher education 1980-2012
／ Roger brown and Helen Carasso
University Reform Now in Japan: From a screening device toward a place of teaching and learning
／ Shinichi Yamamoto
The International Student Density Effect: A profile of a global movement of talent at a group of major U.S. universities
／ Chun-Mei Zhao and John Douglass
Higher Education Reforms and Revitalization of the Sector
／ N.V. Varghese
Promoting Interdisciplinary Doctoral Education: Expectations and opportunities
／ Lisa R. Lattuca
Towards a Better Ranking in Higher Education and Research: Critique of global university rankings and an alternative
／ Don F. Westerheijden
Addressing the Challenge of Maintaining the Australian Academic Workforce
／ Sophie Arkoudis, Emmaline Bexley and Richard James
Higher Education Forum 8 （March, 2011）
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The Changing Nature of Academic Work from an International Comparative Perspective
／ Akira Arimoto
Higher Education in Africa: the challenges ahead
／ Goolam Mohamedbhai
The Public/Private Dynamics in Polish Higher Education: demand-absorbing private growth and its implications
／ Marek Kwiek
Casual Academics: Australia’s hidden academic workforce
／ Emmaline Bexley and Chi Baik
Employability, Equity and Elite Formation ／ Louise Morley
Higher Education Reform in Argentina in the 1990s: paradoxes of government intervention in a minimalist state model
／ Monica Marquina
Higher Education Forum 7 （March, 2010）
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The Limits of Market Reform in Higher Education
／ Simon Marginson
From Government to Governance: new mechanisms of steering higher education
／ Barbara M. Kehm
National Initiatives for Building World-Class Universities: comparison between Asian and European experiences
／ Qiaoqiao Deng, Qi Wang and Nian Cai Liu
Public Expenditure on Higher Education in Japan
／ Fumihiro Maruyama
Increase in PhD Production and Reform of Doctoral Education Worldwide
／ Maresi Nerad
The Graduate Foundations of Research in brazil
／ Elizabeth Balbachevsky and Simon Schwartzman
Access & Quality Dilemma in Education: implication for Namibia’s Vision 2030
／ Elizabeth M. Amukugo, Gilbert N. Likando and John Mushaandja
The American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: impact on state higher education policy
／ Rayburn Barton
Higher Education Forum 6 （March, 2009）
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Globalization, International Rankings, and the American Model: a reassessment
／ William G. Tierney
The Meaning and Recognition of Double and Joint Degree Programs
／ Jane Knight
Intermediary Bodies in UK Higher Education Governance, with Particular Reference to Universities UK
／ William Locke
Transnational Higher Education in China: thirty years of development
／ Shengbing Li
The Transformation of Higher Education in South Africa since 1994: achievements and challenges
／ Charste C. Wolhuter
On Field Knowledge in Higher Education Research
／ Jussi Valimaa
Mexican Higher Education at a Crossroads: topics for a new agenda in public policies
／ Jesus F. Galaz-Fontes, Manuel Gil-Anton, Laura E. Padilla-Gonzalez, Juan J. Sevilla-Garcia, Jorge G. Martinez-Stack, and Jose L. Arcos-Vega
The Triumvirate Governing Japan’s Higher Education Policy since the 1990s: perspectives on neo-liberalism
／ Aya Yoshida
Higher Education Forum 5 （March, 2008）
○ 154pp
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Development and Problems: Higher Education Research in China at the Beginning of the 21st Century
／ Pan Maoyuan and Liu Xiaoqiang
Social Responsibility of Universities in Thailand
／ Charas Suwanwela
Scenario-Building Approach to Constructing Models for Universities in Malaysia
／ Morshidi Sirat, Norzaini Azman, and Mohd. Azhari Karim
Is Academic Capitalism, U.S. Style, for Japan? Challenges, Costs, Choices
／ Gary Rhoades
Problems with the Academy: markets and massification
／ Keith J. Morgan
The Research Training Mission of the University: Challenges to Traditional Systems of Doctoral Education
／ Kay Harman
The Development and Quality Assurance of Graduate Education in Japan
／ Fumihiro Maruyama
Quality Assurance for Higher Education in Canada: from patchwork to national policy
／ Hans G. Schuetze
Learning Outcomes of College Students in Japan: Comparative Analysis between and within Universities
／ Reiko Yamada
Service-Learning in American Higher Education: An Analysis
／ Arthur Ellis, Gregory Bianchi, and Kathy Shoop
Higher Education Forum 4 （February, 2007）
○ 112pp
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Recent Issues in Higher Education Reform in Japan: the Relationship between the Social System and the Higher Education System
／ Akira Arimoto
Reform and Change of German Research Universities
／ Jurgen Enders
Academic Boundaries: are they Still Needed?
／ Mary Henkel
Measuring the Quality of University Teaching: the Australian Experience of Performance Indicators for Teaching
／ Kerri-Lee Harris, Kelly Farrell and Richard James
Subject Benchmarking in the UK
／ Gareth Williams
The Role of Islamic Higher Education in Indonesia in Modernization of Islamic Thinking in Indonesia
／ M. K. Tadjudin
The Incorporation of National Universities and its Impact on Higher Education In Japan
／ Shinichi Yamamoto
Internationalizing University Education in Singapore: future Directions
／ Michael H. Lee and S. Gopinathan
Higher Education Forum 3 （March, 2006）
○ 100pp
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Globalization and Knowledge Production: An Asian Tilt?
／ William K. Cummings
The Evaluative State and Bologna: Old Wine in New Bottles or simply the Ancient Practice of ‘Coupage’?
／ Guy Neave
Modern Academic Governance
／ Michael Shattock
The Revolution in Faculty Appointments in the United States. What has it Meant for Academic Careers?
And What Might it Mean for Japan?
／ Martin J. Finkelstein
Doctoral Education in the United States, Past and Present, and the Key Role of Chemistry
／ Roger L. Geiger
Ideology and Higher Education Studies in Japan and the UK: Theoretico-Methodological Issues
／ Keiko Yokoyama
Higher Education Forum 2 （March, 2005）
○ 156pp
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Genetic Entrepreneurialism among American Universities
／ Burton R. Clark
The Demise of Public Good in the Neo-liberal Coordination of Higher Education : the Case of Australia
／ V. Lynn Meek
Towards a ”European Higher Education Area”: Visions and Realities
／ Ulrich Teichler
National Policy Shift on Social Stratification in Higher Education
／ Akira Arimoto
Professor and Sensei: The Construction of Faculty Roles in the United States and Japan
／ Robert Birnbaum
The Academic Marketplace in Japan: Inbreeding, Grades and Organization at Research Universities
／ Atsunori Yamanoi
A Comparative Study of Massification of Higher Education in China and Japan
／ Fu-tao Huang
Female Access to Higher Education in China since the 1990s: Process, Problem and Prospect
／ Yezhu Zhao
Teaching, Scholarship and Research: an undistributed middle
／ Keith J. Morgan
Higher Education Forum 1 （2003）
○ 134pp
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Centers and Peripheries in the Academic Profession : the Special Challenges of Developing Countries
／ Philip G. Altbach
Main Issues European Higher Education and Research
／Luc E. Weber
Mutual Recognition and Credit Transfer in Europe : Experiences and Problems
／Ulrich Teichler
Higher Education Reform and the Public Legitimacy Debate
／ Peter Maassen
The Higher Education System in Japan : the Role of Government since 1945
／ Shinichi Yamamoto
Recent Higher Education Reforms in Japan : Consideration of Social Conditions, Functions, and Structure
／ Akira Arimoto
Re-construction and Expectations of the Higher Education System : a Study on the Reform of the Administrative System for Higher Education in China since 1990
／ Xuefei Chen
Higher Education in England in the 21st Century
／ Keith J. Morgan
Australia’s System of Quality Assurance for Higher Education : Development, Key Elements, and Current Operation
／ Grant Harman