The 16 papers in this collection identify emerging trends in tertiary education courses and programs that train workers in internationally competitive fields. The opening chapter surveys educational foundations directly associated with instructional design for IT employment in higher education and provides example written statements. Other chapters describe the social role of university entrepreneurship, higher education trends in the sultanate of Oman, professors' transitions to synchronous e-teaching, the Indian education system, institutional reputation management, and e-learning methods for teaching the hearing impaired.
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