Call for Papers [Special Topic]

The Automation of Higher Education

The special topic calls for papers on The Automation of Higher Education and such papers will appear in Higher Education of Social Science as a special column.
Affiliated research area: Social Science, On-line Education

1 Description
Is the Internet the springboard which will take universities into a new age, or a threat to their existence? Will dotcom degrees create new opportunities for those previously excluded, or lead them into a digital dead-end? From UCLA to Columbia, digital technologies have brought about rapid and sweeping changes in the life of the university changes which will have momentous effects in the decade ahead. On-line education is taking the increasing control of the curricula and the intellectual freedom away from teachers. The growth of on-line education can be seen as an "automation of higher education," similar with the effects to the automation of other industries in its impact on workers and work product quality. The process is part of an ongoing commercialization and corporatization of higher education . Rather than new opportunities for students the online university represents new opportunities for investors to profit while shifting the burden of paying for education from the public purse to the individual consumer who increasingly has to work long hours at poorly-paid jobs in order to afford the privilege. And this transformation of higher education is often brought about through secretive agreements between corporations and universities including many which rely on public funding.

Requirements
In addition to the Review and Original Articles by invited speakers, we are inviting you to submit a relevant research paper on The Automation of Higher Education for consideration. Papers will be subject to normal peer review and must comply with the Guide for Authors. To submit papers to the The Automation of Higher Education Special Topic, please go to http://www.cscanada.net. With your submission, please state clearly to the editor that your manuscripts are submitted to the Special Topic t he Automation of Higher Education.

Related Conferences:
IEEE Toronto Section Engineering & Human Environment Joint March 20, 2003 University of Toronto Sanford Fleming Building, 1st Floor, Room 1101

Related Journals (Special issue):

CSCanada Higher Education of Social Science Journal

Related Articles:
Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education

About The Journal

Higher Education of Social Science (ISSN 1927-0232 [Print]; ISSN 1927-0240 [Online]) is a leading peer reviewed academic journal published bimonthly. The first publication time was 30th September, 2011. The journal promotes the exchange of ideas and rational discourse between practicing educators and educational researchers in social scie nce aspect and contributes to the understanding and/or the improvement of educational processes and outcomes. The Journal aims to serve the needs of faculties, researchers, administrators and those concerned with the present and the future of higher education. This Journal also encourages discussions about higher education at the perspectives of social science within and among relevant professional and academic communities and researchers at social science level. Articles will combine phenomenon analyses, the development of higher education, discussions of education 2 methods and other issues which are important to faculty, administrators, and program managers. More detailed information about the journal can be discovered in http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/hess. We sincerely welcome you to submit articles to the special column of our journal. If you rightly have a manuscript in this field, please dont hesitate to write us an email with the subject of Submission for HESS Special Topic: The Automation of Higher Education (http://cscanada.net/users/index.php/index/login). We look forward to your submission at hess@cscanada.org; hess@cscanada.net! More detailed information about the special topic, pertinent conferences, related journals (special issue) and relevant articles can be discovered from our websites: http://cscanada.net/index.php/hess/announcement/view/51

Higher Education of Social Science (HESS)

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