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This open access book is a result of the first ever study of the transformations of the higher education institutional landscape in fifteen former USSR countries after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It explores how the single Soviet model that developed across the vast and diverse territory of the Soviet Union over several decades has evolved into fifteen unique national systems, systems that have responded to national and global developments while still bearing some traces of the past. The book is distinctive as it presents a comprehensive analysis of the reforms and transformations in the region in the last 25 years; and it focuses on institutional landscape through the evolution of the institutional types established and developed in Pre-Soviet, Soviet and Post-Soviet time. It also embraces all fifteen countries of the former USSR, and provides a comparative analysis of transformations of institutional landscape across Post-Soviet systems. It will be highly relevant for students and researchers in the fields of higher education and and sociology, particularly those with an interest in historical and comparative studies.

USSR countries --- Soviet higher education reform --- Soviet higher education policy --- Post-Soviet higher education --- vertical system differentiation --- horizontal system differentiation

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This open access book critiques real world learning across both the curriculum and extracurricular activities. Drawing on disciplines as diverse as business, health, fashion, sociology and geography, the editors and authors employ a cross-disciplinary approach to examine how this concept is being applied in higher education. Divided into three parts, the authors and contributors analyse broader applications of real world learning, student experience of practicing in a real world setting, and how learning strategies can be employed to engage students in real world learning. The editors and contributors provide up-to-date, cross-disciplinary and international insights into how real world learning could be integrated into the higher education curriculum to support effective, relevant and life-long learning for 21st century students.

Professional & Vocational Education --- Higher Education --- Learning & Instruction --- Educational Policy and Politics --- Professional and Vocational Education --- Education --- Real world learning --- Applied pedagogy --- Higher education policy --- Graduate employability --- Academic development --- Placement years --- Innovative pedagogies --- Open Access --- Industrial or vocational training --- Higher & further education, tertiary education --- Teaching skills & techniques --- Cognition & cognitive psychology --- Educational strategies & policy

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This open access book focuses on the dimensions of the discourse of 'The World Class University', its alleged characteristics, and its policy expressions. It offers a broad overview of the historical background and current trajectory of the world-class-university construct. It also deepens the theoretical discussion, and points a way forward out of present impasses resulting from the pervasive use and abuse of the notion of "world-class" and related terms in the discourse of quality assessment. The book includes approaches and results from fields of inquiry not otherwise prominent in Higher Education studies, including philosophy and media studies, as well as sociology, anthropology, educational theory. The growing impact of global rankings and their strategic use in the restructuring of higher education systems to increase global competitiveness has led to a ‘reputation race’ and the emergence of the global discourse of world class universities. The discourse of world class universities has rapid uptake in East Asian countries, with China recently refining its strategy. This book provides insights into this process and its future development.

Educational Policy and Politics --- Higher Education --- Administration, Organization and Leadership --- Sociology of Education --- Educational Philosophy --- Philosophy of Education --- Organization and Leadership --- open access --- higher education policy --- global rankings and league tables --- audit culture and the university --- universities and liberal education --- mediatization and the university --- academic excellence and marketization --- higher education and performance indicators --- academic freedom --- global educational competitiveness --- world class university discourse --- academic capitalism --- Educational strategies & policy --- Higher & further education, tertiary education --- Educational administration & organization --- Sociology --- Philosophy & theory of education