Global Challenges, National Initiatives, and Institutional Responses /
Global Challenges, National Initiatives, and Institutional Responses /
Cl�audia Sarrico [and others].
- [Place of publication not identified] : SensePublishers, 2016.
- 1 online resource
- Higher education research in the 21st century series ; volume 9 .
- Higher education research in the 21st century series (Consortium of Higher Education Researchers) ; v. 9. .
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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.
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Universities and colleges--Administration.
Universities and colleges--Evaluation.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Universities and colleges--Administration.
Universities and colleges--Evaluation.
Electronic books.
LB2341 / .G56 2016
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Title from content provider.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
9789463006750 9463006753
Universities and colleges--Administration.
Universities and colleges--Evaluation.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
Universities and colleges--Administration.
Universities and colleges--Evaluation.
Electronic books.
LB2341 / .G56 2016
378.101