The workshop series International Dialogue on Education Berlin is a joint initiative of the British Council Germany, the German Academic Exchange Service, the German-American Fulbright Commission, the Australian Group of Eight and the Canadian Bureau for International Education in Berlin.
Through the contributions of international participants the series aims to enrich the debate on science, research and higher education policy in Germany, to place German perspectives in a global context and to learn from positive examples from other countries.
Further Reading
USATransdisciplinary Research
Interdisciplinary Research - Case Studies from Health and Social Science
Kessel, F.S., Rosenfield, P. L., & Anderson, N. B. (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, 2008 (2nd ed.)
http://www.ssrc.org/publications
Interdisciplinary research can pose a range of challenges to researchers in health and social science. This volume presents a series of case studies of successful interdisciplinary research programs, which provide a variety of models of how best to undertake interdisciplinary research in health and human science.
Steve Jacob In: American Journal of Evaluation June 2008 vol. 29 no. 2, pp.175-194
Jacob Cross-disciplinarization.pdf
Reflections on crossing disciplinary lines abound in the scientific community. Can cross-disciplinary approaches, with all their complexity and particularities, provide the way forward in the search for practical solutions to real-world problems? In this article, the author addresses how the debate on cross-disciplinarization pertains to the field of policy evaluation. Evaluation is appropriate terrain for such a discussion as this particular field of social science seeks to produce useful knowledge for both managers and policy makers. As such, the author offers a general account of the advantages and disadvantages of cross-disciplinary evaluation. Because evaluation requires close collaboration between individuals from different domains and backgrounds, the author further outlines the specific challenges that face the practitioner when conducting a cross-disciplinary evaluation.
The potential of transdisciplinary research for sustaining and extending linkages between the health and social sciences.
Patricia L. Rosenfeld In: Social Science & Medicine, 1982, vol. 35(11), pp. 1343-1357
The Potential of Transdisciplinary Research.pdf
The last decade of the twentieth century is witnessing a profusion of projects drawing together social and health scientists to study and recommend solutions for a wide range of health problems. The process--practiced in both developed and developing countries--is usually called multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary research. Its historical precedents are briefly reviewed in this paper along with the types of problems addressed. From a review and discussion of a sample of projects selected from two major proponents of this approach to research, the Social and Economic Research Component of the UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases and the Applied Diarrheal Disease Research Project, conclusions are drawn about the nature of contributions from such efforts.
Toward Transdisciplinary Research - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Frank Kessel, PhD, Patricia L. Rosenfeld, PhD
In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2008, 35(2S): pp S225-S234)
http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/
Over the past two decades a variety of national and international efforts has sought to bring together health and social scientists to address complex health issues. This paper reviews how the notion of transdisciplinary research has emerged; discusses research programs that have successfully traversed discipline boundaries in sustained fashion; considers facilitating and constraining factors that have emerged from the analyses of this process; and suggests next steps for conceptualizing, organizing, and assessing transdisciplinary research based on the notion of heterarchy.
Postdoctoral Education
Association of American Universities (AAU), "Committee on Postdoctoral Education, Report and Recommendations" (March 1998)
AAU, "Postdoctoral Education Survey: Summary of Results" (October 2005)
AAU, "Recommendations for Postdoctoral Policies and Practices" (October 2008)
www.nationalpostdoc.org/about-the-npa
NPA Recommendations for Postdoctoral Policies and Practices
www.nationalpostdoc.org/practices-for-institutions
University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate Student Professional Development Website
www.grad.wisc.edu/education/
Charles Clotfelter, American Universities in a Global Market (University of Chicago, 2010)
Katherine Mangan, "Boom in Postdoctoral Study Prompts a Re-Evaluation of Pros and Cons of Added Rung in Academic Ladder", Chronicle of Higher Education, 4 April 1990
Chris Woolston, "Perpetual Postdocs", Chronicle of Higher Education, 20 August 2002
Robin Wilson, "Tenure, RIP: What the Vanishing Status Means for the Future of Education", Chronicle of Higher Education, 4 July 2010
Zoe Smith and Ariana Sutton-Grier, "Making the Most of Your Postdoc”, Chronicle of Higher Education, 15 July 2010
Recruitment, Selection and Admission
Excerpt from Fulbright Foreign Fellows Handbook
Institute of International Education
Fulbright Program for Foreign Students
Higher Education in the United States
US Higher Education
The Carnegie
Classification
National Research Council supports professional Master's Degrees
The Chronicle
Re-envioning the PhD
University of Washington
The Professional Science Master's Degree: Meeting the Skills Needs of Innovative Industries
NGA Center for best practices
Integrating Lifelong Learning into Universities' Missions
Jeffrey A. Cantor, New Demands and New Opportunities for Professional Continuing Education: A Mission in Flux Lifelong Learning and the Academy
A Test of Leadership; Charting the Future of U.S Higher Education, A Report of the Commission. 1 October 2009.
www.ed.gov/..../reports/pre-pub-report.pdf
The White House - Press Office - Excerpts of the President's remarks in Warren, Michigan and fact sheet on the American Graduation Initiative. 1 October 2009.
www.whitehouse.gov/....Graduation-Initiative/
CSHE - Events - Continuing Education - Its Evolving Role in the University and During Recessionary Times. 15 October 2009.
cshe.berkeley.edu/events/index.php?id=290
Survey Summary, Results from the 2008 Continuing Higher Education Program Survey, University Continuing Education Association, 2008
The New Face of Higher Education: Lifelong Learning Trends, University Continuing Education Association, 2009
Diana Wu, Continuing Education - Its Evolving Role in the University and During Recessionary Times
Continuing Higher Education Review, The Journal of The University Continuing Education Association, Volume 73, Fall 2009
Marketing and Branding
Eckel, P., & King, J. (2006). An Overview of Higher Education in the
Green, M., Eckel, P., & Barblan, A. (2002). The Brave New (and Smaller) World of Higher Education: A Transatlantic View.
www.acenet.edu/..brave-new-world.pdf
Hayes, Thomas J. (2008).
www.case.org/Publications/Detail.cfm?ProductID=3345
Sevier, R. (2000). Brand as Relevance (White Paper).
www.stamats.com/resources/WhitePaper8.pdf
www.stamats.com/resources/publicationsWhitePaper10.pdf
Postgraduate Education
Kenneth E. Redd. Ph.D. Completion Project: Analysis of Baseline Program Data .
Council of Graduate Schools Communicator: Volume 40, Number 10, December 2007.
cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/comm_2007_12.pdf
(Contains data summaries about time to degree and various issues related to completion)
Lisbeth Borbye. PSM Program Assessment from all Perspectives
Council of Graduate Schools Communicator: Volume 41, Number 1, January/February 2008, p. 4.
Helen Frasier: Campus; Internationalization and the Expanding Role of the Graduate Dean .
Council of Graduate Schools Communicator: Volume 40, Number 9, November 2007.
cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/comm_2007_11.pdf
(Internationalization of graduate education overview and professional master's degrees)
Diana Carlin. Responsible Conduct of Research: Lessons learned and Future Plans .
Council of Graduate Schools Communicator: Volume 41, Number 2, March 2008.
cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/comm_2008_03.pdf
Lewis M. Siegel. A Fresh Look at Ph.D. Education .
Council of Graduate Schools Communicator: Volume 41, Number 4, May 2008.
cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/comm_2008_05.pdf
Council of Graduate Schools Website for Preparing Future Faculty:
Undergraduate Education
The Academy in Transition
Contemporary Understandings of Liberal Education
NAFSA International Educator 2007 Bologna Supplement
www.nafsa.org/_/Document/_/bolognaprocess_ie_supp.pdf
College Learning
collage_learning.pdf
The Living Arts
living_arts.pdf
University Teaching
Chronicle Career: Who's In Charge Here?
chronicle.com/jobs/2005/02/2005020401c.htm
Recommended Reading by Dr. Lloyd W. Benjamin III
recommended.pdf
