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• Innovations in an institutionalised higher education system: the role of embedded agency.

  Authors:Jinyuan Ma and Yuzhuo CaiFrom:Higher Education (Vol. 82, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20218,279 words Report 1520LThis paper explores how a novel university governance model at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), largely learned from the West, has been implemented in the highly institutionalised and centralised...

• Women academics in Chinese universities: a historical perspective.

  Authors:Li Tang and Hugo HortaFrom:Higher Education (Vol. 82, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 202112,572 words Report 1510LWomen academics have represented half of the academic body at Chinese higher education institutions since 2018. However, national and international scientific research on women academics in China has been limited, in...

• Unequal expectations: First-generation and continuing-generation students' anticipated relationships with doctoral advisors in STEM.

  Authors:Annie M. Wofford, Kimberly A. Griffin, and Josipa RoksaFrom:Higher Education (Vol. 82, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20218,696 words Report 1510LOne of the central goals of doctoral programs is to develop independent researchers and scholars who will lead the next generation of knowledge production. Despite extant evidence of inequalities in doctoral education,...

• Back out or hang on? An event history analysis of withdrawal from doctoral education in Germany.

  Authors:Steffen Jaksztat, Martin Neugebauer, and Gesche BrandtFrom:Higher Education (Vol. 82, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20218,312 words Report 1380LDespite the benefits of a PhD for degree-holders as well for society as a whole, doctoral student attrition is a common phenomenon. Unfortunately, the empirical literature on dropout from doctoral education is scant,...

• Are evaluative cultures national or global? A cross-national study on evaluative cultures in academic recruitment processes in Europe.

  Authors:Ingvild Reymert, Jens Jungblut, and Siri B. BorlaugFrom:Higher Education (Vol. 82, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20219,468 words Report 1470LStudies on academic recruitment processes have demonstrated that universities evaluate candidates for research positions using multiple criteria. However, most studies on preferences regarding evaluative criteria in...

• Rethinking student-teacher relationships in higher education: a multidimensional approach.

  Author:Roland TormeyFrom:Higher Education (Vol. 82, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20219,612 words Report 1520LStudent-teacher relationships play an important role in both teacher and student experiences in higher education and have been found to be linked to learning, classroom management, and to student absenteeism. Although...

• Different profiles for the assessment of student theses in teacher education.

  Authors:Karin Stolpe, Lars Björklund, Mats Lundström, and Maria ÅströmFrom:Higher Education (Vol. 82, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20218,157 words Report 1250LPrevious research shows a discrepancy between different teachers' assessment of student theses. This might be an even larger problem in the context of teacher education, since teacher trainers originate from different...

• Campus closures and the devaluing of emplaced Higher Education: widening participation in neoliberal times.

  Authors:Sarah Leaney and Shadreck MwaleFrom:Higher Education (Vol. 82, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20219,031 words Report 1490LWidening participation (WP) in Higher Education (HE) is often positioned as key to resolving social inequality; it underpins arguments that increasing levels of education lead to reduced levels of poverty. Located within...

• Enhancing the recruitment of postgraduate researchers from diverse countries: managing the application process.

  Authors:Kyung Hye Kim and Helen Spencer-OateyFrom:Higher Education (Vol. 82, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20218,171 words Report 1420LInternational students form an important element of most universities' internationalisation strategies, especially for research and the recruitment of high calibre PhD students (PGRs). Despite the numerous studies of...

• Academic freedom as a source of rights' violations: a European perspective.

  Author:Monika Stachowiak-KudlaFrom:Higher Education (Vol. 82, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20219,560 words Editorial 1390LThe application of academic freedom may lead to a violation of individual rights, such as the right to respect private life or institutional rights such as university autonomy, or the right of the religious community to...

• Academic expectations among university students and staff: addressing the role of psychological contracts and social norms.

  Authors:Ryan Naylor, Fiona L. Bird, and Nicole E. ButlerFrom:Higher Education (Vol. 82, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20218,040 words Report 1510LStudent expectations of required workload, behaviour, resource use, role and relationship profoundly shape success in higher education and inform satisfaction with their learning experience. Teachers' expectations of...