Higher Education in Times of Change

Maria José Sá
  • CIPES – Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies Portugal
Sandro Serpa
  • Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of the Azores, Portugal
  • Keywords:
  • Higher Education, Portuguese Panorama, Sociology, Transversal Competences
  • Abstract:
  • The overall common thread of this e-Book is education in general and higher education in particular. At a time of profound changes in the educational arena and across society at large, thinking higher education and its dynamics is paramount. This e-Book gathers five selected articles published by the authors between 2018 and 2020 that tackle, analyse and discuss some very current topics, such as the transversal competences higher education institutions need to provide their students with, considering their relevance to preparing the future professionals; the importance of Sociology of Education in promoting sustainability literacy in higher education; the COVID-19 pandemic and how it is reshaping the educational arena and the learning and teaching process; and the funding of the scientific publication in Open Access, an increasingly central outlet for the dissemination of the scientific production. The authors hope to offer the educational field some insights, hindrances but also possibilities that lie ahead of the higher education dynamics, actors, policies and forces.
    1. Abbott, A. (2018). Career stage and publication in American academia. Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas, 90. https://doi.org/10.7458/SPP20199014297
    2. Aliukonis, V., Poškutė, M., & Gefenas, E. (2020). Perish or publish dilemma: Challenges to responsible authorship. Medicina, 56(3), 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56030123
    3. Balaji, B., & Dhanamjaya, M. (2019). Preprints in scholarly communication: Re-imagining metrics and infrastructures. Publications, 7(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications7010006
    4. Besir Demir, S. (2018). A mixed-methods study of the ex post funding incentive policy for scholarly publications in Turkey. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 49(4), 453-476. https://doi.org/
    5. 3138/jsp.49.4.05
    6. Botelho, A., Brasil Jr., A., & Hoelz, M. (2019). Tão longe, tão perto: Sociologia & antropologia no limiar de uma década [So far, so close: Sociology & anthropology at the threshold of a decade]. Sociology & Anthropology, 9(3), 717-739. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2238-38752019v931
    7. Cantrell, M. H., & Swanson, J. A. (2020). Funding sources for open access article processing charges in the social sciences, arts, and humanities in the United States. Publications, 8(1), 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications8010012
    8. Click, A. B., & Borchardt, R. (2019). Library supported open access funds: Criteria, impact, and viability. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 14(4), 21-37. https://doi.org/10.18438/
    9. eblip29623
    10. Copiello, S. (2020). Business as usual with article processing charges in the transition towards OA publishing: A case study based on Elsevier. Publications, 8(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/
    11. publications8010003
    12. deBronkart, D. (2019). Open access as a revolution: Knowledge alters power. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(12), e16368. https://doi.org/10.2196/16368
    13. Eykens, J., Guns, R., Rahman, A. I. M. J., & Engels, T. C. E. (2019). Identifying publications in questionable journals in the context of performance-based research funding. PLOS ONE, 14(11), e0224541. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224541
    14. Ferreira, C., & Serpa, S. (2017). Challenges in the teaching of sociology in higher education. Contributions to a discussion. Societies, 7(4), 30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc7040030
    15. Frantsvåg, J. E., & Strømme, T. E. (2019). Few open access journals are compliant with Plan S. Publications, 7(2), 26. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications7020026
    16. Gamsby, P. (2019). The common ground of open access and interdisciplinarity. Publications, 8(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications8010001
    17. Hughes, T., Stone, M., Aravopoulou, E., Tiu Wright, L., & Machtynger, L. (2018). Academic research into marketing: Many publications, but little impact? Cogent Business & Management, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2018.1516108
    18. Kortabarria, L. (2020). A new model for scientific publications: A managing editor’s view. The Policy of Cultural Rights: Socio-Legal Perspectives on Cultural Diversity, 10(1), 220-245. https://doi.org/
    19. 35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1112
    20. Lange, J. (2016). Scholarly management publication and open access funding mandates: A review of publisher policies. Ticker: The Academic Business Librarianship Review, 1(3). http://dx.doi.org/10.3998/ticker.16481003.0001.304
    21. Lemke, S., Mehrazar, M., Mazarakis, A., & Peters, I. (2019). “When you use social media you are not working”: Barriers for the use of metrics in social sciences. Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/frma.2018.00039
    22. Mathies, C., Kivistö, J., & Birnbaum, M. (2019). Following the money? Performance-based funding and the changing publication patterns of Finnish academics. Higher Education, 79(1), 21-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-019-00394-4
    23. Million, A., & Hudson Vitale, C. (2019). Restructuring and formalizing: Scholarly communication as a sustainable growth opportunity in information agencies? https://doi.org/10.31229/osf.io/ygqv5
    24. Plan S. (2020). Making full and immediate open access a reality. Retrieved from https://www.coalition-s.org/
    25. Rawat, S., & Meena, S. (2014). Publish or perish: Where are we heading? Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 19(2), 87-89. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999612/
    26. Ross-Hellauer, T., Schmidt, B., & Kramer, B. (2018). Are funder open access platforms a good idea? SAGE Open, 8(4), 215824401881671. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244018816717
    27. Sandu, A. (2012). Postmodern Openings management excellence in academic publishing. Postmodern Openings, 3(1), 7-27. Retrieved from http://postmodernopenings.com/archives/783
    28. Sorooshian, S. (2019). New money-making tactic by predatory publishers. Publications, 8(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications8010002
    29. Taylor, M. (2019). Mapping the publishing challenges for an open access university press. Publications, 7(4), 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications7040063
    30. Tennant, J. P., Crane, H., Crick, T., Davila, J., Enkhbayar, A., Havemann, J., … Vanholsbeeck, M. (2019). Ten hot topics around scholarly publishing. Publications, 7(2), 34. https://doi.org/
    31. 3390/publications7020034
    32. van Dijk, H., & van Zelst, M. (2020). Comfortably numb? Researchers’ satisfaction with the publication system and a proposal for radical change. Publications, 8(1), 14. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/publications8010014
    This Book Chapter is a republication of Sá, M. J., & Serpa, S. (2020). Some Issues on the Funding of the Scientific Publication in Open Access. Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 9(4), 77-85. https://doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2020-0063
Higher Education in Times of Change
PDF
Published
  • October 30, 2020
Categories
Copyright
  • Copyright (c) 2020 ‪Maria José Sá
License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.