Your email was sent successfully. Check your inbox.

An error occurred while sending the email. Please try again.

Proceed reservation?

Export
Filter
  • Dordrecht : Springer  (17)
  • Education, Higher  (17)
  • General works  (17)
Datasource
Material
Language
Years
Subjects(RVK)
  • 1
    ISBN: 9789400746145 , 128361233X , 9781283612333
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 200 p. 5 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective 5
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. The academic profession in Europe
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education, Higher ; Education ; Education ; Education, Higher ; Europa ; Hochschule ; Studium ; Universität ; Hochschule ; Europa ; Akademiker ; Zukunft
    Abstract: This book is the first of several with the results of a collaborative European project supported by the European Science Foundation on changes in the academic profession in Europe (EUROAC). It provides a short description of the ESF EUROHESC programme and the particular forms of international collaborative research projects which are funded under the umbrella of this programme. It then outlines the EUROAC project. This project has chosen three foci (governance, professionalisation, academic careers) to analyse changes in the work of the academic profession. The first results in the form of in-depth literature reviews constitute the content of the book. These eight literature reviews about the state of the art of existing research feature the various dimensions of the overall theme. A particular emphasis is put on factors leading to changes in the work tasks of the academic profession in Europe and how the academic profession is coping with these new challenges. Thus, the book provides a state of the art account of existing research about the following themes: main results of previous studies on the academic profession; the academic profession and their interaction with new higher education professionals; professional identities in higher education; extending work tasks: civic mission and sustainable development; academic careers in academic markets; the changing role of academics in the face of rising managerialism; the influence of quality assurance, governance, and relevance on the satisfaction of the academic profession. Contents: Clarke, Marie/Hyde, Abbey/Drennan, Jonathan: Professional Identity in Higher Education. - Höhle, Esther Ava/Teichler, Ulrich: The Academic Profession in the Light of Comparative Surveys. - Hyde, Abbey/Clarke, Marie/Drennan, Jonathan: The Changing Role of Academics and the Rise of Managerialism. - Schneijderberg, Christian/Merkator, Nadine: The New Higher Education Professionals. - Goastellec, Gaele/Park, Elke/Ates, Gülay/Toffel, Kevin: Academic Markets, Academic Careers: Where Do We Stand? - Probst, Carole/Goastellec, Gaele: Internationalisation and the Academic Labour Market. - Moraru, Luminita/Praisler, Mirela/Marin, Simona Alecu/Bentea, Cristina Corina: The Academic Profession: Quality Assurance, Governance, Relevance, and Satisfaction. - Culum, Bojana/Roncevic, Nena/Ledic, Jasminka: Facing New Expectations - Integrating Third Mission Activities into the University. (HoF/text adopted)
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; About the Authors; About the Editors; Introduction; References; Professional Identity in Higher Education; 1 Introduction; 2 Professional Identity Formation; 3 Professional Identity-How it Is Viewed; 4 Identity and Professional Socialisation in Higher Education; 5 Networks and Identity; 6 Identity and Gender in Higher Education; 7 Identity and Midlife Career Academics; 8 Mixed Identities in Higher Education; 9 Identity and Professional Boundaries; 10 Summary; References; The Academic Profession in the Light of Comparative Surveys; 1 The Academic Profession in Focus
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 The Carnegie Study 1991-19932.1 The Initiative and the Design of the Study; 2.2 Major Results of the Carnegie Study; 2.3 Subsequent Years; 3 The CAP Study; 3.1 The Approach; 3.2 The Design of the CAP Study; 3.3 First Results; 4 Subsequent Comparative Studies; 5 A Final Observation; References; The Changing Role of Academics and the Rise of Managerialism; 1 Introduction; 2 The Traditional Model of a University; 3 Towards Managerialism in Higher Education: The Rise of Neo-Liberalism and the Evaluative State; 4 The Changing Role of Academics with the Advent of Managerialism
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.1 The Increasing Diversification of Academic Work4.2 The Increasing Control over Academic Work and Loss of Professional Power; 4.3 The Impact of Increased Managerialism on the Nature of Teaching and Research; 5 Professional Socialisation Versus New Managerial Values: Empirical Studies at the Shop-Floor Level; 6 Summary and Conclusion; References; The New Higher Education Professionals; 1 Introduction; 2 Higher Education and University Personnel at Stake; 2.1 A Sketch of the Bigger Picture; 2.2 University Personnel in the Arena
    Description / Table of Contents: 3 From Quantitative to Qualitative Approaches: Bureaucratisation, Identity and Professionalisation3.1 Quantitative Approaches Towards Academic and Administrative Personnel; 3.2 Qualitative Approaches Towards Administration and Higher Education Professionals; 3.3 A Collage of Features of Higher Education Professionals; 3.4 Institutional Research and Higher Education Professionals; 4 Academic Personnel; 4.1 Shifts in the Academic Job Descriptions, Para-Academics and Higher Education Professionals; 4.2 The "Academic-Turned-Manager" or the Changing Roles of Academic Managers; 5 The Overlap Model
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 ConclusionsReferences; Academic Markets, Academic Careers: Where Do We Stand?; 1 Academic Markets and Recruitment Procedures: A Historical Perspective; 1.1 From Prestige and Performance to Inbreeding; 1.2 The Academic Labour Market; 1.3 Governance of Academic Careers; 2 Stages of Academic Careers; 2.1 Young Academics and Doctoral Education; 2.1.1 Doctorates; 2.1.2 Post-doctorate; 2.2 Middle Rank and Adjuncts/Contingent Faculties; 2.2.1 Being Part of the Middle Rank: A Required Step on the Path of an Academic Career; 2.2.2 Adjunct Staff: A Dead End?; 2.3 The Professoriate-Tenure
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.3.1 A Story of Loss
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Cover
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 2
    ISBN: 9789400759770
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 290 Seiten) , Illustrationen
    Series Statement: The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective 8
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. The work situation of the academic profession in Europe
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education, Higher ; Education ; Education ; Education, Higher ; Education ; Education, Higher ; College teachers ; Europe ; Europa ; Hochschullehrer ; Vergleichende Forschung ; Europa ; Hochschullehrer ; Vergleichende Forschung
    Abstract: This book presents the analysis of the representative survey about the academic profession in twelve European countries. Higher education in Europe has experienced a substantial change in recent years: Expansion progresses further, the expectation to deliver useful contributions of knowledge to the “knowledge society” is on the rise, and efforts to steer academic work through external forces and strong international management are more widespread than ever. Representative surveys of the academic profession in twelve European countries show how professors and junior staff at universities and other institutions of higher education view the role of higher education in society and their professional situation and how they actually shape their professional tasks. Academics differ across Europe substantially in their employment and working conditions, their views and their activities. Most of them favour the preservation of a close link between teaching and research and feel responsible for both theory and practice. Most consider efforts to enhance academic quality and social relevance as compatible. The overall satisfaction with their professional situation is rather high
    Description / Table of Contents: The Work Situation of the Academic Profession in Europe: Findings of a Survey in Twelve Countries; Contents; Biographies; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1: The Academic Profession in 12 European Countries - The Approach of the Comparative Study; 1.1 The Concept and the Thematic Areas of the Study; 1.1.1 The Setting and the State of the Knowledge; 1.1.2 The Predecessor and Partner Surveys; 1.1.3 The European Study; 1.2 The Methods Employed; 1.2.1 Sampling Design and Number of Respondents; 1.2.2 Number of Respondents Envisaged; 1.2.3 Data Collection; 1.2.4 Data Checks, Coding and Merging
    Description / Table of Contents: 1.3 Current VolumeReferences; Chapter 2: Academic Career Paths; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Qualifications; 2.2.1 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Qualifications; 2.2.2 Age at the Award of Doctoral and Postdoctoral Degrees; 2.2.3 Doctoral and Postdoctoral Awards Abroad; 2.2.4 Activities During the Course of Doctoral Training; 2.3 Past Career Steps and Experiences; 2.3.1 Time Span from Graduation to Full-Time Employment in Higher Education; 2.3.2 Past Part-Time Employment; 2.3.3 Age at the Beginning of Full-Time Employment; 2.3.4 Inter-institutional Mobility
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.3.5 Continuity and Change of Discipline12.4 Current Employment Conditions; 2.4.1 Share of Academics in Senior and Junior Positions; 2.4.2 Duration of Current Employment Contract; 2.4.3 Full-Time and Part-Time Employment; 2.5 Current Remuneration; 2.5.1 Salary; 2.5.2 Additional Employment and Remunerated Work; 2.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Academic Work, Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Assessment of Facilities and Resources; 3.3 Workload and Allocation of Work Time; 3.4 Job Satisfaction; 3.5 Links Between Income and Job Satisfaction; 3.6 Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: ReferencesChapter 4: Gender Differences and Inequalities in Academia: Findings in Europe; 4.1 Introduction: The Place of Women in Academic Markets; 4.2 Gender Distribution; 4.2.1 Women in the Higher Education Systems; 4.2.2 A Question of Status: Academics in the University Sector; 4.2.3 Universities and Other Higher Education Institutions; 4.2.4 A Question of Discipline; 4.3 Contractual Employment Conditions: Full-Time Employment; 4.3.2 Weight of Gender for Full-Time Employment; 4.3.3 Dimensions Influencing Gender Differences; 4.3.4 Professional Characteristics
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.4 Contractual Employment Conditions: Permanent Employment4.4.1 Fewer Women Permanently Employed; 4.4.2 Impact of Being a Woman; 4.4.3 Weight of Gender for Permanent Employment; 4.4.4 Individual Variables; 4.4.5 Professional Variables; 4.5 Gender in Teaching and Research; 4.5.1 Preference for Research and Teaching; 4.5.2 Distribution of Work Time; 4.6 Gender and Power; 4.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: The Teaching Function of the Academic Profession; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Weekly Work Hours; 5.3 Distribution of Time on Various Academic Functions
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.4 Teaching Time When Classes Are in Session
    Description / Table of Contents: Editors’ and authors’ biographies -- 1. The Academic Profession in Twelve European Countries - The Approach of the Comparative Study; Ulrich Teichler and Ester Ava Höhle -- 2. Academic Career Paths; Gülay Ates and Angelika Brechelmacher -- 3. Academic Work, Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction; Marek Kwiek and Dominik Antonowicz -- 4. Gender in Academia between Differences and Inequalities: Findings in Europe; Gaële Goastellec and Nicolas Pekari -- 5. The Teaching Function of the Academic Profession; Ester Ava Höhle and Ulrich Teichler -- 6. The Research Function of the Academic Profession in Europe; Jonathan Drennan, Marie Clarke, Abbey Hyde and Yurgos Politis -- 7. The Academic Profession and the Role of the Service Function; Bojana Ćulum, Nena Rončević and Jasminka Ledić -- 8. Movers and Shakers: Academics as Stakeholders - Do They Control Their Own Work?; Timo Aarrevaara and Ian R. Dobson -- 9. From Academic Self Governance to Executive University Management - Institutional Governance in the View of Academics in Europe; Elke Park -- 10. New University Governance: How the Academic Profession Perceives the Evaluation of Research and Teaching; David Campbell -- 11. The Internationalisation of Academic Markets, Careers and Profession; Gaële Goastellec and Nicolas Pekari -- 12. The European Academic Profession or Academic Professions in Europe?; Ester Ava Höhle and Ulrich Teichler -- Appendix: Contextual information about the countries.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Cover
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 3
    ISBN: 9789400761551
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 260 p. 25 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective 1
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Teichler, Ulrich, 1942 - The changing academic profession
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education, Higher ; Education ; Education ; Education, Higher ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Hochschullehrer ; Arbeitsbedingungen ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: This book provides an overview on the major findings of a questionnaire survey of academic profession in international perspective. More than 25,000 professors and junior staff at universities and other institutions of higher education at almost 20 countries from all over the world provide information on their working situation, their views and activities. The study "The Changing Academic Profession" is the second major study of its kind, and changes of views and activities are presented through a comparison of the findings with those of the earlier study undertaken in the early 1990s. Major themes are the academics' perception of their societal and institutional environments, the views on the major tasks of teaching, research and services, their professional preferences and actual activities, their career, their perceived influence and their overall job satisfaction. Emphasis is placed on the influence of recent changes in higher education: the internationalisation and globalisation, the increasing expectation to provide evidence of the relevance of academic work, and finally the growing power of management at higher education institutions. Overall, the academics surveyed show that worldwide discourses and trends in higher education put their mark on the academic profession, but differences by country continue to be noteworthy. Academics consider themselves to be more strongly exposed to mechanism of regulations, incentives and sanctions as well as various assessments than in the past; yet their own freedom, and responsibilities and influence shape their identity more strongly and are reflected in widespread professional satisfaction. Contents: 1. Introduction. - 2. The Design and Methods of the Comparative Study. - 3. The Variety of Countries Participating in the Comparative Study. - 4. The Academic Career. - 5. Research and Teaching. The Changing Views and Activities of the Academic Profession. - 6. Faculty Perception of the Efficacy of Higher Educational Governance and Management. (HoF/text adopted)
    Description / Table of Contents: About the Authors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Design and Methods of the Comparative Study -- 3. The Variety of Countries Participating in the Comparative Study -- 4. The Academic Career -- 5. Research and Teaching: The Changing Views and Activities of the Academic Profession -- 6. Faculty Perceptions of the Efficacy of Higher Educational Governance and Management -- Appendix -- The Changing Academic Profession: Questionnaire.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Cover
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 4
    ISBN: 9789400754348 , 1283910152 , 9781283910156
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 267 p. 14 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective 7
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Job satisfaction around the academic world
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education, Higher ; Education ; Education ; Education, Higher ; College teachers ; Job satisfaction ; Hochschullehrer ; Arbeitszufriedenheit ; Hochschullehrer ; Arbeitszufriedenheit
    Abstract: Higher education systems have changed all over the world, but not all have changed in the same ways. Although system growth and so-called massification have been worldwide themes, there have been system-specific changes as well. It is these changes that have an important impact on academic work and on the opinions of the staff that work in higher education. The academic profession has a key role to play in producing the next generations of knowledge workers, and this task will be more readily achieved by a contented academic workforce working within well-resourced teaching and research institutions. This volume tells the story of academics’ opinions about the changes in their own countries. The Changing Academic Profession (CAP) survey has provided researchers and policy makers with the capacity to compare the academic profession around the world. Built around national analyses of the survey this book examines academics’ opinions on a range of issues to do with their job satisfaction. Following an introduction that considers the job satisfaction literature as it relates to higher education, country-based chapters examine aspects of job satisfaction within each country.
    Description / Table of Contents: Job Satisfaction around the Academic World; Contents; About the Authors; About the Editors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Satisfaction Around the World?; References; Chapter 2: Academic Work at the Periphery: Why Argentine Scholars Are Satis fi ed, Despite All; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Theoretical Framework; 2.3 The Academic Profession in Argentina; 2.4 About the Sample and How Satisfaction Was Measured; 2.5 Argentina's Academic Job Satisfaction at a Glance; 2.6 Going Deeper: Differences Between Academics; 2.7 So, Are They Satisfied?; 2.8 Concluding Remarks; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 3: Factors Associated with Job Satisfaction Amongst Australian University Academics and Future Workforce Implications3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Theoretical Framework; 3.3 Data; 3.4 Methodology; 3.4.1 Dependent Variable; 3.4.2 Independent Variables; 3.5 Results; 3.5.1 Mean Satisfaction; 3.5.2 Results for Environmental Conditions; 3.5.3 Results for Motivators and Hygienes; 3.5.4 Results for Demographics; 3.5.5 Results for Triggers; 3.6 Discussion; References; Chapter 4: Job Satisfaction in a Diverse Institutional Environment: The Brazilian Experience; 4.1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.2 Brazilian Higher Education: Sources of Institutional Diversity4.3 Differences in Conditions of Work, Commitments and Internal Governance; 4.4 Job Satisfaction in Diverse Institutional Environments; 4.5 Different Institutions, Different Sources of Satisfaction; 4.5.1 Sources of Contentment for Academics from the Public Research Universities; 4.5.2 Sources of Contentment Among Academics from Public Regional Universities; 4.5.3 Job Satisfaction Among Academics from Private Elite Institutions; 4.5.4 Job Satisfaction Inside the Private Mass-Oriented Institutions; 4.6 Conclusions; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 5: Canadian University Academics' Perceptions of Job Satisfaction: "…The Future Is Not What It Used to Be"5.1 Canadian Universities and the Context of Academic Work; 5.2 The Canadian CAP Survey; 5.3 Findings; 5.3.1 Overall Satisfaction with the Academic Profession; 5.3.2 Satisfaction with Institutional Infrastructure and Support; 5.3.3 Management, Leadership, and Institutional Culture; 5.4 Analysis of Demographic Variables; 5.4.1 Gender; 5.4.2 Remuneration; 5.4.3 Research Funding; 5.4.4 Rank; 5.4.5 Discipline; 5.4.6 Institutional Type; 5.5 Discussion; 5.6 Conclusions; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 6: Finland: Satisfaction Guaranteed! A Tale of Two Systems6.1 Background: Satisfaction? For a Good Time Call…; 6.2 History Ancient and Modern: The Old and the Not So Old; 6.3 The Changing Academic Profession: Some Demographic Considerations; 6.3.1 The CAP Survey and the Structure of Finnish Higher Education; 6.3.2 A Brief Demographic Analysis; 6.3.3 Teaching and Research: Preference and Time; 6.4 Job Satisfaction: The Physical Environment; 6.5 Job Satisfaction: Governance-Related Factors; 6.6 Job Satisfaction: Overall: I CAN Get Satisfaction!
    Description / Table of Contents: 6.7 I'm Satis fi ed! Some Discussion and Conclusions About Finnish University and Polytechnic Academics
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Introduction: Satisfaction Around the World?; Peter James Bentley, Hamish Coates, Ian R Dobson, Leo Goedegebuure and V. Lynn Meek -- 2. Argentina: Academic Work at the Periphery - Why Argentine Scholars Are Satisfied, Despite All; Mónica Marquina and Gabriel Rebello -- 3. Australia: Factors Associated with Job Satisfaction Amongst Australian University Academics and Future Workforce Implications; Peter James Bentley, Hamish Coates, Ian R. Dobson, Leo Goedegebuure and V. Lynn Meek -- 4. Brazil: Job Satisfaction in a Diverse Institutional Environment; Elizabeth Balbachevsky and Simon Schwartzman -- 5. Canada: Canadian University Academics’ Perceptions of Job Satisfaction - “the future is not what is used to be”; Julian Weinrib, Glen A. Jones, Amy Scott Metcalfe, Donald Fisher, Yves Gingras, Kjell Rubenson and Iain Snee -- 6. Finland: Satisfaction Guaranteed! A Tale of Two Systems; Timo Aarrevaara and Ian R. Dobson -- 7. Germany: Determinants of Academic Job Satisfaction; Ester Ava Höhle and Ulrich Teichler -- 8. Japan: Factors Determining Academics’ Job Satisfaction From the Perspective of Role Diversification; Akira Arimoto and Tukasa Daizen -- 9. Malaysia: An Academic Career in Malaysia - A Wonderful Life, or Satisfaction Not Guaranteed?; Norzaini Azman, Morshidi Sirat and Mohd Ali Samsudin -- 10. Portugal: Dimensions of Academic Job Satisfaction; Diana Dias, Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor, Rui Santiago, Teresa Carvalho and Sofia Sousa -- 11. South Africa: Job Satisfaction for a Besieged Profession; Charl Wolhuter -- 12. United Kingdom: Satisfaction in Stages - the Academic Profession in the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth; William Locke and Alice Bennion -- 13. Conclusion: Academic Job Satisfaction from an International Comparative Perspective: Factors Associated with Satisfaction across 12 Countries; Peter James Bentley, Hamish Coates, Ian R. Dobson, Leo Goedegebuure and V. Lynn Meek -- Index. .
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Cover
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 5
    ISBN: 9789400752498
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VI, 221 p. 2 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Higher Education Dynamics 39
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Transformations in research, higher education and the academic market
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education, Higher ; Economic policy ; Economics ; Education ; Education ; Education, Higher ; Economic policy ; Economics ; Education, Higher ; Economic aspects ; Education, Higher ; Finance ; Government aid to higher education ; Higher education and state ; Studium ; Finanzierung ; Öffentliche Förderung ; Wirtschaft ; Hochschule ; Europa ; Akademische Freiheit ; Wirtschaftlichkeit
    Abstract: This volume tackles head-on the controversy regarding the tensions between the principles underlying Academe on the one hand, and the free market on the other. Its outspoken thesis posits that seemingly irresistible institutional pressures are betraying a core principle of the Enlightenment: that the free pursuit of knowledge is of the highest value in its own right. As ‘market principles’ are forced on universities, inducing a neoteric culture of ‘managerialism’, many worry that the very characteristics that made European higher education in particular such a success are being eroded and replaced by ideological opportunism and economic expediency. Richly interdisciplinary, the anthology explores a wealth of issues such as the phenomenon of bibliometrics (linking an institution’s success to the volume and visibility of publications produced). Many argue that the use of such indicators to measure scientific value is inimical to the time-consuming complexities of genuine truth-seeking. A number of the greatest discoveries and innovations in the history of science, such as Newton’s laws of mechanics or the Mendelian laws of inheritance, might never have seen the light of day if today’s system of determining and defining the form and content of science had dominated. With analytical perspectives from political science, economics, philosophy and media studies, the collection interrogates, for example, the doctrine of graduate employability that exerts such a powerful influence on course type and structure, especially on technical and professional training. In contrast, the liberal arts must choose between adaptation to the dictates of employability strategies or wither away as enrollments dwindle and resources evaporate. Research projects and aims have also become an area of controversy, with many governments now assessing the value of proposals in terms of assumed commercial benefits. The contributors argue that these changes, as well as ‘reforms’ in the managerial and administrative structures in tertiary education, constitute a radical break with the previous ontology of science and scholarship: a change in its very character, and not merely its form. It shows that the ‘scientific thinking’ students, researchers, and scholars are encouraged to adopt is undergoing a rapid shift in conceptual content, with significant consequences not only for science, but also for the society of which it is a part.
    Description / Table of Contents: Transformations in Research,Higher Educationand the Academic Market; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Politics and Policy; Reregulation Through Deregulation; The Business of Research; The Business of Teaching; A Transformation Resulting in the Breakdown of Scienti fi c Thought; Part One: Politics and Policy; Part Two: Economic Models; Part Three: Research and Scholarship; Part Four: Higher Education; References; Part I: Politics and Policy; Chapter 2: Power, Knowledge, Morals: Society in the Age of Hybrid Research; Introduction; Politics; Gesinnungsethik: Ethics of Conviction
    Description / Table of Contents: Verantwortungsethik: Ethics of ResponsibilityScience and Research; Academic Norms and the Central Task of Science; Epistemic Drift and Poly-cratic Research Institutions; Mertonian Norms in the Information Society: The Medialization of Science; Bureaucracy; Administrators, Entrepreneurs, and Hybrid Research; From Rules to Targets, From Government to Governance; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Innovation and Control: Performative Research Policy in Sweden; Introduction; The Innovation Paradigm; The Document in the Case: Government Bill 2008/09:50; Change!; Innovation!; Competition!
    Description / Table of Contents: Performative Research PolicyReferences; Chapter 4: The Scientific Mission and the Freedom of Research; The Quest for Knowledge and Its Motive: Mission or Spontaneity?; The Scienti fi c Mission and the Free Inquiry; Research Regimes and the Conditions of Science; The Mission of the Human Sciences; References; Internet Publications; Printed Publications; Part II: Economic Models; Chapter 5: Contemporary Research and Innovation Policy: A Double Disservice?; Introduction; The Policy Practitioners' Complaint: A Point of Departure; The Innovation Policy Commission
    Description / Table of Contents: Systemic Features Addressed: But Only on an Aggregated 'Group' LevelPositive Effects for Academic Research: Engaged in 'Packaging' of Research Results; Negative Effects for Academic Research: Engaged in Indirect Utilisation; Positive Effects for Business: Engaged in 'Betting' on Research; Negative Effects for Business: Engaged in 'Muddling Through'; What Is Missing?; Innovation Takes Place in Relation to Speci fi c Others; Coping with the Different Economic Logic of 'Use', 'Supply' and 'Development'; The Need for Bene fi ts in a User Setting; The Need for Bene fi ts in a Supplying Setting
    Description / Table of Contents: Developing Settings Characterized by Search for New FunctionsA Limiting Innovation Policy; Rethinking Innovation Policy; Opportunities to Renew National Developing, Supplying and Using Networks; Opportunities to Renew Resources, Activities and Actors; Conclusion: The Need for an Innovation Policy that Addresses Network Forces, Which Have both Light and Dark Sides; References; Chapter 6: The Foundations of Knowledge According to the Knowledge Foundation; Introduction; The Knowledge Foundation; The Foundation's Key Strategy: Co-production; An Ideological Project
    Description / Table of Contents: Universities (Not) in the Interests of the Public
    Description / Table of Contents: Contributors -- 1. Introduction.- Part one: POLITICS AND POLICY.- 2. Power - knowledge - morals: Society in the age of hybrid research -- 3. Innovation and control: Performative research policy in Sweden -- 4. The scientific mission and the freedom of research -- Part two: ECONOMIC MODELS.- 5. Contemporary research and innovation policy: A double disservice? -- 6. The foundations of knowledge according to The knowledge foundation -- 7. Science policy in a socially embedded economy -- Part three: RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP.- 8. Down the slippery-slope: The perils of the academic research industry -- 9. In defence of discretion -- 10. Publish and perish: A note on a collapsing academic authorship -- Part four: HIGHER EDUCATION.- 11. Methodomania -- 12. Higher heteronomy: Thinking through modern university education -- 13. The academic contract: From “simply a metaphor” to technology -- 14. Conclusion - On the verge of breakdown -- References -- Index. .
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Cover
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 6
    ISBN: 9789400763210
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 190 p. 6 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Higher Education Dynamics 40
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T.
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education, Higher ; Education ; Education ; Education, Higher ; Saudi-Arabien ; Hochschule
    Abstract: This book provides the first academically rigorous description and critical analysis of the Higher Education system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and of the vision, strategies and policy imperatives for the future development of Saudi universities. The government of Saudi Arabia has recognized in both policy and practice the necessity of developing its university system to world-class standard. Significantly increasing access and participation in Higher Education across a range of traditional and non-traditional disciplines is directly relevant to the future social and economic growth of the country. This book addresses the way in which Saudi Arabia is moving to develop a quality university system that balances the need for students to gain the knowledge, skills and ‘ways of doing’ necessary to operate effectively on the world stage while simultaneously maintaining and demonstrating the fundamental values of the Islamic religion and culture. The book provides a description and critical analysis of the key components of the Saudi Higher Education system, and of system-level responses to the challenges and opportunities facing Saudi universities. It is written by a team of Saudi academics and authors of international standing from non-Saudi universities so as to provide both internal and external perspectives on all issues and to place information and ideas in the context of the international Higher Education scene
    Description / Table of Contents: Higher Education in Saudi Arabia; Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: Reforms, Challenges and Priorities; Introduction; The Saudi Higher Education System: An Overview; The Reform Agenda; The Vision of `World Class'; Governance and Leadership; Teaching and Learning; Research and Research Productivity; Accreditation and Quality Assurance; Equity; Privatisation; Medical Education; International Collaboration and Engagement; Data Issues; Priorities; References; Chapter 2: Dreams and Realities: The World-Class Idea and Saudi Arabian Higher Education
    Description / Table of Contents: What Is a World-Class University and System?Research Universities, World-Class Status, and Rankings in the Saudi Context; The Inevitability of Rankings; Rankings Presume a Non-existent Zero-Sum Game; Where Is Teaching in the International Rankings?; What, Then, Do the Rankings Measure?; Saudi Arabia in the Rankings; An Analysis of the Rankings in the Saudi Arabian Context; Saudi Universities in the Rankings; Saudi Universities in Webometrics; Saudi Universities in the Times Higher Education Rankings; Saudi Universities in the Academic Ranking of World Universities
    Description / Table of Contents: The Impact of Ranking on Saudi UniversitiesWhat Is a World-Class System?; Ministry of Higher Education Strategies; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Governance in Saudi Higher Education; Introduction; Governance Arrangements; Historical Overview; Role of the Government in Higher Education; Hierarchical Structure of Saudi Higher Education; Recent Governance Reform in Saudi Higher Education; King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST); King Saud University (KSU); Current Governance Issues in Saudi Higher Education; Critical Analysis of Saudi University Governance; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 4: The Learning Experiences of Saudi Arabian Higher Education Leadership: Characteristics for Global SuccessIntroduction; The Role of Leadership in Higher Education; Academic Leadership and Culture; Leadership Development Experiences Worldwide; The Academic Leadership Center Initiative in Saudi Arabia; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Delivering High-Quality Teaching and Learning for University Students in Saudi Arabia; Context: A National System; Context: Entry Levels and Fields of Study; Context: Teaching and Research, Complementary or Competitive?
    Description / Table of Contents: Basic Issues and the Way They InteractA Particular Issue: Learning in English When the Home Language Is Arabic; Providing Support for Saudi Staff; Providing Support for Students; The Preparatory Year; Adequate Study Skills Remain a Major Issue; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Assessment of Student Learning; Introduction; The Nature of Traditional Assessment; Concerns About the Nature of Assessment; Educational Reforms and New Directions in Student Assessment; New Learning and Assessment Paradigms; The Emphasis of NCAAA on Assessment of Learning Outcomes
    Description / Table of Contents: Changes in Student Assessment Methods and Purposes
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword -- 1. Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: Reforms, Challenges and Priorities -- 2. Dreams and Realities: The World-class Idea and Saudi Arabian Higher Education -- 3. Governance in Saudi Higher Education -- 4. The Learning Experiences of Saudi Arabian Higher Education Leadership: Characteristics for Global Success -- 5. Delivering High Quality Teaching and Learning for University Students in Saudi Arabia -- 6. Assessment of Student Learning -- 7. The Role of Information Technology in Supporting Quality Teaching and Learning -- 8. Selecting and Developing High Quality University Staff -- 9. Knowledge-Based Innovation and Research Productivity in Saudi Arabia -- 10. Accreditation and Quality Assurance -- 11. Higher Education for Women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia -- 12. Private Higher Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Reality - Challenges - Aspirations -- 13. The Development of Medical Education in Saudi Arabia -- 14. Student Scholarships in Saudi Arabia: Implications and Opportunities for Overseas Engagement -- 15. International Collaboration -- 16. Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: An Exploratory Focus Group.- 17. Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: Conclusions -- List of Contributors -- Index.
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Cover
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 7
    ISBN: 9789400727892 , 1283935856 , 9781283935852
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVI, 488p. 25 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: CERC Studies in Comparative Education 30
    Series Statement: SpringerLink
    Series Statement: Bücher
    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Portraits of 21st century Chinese universities
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: History ; Humanities ; Education ; Education ; Education Philosophy ; History ; Humanities ; Universities and colleges ; China ; Education, Higher ; China ; College students ; China ; Attitudes ; College teachers ; China ; Attitudes ; College administrators ; China ; Attitudes ; China ; Universität
    Abstract: This book examines the ways in which China’s universities have changed in the dramatic move to a mass stage which has unfolded since the late 1990s. Twelve universities in different regions of the country are portrayed through the eyes of their students, faculty and leaders. The book begins with the national level policy process around the move to mass higher education. This is followed by an analysis of the views of 2,300 students on the 12 campuses about how the changes have affected their learning experiences and civil society involvement. The 12 portraits in the next section are of three comprehensive universities, three education-related universities, three science and technology universities, and three newly emerging private universities. The final chapter sketches the contours of an emerging Chinese model of the university, and explores its connections to China’s longstanding scholarly traditions.
    Description / Table of Contents: Portraits of 21st CenturyChinese Universities:; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Photos; Foreword; Introduction and Acknowledgements; Research Design; Portraits of 21st Century Chinese Universities; Part I: Overview and Main Themes; 1 Understanding China's Move to Mass Higher Education from a Policy Perspective; The Expansion and Massification of the Chinese System; The Changing Landscape of the Chinese System; A Decentralized Structure to Support the World's Largest System; Issues of Regional Disparity, Quality & Equality, and Employment
    Description / Table of Contents: Attaching High Value to EducationPursuing Optimal Efficiency and Curricular Integration as the Goal; Scholars Involvement in Strategic Planning and Public Communication; Government Policy Papers Having Legislative Power; Adoption of an Enrollment-Based Financing Mechanism and a FeeCharging Policy; A Systematic Decentralization Pushing the Institutions to Strategically Plan for Their Future; Discussion & Conclusion: Theorizing Patterns of Policy Makingin China; Embracing the Market Economy: An Efficiency-Driven Rationale Emerging
    Description / Table of Contents: "Walking on Two Legs": Quality and Equality Issues Coming to the CenterA Shift in the Policy Formation Model?64 What More Can Scholars Do?; 2 Equity, Institutional Change and Civil Society - The Student Experience in China's Move to Mass Higher Education; Introduction; Higher Education and Civil Society; Universities as Civic Actors; Citizenship and Civil Society; Analytical Frameworks; Methods; Limitations; Results of the Survey; Experiences of Access and Success in Higher Education Access; Affordability; Success
    Description / Table of Contents: Perceptions and Experiences of Institutional Change Feelings toward the changesViews on the role of the expansion in socioeconomic development; Flexibility in the selection of courses or programs; Teaching quality; Institutional internationalization; Political Socialization toward Citizenship and Civil Society Civic knowing and wisdom; Associational life as civic action; The interplay among civic knowing, wisdom and action; Discussion of Findings; Martin Trow's Framework Revisited; Reflections on Equal Opportunity in China's Move to Mass Higher Education
    Description / Table of Contents: Reflections on the Role of Mass Higher Education in Nurturing a Civil SocietyConclusions; Part II: Portraits of Three Public Comprehensive Universities; 3 Peking University - Icon of Cultural Leadership; History and Context; The Imperial University and the Early Republic; Cai Yuanpei and the Spirit of Peking University; Peking University in War-time Circumstances; Ma Yinchu and the Spirit of Peking University; Peking University's Move to Mass Higher Education:An Empirical Overview; Growth in Student Enrollments; Beida's Changing Financial Profile; Curricular Evolution
    Description / Table of Contents: Vision and Strategic Direction
    Description / Table of Contents: List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Photos -- Foreword; Robert F. ARNOVE -- Introduction and Acknowledgements; Ruth HAYHOE -- PART I: Overview and Main Themes -- 1. Understanding China’s Move to Mass Higher Education from a Policy Perspective; Qiang ZHA -- 2. Equity, Institutional Change and Civil Society - The Student Experience in China’s Move to Mass Higher Education; Jun LI -- PART II: Portraits of Three Public Comprehensive Universities.- 3. Peking University - Icon of Cultural Leadership; Ruth HAYHOE and Qiang ZHA, with YAN Fengqiao -- 4. Nanjing University - Redeeming the Past by Academic Merit; Jun LI and Jing LIN, with GONG Fang -- 5. Xiamen University - A Southeastern Outlook; Ruth HAYHOE and Qiang ZHA, with XIE Zuxu -- PART III: Portraits of Three Education-Related Universities.- 6. East China Normal University - Education in the Lead; Ruth HAYHOE and Qiang ZHA, with LI Mei -- 7. Southwest University - An Unusual Merger and New Challenges; Jun LI and Jing LIN, with LIU Yibin -- 8. Yanbian University - Building a Niche through a Multicultural Identity; Jing LIN and Jun LI, with PIAO Taizhu -- PART IV: Portraits of Three Science and Technology Universities.- 9. The University of Science and Technology of China - Can the Caltech Model take Root in Chinese Soil?; Qiang ZHA and Jun LI, with CHENG Xiaofang -- 10. Huazhong University of Science and Technology - A Microcosm of New China’s Higher Education; Ruth HAYHOE and Jun LI, with CHEN Min and ZHOU Guangli -- 11. Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University - An Agricultural Multiversity?; Qiang ZHA and Ruth HAYHOE, with NIU Hongtai -- PART V: Portraits of Three Private Universities -- 12. Yellow River University of Science and Technology - Pioneer of Private Higher Education; Ruth HAYHOE and Jing LIN, with TANG Baomei -- 13. Xi’an International University - Transforming Fish into Dragons; Jun LI and Jing LIN, with WANG Guan -- 14. Blue Sky - A University for the Socially Marginalized; Jing LIN and Qiang ZHA -- PART VI: Conclusion and Future Directions.- 15. Is There an Emerging Chinese Model of the University?; Qiang ZHA -- Notes on the Authors -- Index..
    Note: Description based upon print version of record
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    URL: Cover
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 8
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Dordrecht : Springer | [Berlin : Springer
    ISBN: 9781402059261
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Higher Education Dynamics 17
    DDC: 331.114235
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education ; Education, Higher ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Akademiker ; Berufslaufbahn
    Abstract: This book offers detailed comparative analyses of graduate employment and work, drawn from a survey of graduates in 11 European countries and Japan. The book shows how transition to employment, job assignments, employee assessments of the quality of employment and work vary by the graduates' socio-biographic and educational background. It demonstrates more substantial differences in the relationships between study and subsequent employment between various countries than previous debates and analyses have suggested.
    Abstract: "Graduates from institutions of Higher Education do not only hope to get employed and be better paid. Study can also have an impact on employment and work in many respects: facilitating transition to employment, opening up opportunities for demanding, interesting and responsible professional assignments, increasing remuneration and job security, providing opportunities for continuing learning and leading the way to international mobility and visibly international assignments. The book provides a series of detailed analyses of graduate employment and work in comparative perspective. It draws from the survey of graduates from 11 European countries and Japan first published in H. Schomburg und U. Teichler ""Higher Education and Graduate Employment and Work"" (Dordrecht: Springer 2006). In this volume, scholars from twelve countries show how transition to employment, job assignments, employment assessments of the quality of employment and work vary by the graduates' socio-biographic and educational background. It also focuses on experiences during the course of study and competences acquired, international experience, regional background and regions of employment. It demonstrates more substantial differences of the relationships between study and subsequent employment between various countries than previous debates and analyses have suggested."
    Description / Table of Contents: CONTENTS; Ulrich Teichler Graduate Employment and Work: Various Issues in a Comparative Perspective; Brenda Johnston and Brenda Little Socio-Biographical Background and Educational Path; Jake Murdoch and Jean-Jacques Paul Study Content and Process, Competences Upon Graduation and Employment; Jim Allen and Rolf van der Velden Transitions from Higher Education to Work; Trine Stavik and Clara Åse Arnesen Early Career; José García-Montalvo, José-Ginés Mora and Adela Garcia-Aracil The Employment Situation About Four Years After Graduation; Paul Kellermann Acquired Competences and Job Requirements
    Description / Table of Contents: Osmo Kivinen and Jouni Nurmi Job Requirements and Competences: Do Qualifications Matter?Jake Murdoch and Jean-Jacques Paul Links Between Knowledge and Work and Appropriate Employment; Gunhild Sagmeister Early Career Education; Torgerdur Einarsdottir ""On Different Tracks""; The Gendered Lanscape of Educational and Occupational Paths Amongst European Graduates; Roberto Moscati and Michele Rostan Regional Wealth, Employment and Mobility; Volker Jahr and Ulrich Teichler Graduates' International Experience and Mobility; Egbert de Weert Graduate Employment in Europe: The Employers' Perspective
    Description / Table of Contents: Harald Schomburg Work Orientation and Job SatisfactionUlrich Teichler Confirminf Conventional Wisdom and Contributing to New Insights: The Results of a Comparative Study on Graduate Employment and Work; List of Contributors
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 9
    ISBN: 9781402057427
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    DDC: 378.125
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education ; Education, Higher ; Education Psychology ; Hochschulbildung ; College ; Collegeunterricht
    Abstract: Pivotal to the transformation of higher education in the 21stCentury is the nature of pedagogy and its role in advancing the aims of various stakeholders. This book brings together pre-eminent scholars to critically assess teaching and learning issues that cut across most disciplines. Systematically explored throughout the book is the avowed linkage between classroom teaching and motivation, learning, and performance outcomes in students.
    Abstract: Pivotal to the transformation of higher education in the 21st Century is the nature of pedagogy and its role in advancing the aims of various stakeholders. This book brings together pre-eminent scholars from Australia, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and the USA to critically assess teaching and learning issues that cut across most disciplines. In addressing long-standing and newly emerging issues, the researchers examine the scientific evidence on what constitutes effective teaching in college classrooms, on the psychometric integrity of measures of teaching effectiveness, and on the use of such measures for tenure, promotion, and salary decisions. Systematically explored throughout the book is the avowed linkage between classroom teaching and motivation, learning, and performance outcomes in students. In so doing, the book deals with the nexus between knowledge production by researchers and knowledge utility for end-users made up of classroom instructors, department heads, deans, directors, and policymakers. The book will appeal to researchers interested in teaching and learning, faculty members developing evidence-based pedagogical practices, academic administrators and policymakers responsible for instituting teaching and learning protocols, and faculty development officers promoting the effective teaching practices.
    Description / Table of Contents: 978-1-4020-5742-7_5_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_1_Part_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_2_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_3_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_4_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_1_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_6_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_2_Part_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_7_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_8_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_9_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_10_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_11_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_3_Part_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_12_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_13_OnlinePDF.pdf
    Description / Table of Contents: 978-1-4020-5742-7_14_OnlinePDF.pdf978-1-4020-5742-7_15_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_16_OnlinePDF.pdf; 978-1-4020-5742-7_BookFrontMatter_OnlinePDF.pdf
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 10
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Dordrecht : Springer | [Berlin : Springer
    ISBN: 9781402053122
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Higher Education Dynamics 16
    DDC: 378.12
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education ; Science Study and teaching ; Education, Higher ; Education Philosophy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Promotion ; USA ; Promotionsstudium ; Curriculum ; USA ; Promotion
    Abstract: Generic advice in earning a PhD usually falls short of relevance, because of differences in the degree path from one discipline to another. Yet doctoral candidates and their supervisors know this process is governed by protocols and parameters - often implicit - that must be understood and mastered. This book explores these protocols, drawing upon a large-scale study of Australian universities, and also compares doctoral programs in different national systems.
    Abstract: Provides an analysis of the experience of learning to make knowledge at the level of the research doctorate. This book draws principally upon an empirical investigation at a number of Australian universities. It also provides a comparative account of doctoral study in different national systems
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; Doctoral Study and Disciplinary Learning; Socialisation; Induction Processes; Exploring the Research Environment; Coping in the Arena; Linguistic Acceptability; Achieving Socialisation; Improving the Doctoral Experience
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159) and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 11
    ISBN: 9781402060120
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Higher Education Dynamics 20
    DDC: 378.107
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education ; Education, Higher ; Educational tests and measurements
    Abstract: By bringing together leading experts on quality assurance in higher education from seven countries (from Europe, the USA and South Africa), this volume intends to go several steps further than most publications on the same subject. Containing comprehensive discussion of the most relevant trends in quality assurance regulation, translation and transformation, researchers and policy makers will find an engaged, academic reflection on how quality assurance is embedded in higher education and in a dynamic way to assess its impacts and potential improvements.
    Abstract: By bringing together leading experts on quality assurance in higher education from seven countries (from Europe, the USA and South Africa), this volume intends to go several steps further than most publications on quality assurance. First, it brings together views from micro to macro levels in the multi-actor space, showing how quality assurance impacts the higher education system throughout. Second, it links quality assurance solidly to issues of regulation, translation (rather than mechanical implementation ) and transformation, instead of being only focused on quality assurance as a single policy instrument. Third, it uses this broad range of research insights to criticize current practices, explaining for instance why sometimes people have difficulty in tracing any concrete effects of all initiatives taken in this area. Finally, the book offers proposals for better focusing quality assurance in the future to address institutional challenges better. The general purpose of the book then is to give an engaged, academic reflection on how quality assurance is embedded in higher education and in a dynamic way to assess its impacts and potential improvements.
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; The Public Regulation of Higher Education Qualities: Rationale, Processes, and Outcomes; Will Market Competition Assure Academic Quality? An Analysis of the UK and US Experience; States and Europe and Quality of Higher Education; Quality as Fashion: Exploring the Translation of a Management Idea into Higher Education; The 'Quality Game': External Review and Institutional Reaction over Three Decades in the United States; Analysing Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Proposals for a Conceptual Framework and Methodological Implications
    Description / Table of Contents: A Self-assessment of Higher Education Institutions from the Perspective of the EFQM Excellence ModelImproving Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Can Learning Theory Add Value to Quality Review?; Transforming Quality Evaluation: Moving On; Conclusions and Further Challenges; Back Matter
    Note: "Douro series , Includes bibliographical references , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 12
    ISBN: 9781402060441
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Higher education dynamics 21
    DDC: 378.1
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education ; Comparative education ; Education and state ; Education, Higher ; Labor economics ; Sociology
    Abstract: This book investigates how social and cultural factors affect the education, training and career development of graduates of higher education in Japan and the Netherlands. The aim of this book is to explore how Dutch and Japanese graduates choose and develop their careers in reference to the above-mentioned challenges. It is based on a unique data set consisting of surveys held among graduates three and eight years after leaving higher education.
    Abstract: This book investigates how social and cultural factors affect the education, training and career development of graduates of higher education in Japan and the Netherlands. Despite their different historical paths, both countries are now subject to the common pressure of globalization. As a result, the higher education sector in both countries is becoming more universal and available to a larger population, and the economy and society are becoming increasingly knowledge-intensive. The aim of this book is to explore how Dutch and Japanese graduates choose and develop their careers in reference to the above-mentioned challenges. It is based on a unique data set consisting of surveys held among graduates 3 and 8 years after leaving higher education.
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Introduction; policies on the transition from higher education to employment since the 1990s; Competencies acquired at university and required in the workplace; University and college differences in the returns to education in japan and the netherlands; University education and its relevance to working life; On the use and generation of knowledge economy competencies; Influence of diversified employment on the initial career of higher education graduates; Career and mobility in japan and the netherlands; Japanese and dutch graduates' work orientations and job satisfaction
    Description / Table of Contents: Individualism and collectivismDoes Higher Education Provide Opportunities For Career Development Of Men And Women?; The relationships between higher education and employment in japan and the netherlands; Back Matter
    Note: Description based upon print version of record , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 13
    ISBN: 9781402040061
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Higher Education Dynamics 10
    DDC: 378.68
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education ; Curriculum planning ; Education and state ; Education, Higher ; Business planning ; Südafrika ; Hochschulreform ; Südafrika ; Hochschulreform
    Abstract: This book presents the most comprehensive and most thorough study of the developments in South African higher education and research after the first democratic elections of 1994 that is of post-Apartheid South African higher education. This volume will provide its readers with a detailed insight into the new (i.e. post-1994) South African higher education system. The large number of experienced authors and editors involved in the book guarantees that the reader will be introduced in the new SA higher education system from a large number of perspectives that are presented in a consistent and coherent way.This book will be of interest to scholars, students, administrators, policymakers and politicians interested in South Africa, higher education and research, and policy analysis.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; Global Reform Trends in Higher Education; The Higher Education Landscape Under Apartheid; Policy Expectations; Introduction; Funding; Students; Conclusion; Introduction; Staff; Leadership; Conclusion; Introduction; Curriculum; Research; Conclusion; Introduction; Private Higher Education; The Emergent Landscape; Conclusion; New South African Realities; Modes of Governance and the Limits of Policy
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 14
    ISBN: 9781402051548
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Higher Education Dynamics 15
    DDC: 378.013094
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education ; Labor Economics ; Education, Higher ; Europa ; Akademiker ; Beschäftigung
    Note: Includes bibliographical references , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 15
    ISBN: 140203489X , 9781402034893 , 1402035047 , 9781402035043
    Language: English
    Pages: XVI, 277 S. , 25cm
    Series Statement: Higher education dynamics 9
    Series Statement: Higher education dynamics
    Parallel Title: Online-Ausg. Bleiklie, Ivar Governing Knowledge
    DDC: 378
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education, Higher ; Educational change ; Higher education and state ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Bibliografie ; Festschrift ; Festschrift ; Studium ; Governance ; Kogan, Maurice 1930-
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
    URL: Cover
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 16
    ISBN: 9781402035043
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Higher Education Dynamics 9
    DDC: 378
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Comparative Education ; Education ; Education and state ; Education, Higher ; Studium ; Governance ; Kogan, Maurice 1930-
    Abstract: " In this book, an international group of leading higher education researchers draw on a wealth of social theory and comparative, empirical research to analyse current developments and their implications. Different contributions focus on different levels of higher education, the system, the institution and the academic practitioner, in different national and international contexts. However, strong common themes bind these contributions together. They include not only the significance of massification, globalisation, neo-liberalism and managerialism for the governance of higher education, its knowledge and values, but also the complexities of change processes, the importance of context and history and the strength of the stabilities that remain.The inspiration for this work comes from the career and personal influence of an individual scholar, Maurice Kogan. A central feature of his work has been empirically grounded analysis of interconnections between knowledge, values, authority and power and how these are reflected in institutional structures and individual practices. As a historian as well as a political scientist, he has always insisted on locating contemporary developments in a longer term perspective. This volume is for researchers in higher education studies, students in postgraduate courses in higher education policy and management, higher education policy makers in national and international organisations, higher education institutional leaders, senior academics, managers and administrators. Professor Teboho Moja, New York University, USA: ""It will be an invaluable resource inter alia for higher education students, scholars, and institutional leadership."" ""The book could provide a major contribution to the field of higher education because of the different perspective different authors present and an array of issues as well as frameworks to discuss them.""""This book is bound for the desktops instead of the bookshelves of administrators, researchers, and graduate students. It is likely to be used time and again as readers explore new ways to transform education systems or institutions, meet their needs for program improvement, policy development, and general research. I expect that most readers will weave through the chapters (...) on an as-needed basis, until they have engaged all its excellent content."""
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; Distinctive Local Continuities Amidst Similar Neo-Liberal Changes: The Comparative Importance of the Particular; Higher Education in Times of Discontent?; Reform and Transformation Following Regime Change; Change or Continuity in Higher Education Governance?; The Governance and Management of Student Learning in Universities; New Patterns of Diversity in Higher Education: Towards a Convergent Knowledge; The Organisation of Knowledge: Imperatives for Continuity and Change in Higher Education; The Endurance of the Disciplines; Academic Identity and Autonomy Revisited.
    Note: Festschrift , Includes bibliographical references and indexes , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
  • 17
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Dordrecht : Springer
    ISBN: 9781402033834
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource , v.: digital
    Edition: Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    Series Statement: Higher Education Dynamics 7
    DDC: 378.12
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    RVK:
    Keywords: Education ; Comparative Education ; Education and state ; Education, Higher ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Hochschulunterricht ; Internationaler Vergleich
    Abstract: This indispensable guide provides a unique insight into the academic profession at a time of major change. It is organized both thematically and geographically with attention given to regions rarely covered, such as China and Latin America. For the first time, here is a book that critically assesses the condition of the professoriate at a time of momentous change when the profession is fracturing along fault lines.
    Abstract: This volume provides a unique insight into the academic profession at a time of major change. It is organized both thematically and geographically with attention given to regions rarely covered, such as China and Latin America. For the first time, here is a book that critically assesses the condition of the professoriate at a time of momentous change. The profession is fracturing along fault lines associated with gender, tenure, age, rank and system and institutional status. Globalization is also re-shaping the world of higher education, including academic work practices. This book draws upon a major international study of the academic profession, as well as upon new data. Both thematic treatments and case studies of the academic profession in various parts of the world present challenging insights into the tensions in the profession, as well as some of the aspects that, despite all the changes, bind academics in very different institutions and systems, together. Researchers, planners, students and national and international agencies concerned with the changing world of higher education, will find this book an indispensable guide to understanding the forms and directions of change in the professoriate, as well as some of the continuities.
    Description / Table of Contents: Challenge and Change: The Academic Profession in Uncertain Times; Globalisation's Impact on the Professoriate in Anglo-American Universities; Academics and Institutional Governance; Faculty Perceptions of University Governance in Japan and the United States; From Peregrinatio Academica to Global Academic: The Internationalisation of the Profession; Academics' View of Teaching Staff Mobility; How Satisfied Are Women and Men with Their Academic Work?; Academic Work Satisfaction in the Wake of Institutional Reforms in Australia
    Description / Table of Contents: Academic Challenges: The American Professoriate in Comparative PerspectiveImprove Teaching Methods or Perish; The Chinese Professoriate in Comparative Perspective; The Academic Profession in Hong Kong; Conclusion: New Millennium, New Milieu?
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
    URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
Close ⊗
This website uses cookies and the analysis tool Matomo. More information can be found here...