Rosalind M. O. Pritchard Matthias Klumpp Ulrich Teichler
Diversity and excellence in higher education seem to be conflicting concepts. Nevertheless, they are dynamic and closely intertwined - indeed they may even require each other. The book brings together insights from ten different countries to analyse these multi-facetted phenomena and discuss how they may be reconciled. To set the overall context, it critically addresses markets and managerialism, whilst foregrounding the dangers of certain behaviour that European countries are currently, though often unwisely, copying from the U.S.
In a mass higher education system, the social basis of the...
Diversity and excellence in higher education seem to be conflicting concepts. Nevertheless, they are dynamic and closely intertwined - indeed they may...
Rosalind M. O. Pritchard Matthias Klumpp Ulrich Teichler
Diversity and excellence in higher education seem to be conflicting concepts. Nevertheless, they are dynamic and closely intertwined - indeed they may even require each other. The book brings together insights from ten different countries to analyse these multi-facetted phenomena and discuss how they may be reconciled. To set the overall context, it critically addresses markets and managerialism, whilst foregrounding the dangers of certain behaviour that European countries are currently, though often unwisely, copying from the U.S.
In a mass higher education system, the social basis of the...
Diversity and excellence in higher education seem to be conflicting concepts. Nevertheless, they are dynamic and closely intertwined - indeed they may...
The central focus of this book is the concept of higher education reform in the light of an international and global comparative perspective. After decades of far-reaching reform, higher education around the world has profoundly changed and now has to face the challenges of the present. This volume takes a close look at these changes, the drivers of change, their effects and possible future scenarios. In their contributions the authors discuss a variety of basic concepts: learning and teaching in higher education; financing and quality assurance; governance change; massification vs. equity...
The central focus of this book is the concept of higher education reform in the light of an international and global comparative perspective. After de...
The book draws on the 2007 Changing Academic Profession international survey in order to document the personal characteristics, career trajectories, sense of identity/commitment and job satisfaction of academics in 14 countries with different levels of economic and social development and different higher education systems. With nearly 26,000 academics surveyed in 19 countries (of which 14 are reporting their results in this volume), the empirical basis of the book is the most up-to-date and far-reaching in the area.
With major changes taking place both in the local and global...
The book draws on the 2007 Changing Academic Profession international survey in order to document the personal characteristics, career trajectories...
Virgilio Meira Soares Ulrich Teichler Maria Machado-Taylor
This volume explores the various issues that have an impact on the academic career of professionals in European higher education. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are currently subject to profound uncertainties and are more challenged than ever on quality issues, both with regard to their conceptual nature and in the extension and amendment of their mission. Divided into three parts, the first part of the book deals with the challenges and issues in higher education academic careers. It addresses such topics as the influence of European policies and changes, the cultural differences in...
This volume explores the various issues that have an impact on the academic career of professionals in European higher education. Higher Education Ins...
This book discusses in detail the themes that are common in this changed arena, such as the context for change, the relation of teaching to research, research productivity, applied and commercial research, and the relevance of teaching and research.
This book discusses in detail the themes that are common in this changed arena, such as the context for change, the relation of teaching to research, ...
This book examines the main functions of the university: teaching, research and service, showing that research now dominates the others. The authors propose systemic reforms aimed at realigning and harmonizing the teaching, research and service functions.
This book examines the main functions of the university: teaching, research and service, showing that research now dominates the others. The authors p...
This book focuses on the changes in academic careers and their implications for job attachment and the management of academic work. Against the background of an ageing profession, with different demands on academic staff, increasing insecurity, accountability and internationalisation, it discusses important, common themes in detail. This book examines such aspects as the nature of academic careers and recent changes in careers, changing biographies, rewards of academic work such as income and job satisfaction, internationalisation of the academy, and the organisation and management of...
This book focuses on the changes in academic careers and their implications for job attachment and the management of academic work. Against the bac...
