"Innovations in Higher Education: Cases on Transforming and Advancing Practice" ed. by Dominique Parrish, Joanne Joyce-McCoach

This book is a collection of easy-to-follow, vignette-based innovations that have transformed or advanced practice and in doing so contributed to ensuring the relevance and value of higher education in a continuously changing world.

Higher education contributes to the development of countries and their competitiveness in a global marketplace. However, to remain relevant and meet the demands of an ever-changing world, institutions and their operations must progress in unison with the changing world in which they function. Innovation can play a critical role in transforming and advancing practice and therein address socio-economic, organizational, operational and social challenges. The complexity and scope of higher education opens up the possibilities and potential for innovations to transpire in diverse settings and contexts.

Contents
1.Transformative Teaching of Engineering in Sub-Saharan Africa
2.Interdisciplinary Engagement in Higher Education: Opportunities Explored
3.The Social Intrapreneurship, Innovating in the Competences Delivered to Students: Case Engineering Students of the University of La Serena, Chile
4.A Responsive Higher Education Curriculum: Change and Disruptive Innovation
5.Learning Innovations for Identifying and Developing Talent for University
6.Planning for Improvement: Leadership Development among University Administrators
7.Talent Management as a Core Source of Innovation and Social Development in Higher Education
8.An Integrated Model for Invigorating Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education