Following a global trend, higher education (HE) in Africa has also become a complex
enterprise, potentially demanding specific expertise in higher education research. However …

Abstract The journal, Higher Education (HE), was established in 1972 and is currently one of
the leading international journals in higher education studies. By using bibliometric …

Higher education, or more strictly higher education studies, is sometimes referred to as a
discipline, though it is more often referred to as a field, sector or area for study. But what is a …

ABSTRACT Aim/Purpose The purpose of this quantitative descriptive study is to provide a
preliminary examination of students' retention factors of engagement, communication, and …

Higher education as a field of study emerged as universities became complex institutions
requiring data and interpretation for effective management and governance. The field …

I present evidence that formal and informal research on 'online education and distance
learning', followed by 'international mobility'and 'public health', are currently the three most …

Higher education studies give considerable attention to understanding change. The interest
in change reflects the historical conditions in which higher education emerged as a distinct …

Abstract Drawing on de Sousa Santos's work on Epistemologies of the South (2014), this
paper critically examines the patterns of publication in higher education studies in …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 The Future Agenda for Internationalization in Higher Education The
internationalization of higher education is a worldwide phenomenon, subject to multiple …

This article describes the emergence of higher education as a field of research, scholarship
and study. In the first part, the meaning of higher education as a field of research is defined …