Managing Higher Education in Colleges

In recent years, FE colleges have come to play an increasingly important role as providers of Higher Education programs. Aimed at senior managers, this book provides guidance and examples of good practice to support the provision of HE in FE colleges. It will address the key issues involved in doing so, including planning, organization, funding, staffing, teaching and quality assurance. Well-written and authoritative, this guide should prove essential reading for all senior managers in FE.

List of contents

Foreword
Chapter 1 Introduction
Part I: Contexts and Strategies
Chapter 2 Changing Contexts
Chapter 3 Changing Strategies
Chapter 4 Alternative Futures
Part II: Models and Infrastructures
Chapter 5 Partnerships, Frameworks and Networks
Chapter 6 Funding, Fees and Facilities
Chapter 7 Management, Organisation and Staffing
Chapter 8 Teaching, Learning and Scholarship
Chapter 9 Quality Assurance, Quality Enhancement
Part III: Issues and Questions
Chapter 10 Sustainability
Chapter 11 Distinctiveness
Chapter 12 Leadership
Chapter 13 Afterword

About the author

Gareth Parry is Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield.

Product details

• Authors: Penny Blackie, Gareth Parry, Gareth Blackie Parry, Anne Thompson
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2006
• EAN: 9780826488466
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-8846-6
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Essential Fe Toolkit; Essential FE Toolkit
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system