Foundations of Turkish Higher Education

Course content

This course is designed for students to develop a basic understanding of Turkish higher education system as prospective higher education professionals. Specifically, it aims to increase undergraduate students? understanding of fundamental concepts related to higher education such as history, organization and governance, sociology, economy, internationalization, career, laws, science and research, campus life and student body, ethics, and technology. Students analyze and synthesize information from scholarly publications on higher education and apply what they have learned in output activities. Students also write short critical reflections on these scholarly publications. They finally present a future research plan at the end of the course.