Higher Learning Research Communications VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 - ARTICLES: Internationalization 2011: An Overview Drummond Bone Peer Mentoring at the Universidad Europea de Madrid: An Educational Strategy for the Development of General and Specific Competences Paloma Velasco Quintana, Agueda Benito Capa As an international, multilingual and open-access publication, the Higher Learning Research Communications Journal (HLRC, ISSN:2157-6254) aims to advance universal knowledge on teaching and learning in higher education through a better understanding of institutional policies and actual educational practices. Focused on scholarly research around the world, the HLRC Journal seeks to foster the collaboration of innovative minds to influence and share groundbreaking instructional methods, cutting-edge approaches and global thought leadership in the field of higher education. Through a collaborative and inclusive endeavor, the journal hopes to dynamically improve higher education by disseminating knowledge and transformative ideas that will have a positive global impact on education. Innovative approaches for teaching and learning and trailblazing educational policies and best practices constitute the very core of the HLRC Journal’s scope. Journal’s Focus -Higher Education -Teaching and Learning -Education Policy and Practice -Internationalization Facebook.com/HLRCJournal Can the Use of Clickers or Continuous Assessment Motivate Critical Thinking? A Case Study Based on Corporate Finance Students Lucía Morales B-Learning Under Examination: Advantages, Disadvantages and Opinions Sergio Bemposta Rosende, María José García García, Juan José Escribano Otero The Value and Benefits of Fieldtrips in Tourism and Hospitality Education Edmund Goh Capacity Building Through Integration and Transformational Leadership - A Case Study Sacha Michael Stocklin VOLUME 2 NUMBER 1 - ARTICLES: University Rankings: The Web Ranking Isidro Aguillo World Business Leaders Interaction in Higher Education: A Novel Experience Gustavo Coronel, Kathleen Mathai Development and Assessment of Key Skills in Undergraduate Students: An Action-Research Experience Ana Fernández-Santander, María José García-García, Beatriz Sáez-Pizarro, María José Terrón-López Tw i t t e r . c o m / H L R C J o u r n a l Reflexiones Sobre el Rol de las Ciencias Sociales en la Educación Liberal del Siglo XXI Jonathan Eastwood VOLUME 2 NUMBER 2 - ARTICLES: Challenges in European Higher Education Andreas G. Orphanides General Education: Learning from the Past, Preparing for the Future Karen Gersten Can Students' Concept of Learning Influence Their Learning Outcomes? Despina Varnava Marouchou A Conceptual Framework for Mentoring Doctoral Students Iris M. Yob, Linda Crawford FUTURE ISSUES: VOLUME 2 NUMBER 3 - September 2012 Special Issue on Accreditation VOLUME 2 NUMBER 4 - December 2012 Special Issue on Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure in a Globalized World Read the latest issue: www.HLRCJournal.com For more information please contact: Carmen M. Méndez Executive Director and Publisher Higher Learning Research Communications carmen.mendez@laureate.net www.HLRCJournal.com HLRCJournal Editorial Board Editors-in-Chief Denise Dezolt, Walden University, USA Carlos Mujica, Universidad Andrés Bello, Chile Juan Salcedo, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain Senior Consulting Editors Drummond Bone · Joseph Duffey Manuel Krauskopf · Richard Riley · David Wilson Advisory Board Higher Learning Research Communications www.HLRCJournal.com Published collaboratively by: Universidad Europea de Madrid Agueda Benito, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain José Joaquín Brunner, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile Manuel Campuzano, Universidad Tecnológica de México, Mexico Simón Cueva, Universidad de las Américas, Ecuador Leopoldo de Meis, UFRJ, Brazil Orhan Erdem, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey Ana Fanelli, CEDES, Argentina Carlos Enrique González, Universidad del Valle de México, Mexico Halil Guven, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey Daniel Levy, University at Albany SUNY, USA David López, National Hispanic University, USA Craig Marsh, Laureate Education, Netherlands Rogerio Meneghini, Scielo/ Bireme/PAHO, Brazil David Post, Pennsylvania State University, USA Germán Ramírez, Laureate Education, USA Graciela Risco, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Peru Jamil Salmi, World Bank, USA Susan Saxton, International Baccalaureate, Netherlands Simon Schwartzman, IETS, Brazil Ned Strong, Harvard University, USA Dominic Szambowski, INTI Education Group, Malaysia Claudia Uribe, International Development Bank, USA Despina Varnava-Marouchou, European University Cyprus, Cyprus Iris Yob Walden University, USA HIGHER LEARNING RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS An international, open-access and peer-reviewed academic journal.