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| Higher Education Quarterly | |
|---|---|
| Title | Higher Education Quarterly |
| Discipline | Philosophy of education; Sociology of education |
| Abbreviation | HEQ |
| Editor | Geoffrey Walford; Diane Reay; Simon Marginson |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell; Blackwell Publishing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| History | 1947–present |
| Issn | 0951-5224 |
Higher Education Quarterly
Higher Education Quarterly is a scholarly periodical dedicated to critical studies of higher education policy, administration, pedagogy, and institutional change. It publishes research situated at the intersection of comparative studies involving United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Germany, and China contexts, engaging debates linked to European Union directives, World Bank initiatives, UNESCO frameworks, and national reforms such as the Robbins Report and the Humboldtian model adaptations. Authors often reference policymakers from Department for Education (England), analysts at the OECD, and leaders from universities like University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Stanford University, and Peking University.
The journal traces origins to post‑war debates influenced by the Robbins Report and the expansionary years that engaged scholars associated with University of London, University of Manchester, and the London School of Economics. Early editorial conversations intersected with networks around figures connected to UNESCO and commentators from Times Higher Education Supplement. Over decades its pages registered reform episodes such as the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, the massification trends noted in Bologna Process discussions, and restructurings paralleling episodes at University of California and University of Melbourne. Editorial shifts mirrored scholarly turns represented by contributors tied to Centre for Higher Education Studies, Institute of Education (London), and research programs funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the British Academy.
The journal covers institutional governance debates linking chancellors and vice‑chancellors at University of Edinburgh, University College London, Yale University, and Columbia University with comparative case studies from National University of Singapore and Universidade de São Paulo. It foregrounds theoretical lineages referencing scholars associated with Pierre Bourdieu, John Dewey, Paulo Freire, Michel Foucault, and Anthony Giddens, and engages policy legacies involving Tripartite System (UK), Tertiary Education Strategy (New Zealand), and Higher Education Act 1965. Methodological diversity includes qualitative traditions connected to work at Goldsmiths, University of London and quantitative analyses akin to research from Carnegie Mellon University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and University of Michigan.
Editorial leadership typically comprises editors drawn from institutions including University of Warwick, University of Glasgow, University of Bristol, University of Toronto, and Australian National University. The peer‑review process follows standards aligned with practices at Committee on Publication Ethics and editorial boards with members from King's College London, University of Sydney, University of British Columbia, University of Cape Town, and Lomonosov Moscow State University. Review cycles reflect double‑blind protocols similar to those used by journals such as British Journal of Sociology, American Educational Research Journal, and Comparative Education Review, and editorial decisions reference guidelines endorsed by International Network for Higher Education in Africa and regional bodies like the European Association for International Education.
The journal is indexed in major services paralleling inclusion criteria of Scopus, Web of Science, ERIC, Philosopher's Index, and ProQuest platforms. It appears in bibliographies alongside titles such as Higher Education Policy, Studies in Higher Education, Journal of Higher Education, Research in Higher Education, and databases curated by JSTOR and EBSCO. Institutional repositories at Open University and national libraries like the British Library and Library of Congress maintain records; citation tracking aligns with metrics employed by Clarivate Analytics and assessment exercises including the Research Excellence Framework.
Scholarly reception situates the journal within debates connecting research programs at Institute for Fiscal Studies, Brookings Institution, and RAND Corporation. Its impact is discussed in reviews in venues such as Times Higher Education, commentaries by analysts at Hechinger Report, and summaries by think tanks like Centre for Policy Studies and Institute for Public Policy Research. The journal's articles inform policy dialogues referenced in parliamentary committees such as House of Commons Select Committee on Education and reports produced by National Audit Office and Office for Students.
Notable contributions have connected conceptual frameworks from Erik Olin Wright, Robert Merton, Immanuel Wallerstein, Judith Butler, and Nancy Fraser to empirical studies in regions including Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Eastern Europe. Special issues have focused on themes paralleling international symposia hosted by European University Association, Association for the Study of Higher Education, and Comparative and International Education Society, and have included guest editors from University of Hong Kong, Trinity College Dublin, Seoul National University, and University of Nairobi.
The journal is published by Wiley-Blackwell with a mix of subscription access and optional open access pathways comparable to hybrid models used by titles in the Wiley Online Library. Institutional subscriptions often held by consortia such as Research Libraries UK and CRL (Center for Research Libraries) provide campus access; authors may pay article processing charges to enable immediate open access in policies resembling those of Plan S signatories and funding mandates from Research Councils UK. Licensing options mirror Creative Commons choices adopted by publishers serving institutions like Wellcome Trust and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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