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Education and what it means has entered a new era in which the primary focus on education for the sake of education is strained. This era is characterised by movement from becoming well educated to employability potential in parallel with institutional change based on competitive commercialisation. Within this operating environment, this collection of papers examines critical issues in higher education from three perspectives - learners, learning and governance. Each section contains a brief overview of the topics covered.

The contents are as follows: Section one, 'Learners', contains the following chapters: Social epistemology, higher education and cultural convergence / Michael Kompf; Teaching qualification for doctoral students / Andrew Short; Developments in doctoral assessment in the UK / Gill Clarke; Keeping the boys at a distance: an alternate path to post-secondary education / Patrick Tierney; Preparing researchers of tomorrow: research assistantships as learning venues for postgraduate students / Ewelina K. Niemczyk; Every student counts: current trends in post-secondary student retention / Catherine O'Rourke. Section two, 'Learning', contains: Outcomes of learning: [dis]engaging students in higher education / Nicola Simmons; Quality assurance requirements in Ontario universities: how did we get here? / Lori Goff; Students with learning and developmental disabilities in post secondary education: towards an inclusive universal design model / Wendy Arscott; UK higher education: providing assurance of academic standards and quality / Janet Bohrer; Matching the characteristics of researchers with the demands of 21st century research / Julie Reeves; Tensions between practitioner researchers and university human research ethics regulatory boards / Lori Walker. Section three, 'Governance', contains: Silence within the academy: a symptom / Rahul Kumar; Evaluating the impact of innovations in doctoral education in the UK / Tony Bromley; Doctorateness: an elusive concept? / Pamela M. Denicolo and Chris Park; Intersecting roles: tensions of employee-graduate students / Christina Skorobohacz; John is back, or is he?: the Dewey revival and community service-learning in higher education / Ellen Carter; Quality and sustainability concerns for online course offerings in institutions of higher education / Shantal Woolsey; Befriending Bologna?: students and standardized policies and procedures governing higher education in Europe / Christine Helen Arnold. Show less