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Autoethnography in Higher Education Research : A Marginal Methodology for the Marginalized?
No full textAutoethnography as a methodology has proved increasingly attractive to higher education researchers in recent years, particularly those in marginalized positions. This article examines the extant research literature, focusing on the origins and meaning of the approach, how it has been applied in practice and the issues and critiques that have been raised. It concludes that collaborative forms of autoethnography probably offer the best way forward
The Development of Higher Education Journals, 2000–2020
No full textHigher education research has substantially expanded in recent years, to become a subject worthy of study in its own right. Higher education journals are arguably the most important location for the publication of the outputs of such research. This paper examines the articles published in 14 leading higher education journals internationally in the years 2000, 2010 and 2020. It compares the volume of outputs, the themes addressed, the methodologies employed, the theories applied, the levels at which analyses were undertaken, and the characteristics of the first authors involved. It concludes that the field of higher education research is growing and that its reach is increasingly global
Discontinuing, fading out or just simply leaving? The importance of measuring student departure behaviour in different ways
No full textThis chapter discusses student departure, students leaving their programme before degree completion, and how that phenomenon can be measured in different contexts. Hence, the chapter is largely methodological, and uses Norway and Italy as contrasting cases to illustrate different kinds of measurements and how this involves the conceptualisation of dropout or student departure. From the different meanings the concept of dropout takes on, we identify different definitions and ways of operationalising it, which also depend on the theoretical perspective and the resulting research questions. Moreover, by using the country case studies, we show how context-specific educational system traits, as well as country policy characteristics are intertwined with the methodological definition of the concept of dropout in higher education
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