03613nam a2200529Ki 4500 ocn959617903 OCoLC 20241121072638.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 160930s2016 ne b ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9789463006606 (electronic bk.) 9463006605 (electronic bk.) 9463006583 9789463006583 9789463006590 9463006591 1356205 (N$T) (OCoLC)959617903 LB2341 .P67 2016eb EDU 015000 bisacsh 378.107 23 MAIN Positioning higher education institutions : from here to there / edited by Rosalind M.O. Pritchard, Attila Pausits and James Williams. Rotterdam, The Netherlands ; Boston : Sense Publishers, [2016] �2016 1 online resource (xvi, 269 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Higher education is of growing public and political importance for society and the economy. Globalisation is transforming it from a local and national concern into one of international significance. In order to fulfil societal, governmental and business sector needs, many universities are aiming to (re-)position themselves. The book initially considers their "compass". They aspire to transformational planning, mission and strategy in which social justice is important, people are not treated as mere means to an end, and traditional moral positions are respected. This transformational urge is sometimes vitiated by blunt demands of new public management that overlook universities? potential for serving the public good. The volume then addresses universities? success in meeting their targets. Often the challenge in evaluation is the need to reconcile tensions, for example between structure and pastoral care of students; institutional competition and collaboration; roles of academics and administrators; performance-based funding versus increased differentiation. Measurement is supposed to provide discipline, align institutional and state policy, and provide a vital impetus for change. Yet many of these measurement instruments are not fully fit for purpose. They do not take sufficient account of institutional missions, either of "old" or of specialist universities; and sophisticated measurement of the student experience requires massive resources. Change and positioning have become increasingly key elements of a complex but heterogeneous sector requiring new services and upgraded instruments. Print version record. Universities and colleges Planning. 7907 Universities and colleges Administration. 5040 Strategic planning. 142 EDUCATION / Higher bisacsh 3911 Electronic books. 3907 Pritchard, Rosalind M. O., editor. 7908 Pausits, Attila, editor. 7909 Williams, James, editor. 7910 Print version: Positioning higher education institutions. Rotterdam, The Netherlands ; Boston : Sense Publishers, [2016] 9463006583 (OCoLC)956746764 EBSCOhost https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1356205 EBSCOhost EBSC 1356205 92 N$T 6628 6628