Global Challenges, National Initiatives, and Institutional Responses : the Transformation of Higher Education.
In this book we aim to discuss and reflect on how HEIs are coping with the demands placed on them and how the various dimensions of change are intertwined. In particular, we aim to discuss the following questions: How do governance regimes steer higher education institutions? This part of the book f...
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2016.
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| Series: | Higher Education Research in the 21st Century.
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Table of Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; SETTING THE STAGE; 1. INTRODUCTION; NOTE; REFERENCES; 2. THAT "MOST REAL GIFT FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT": Education for and about the Common Good; INTRODUCTION; WHY IS THERE CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM? WHAT DO WE DO RIGHT?; WHY SOUND A NOTE OF CAUTION?; Disparities; Campus Climate
- Sexual Assault; Disruptive Technological Change; Sports; FINANCES; WHY DOES IT MATTER?; EDUCATION FOR AND ABOUT THE COMMON GOOD; NOTES; REFERENCES; PART I: HOW DO GOVERNANCE REGIMES STEER HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS?
- 3. BUILDING COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY: Systemic Factors in Four Nordic Higher Education SystemsINTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; CONTEXT; Nordic Welfare Regimes; Nordic Higher Education Systems; METHODOLOGY; RESULTS; DISCUSSION; Academic Traditions; Internationalization; CONCLUSION: TOWARDS A VARIETIES OF ACADEMIC CAPITALISM APPROACH?; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTE; REFERENCES; 4. THE 'DARK SIDE OF THE MOON': The Non-Teaching Structures in the Portuguese Higher Education Institutions; INTRODUCTION; SUMMARIZING THE INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN THE PORTUGUESE HE ENVIRONMENT.
- HOMOGENIZATION OR DIVERSIFICATION IN STRUCTURE CHANGES?METHODOLOGY; FINDINGS: CHARACTERISING NON-TEACHING STRUCTURES; Purpose and Legitimacy; Organisational Forms and Locus; Authority and Power; Identity; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; PART II: HOW ARE INSTITUTIONS MANAGING THEIR QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE?; 5. MAKING NEW MISSIONS POSSIBLE: Obstacles for and Measures to Promote Research and Third Mission at German Universities of Applied Sciences; INTRODUCTION; Changing Missions of the (German) UAS; Definition of Research and Third Mission.
- Literature on Inhibiting and Promoting Factors for Research and Third MissionOpen Questions; METHOD; Interview Study with Rectors and Professors; Quantitative Studies; FINDINGS; Identifying Inhibiting and Promoting Factors; Quantitative Analyses of the Inhibiting and Promoting Factors; DISCUSSION; Inhibiting Factors; Promoting Factors; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; 6. STUDY SUCCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: Mind the Gender Gap; INTRODUCTION; METHODOLOGY; GENDER DISPARITIES IN PARTICIPATION AND STUDY SUCCESS; IS IT A PROBLEM?; THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON STUDY SUCCESS AND GENDERS.
- POTENTIAL POLICY INSTRUMENTSCase Studies; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; 7. STRATEGIC POSITIONING IN AUSTRALIAN HIGHER EDUCATION: The Case of Medical Schools; INTRODUCTION; STRATEGY IN MEDICAL EDUCATION; THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; Strategic Positioning in Higher Education; Visual Representation of Performance; RESEARCH METHODS; FINDINGS; Strategic Positioning of Medical Schools; Performance of Medical Schools; DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY AND PRACTICE; NOTE; REFERENCES; 8. THE INTEGRATION OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN UNIVERSITIES: An Analysis Based on Quality Policy Statements.