This volume presents a thorough international comparative analysis ofthe evol...This volume presents a thorough international comparative analysis of the evolving role of middle-level academic managers: deans heads of department and their equivalents. Discussion includes relevant trends in middle-level management in higher...more
This volume presents a thorough international comparative analysis ofthe evol...This volume presents a thorough international comparative analysis of the evolving role of middle-level academic managers: deans heads of department and their equivalents. Discussion includes relevant trends in middle-level management in higher...more
This multidisciplinary book brings together scholars from Norway and the UK to...This multidisciplinary book brings together scholars from Norway and the UK to discuss the notion of trust within the structures and forms of higher education located in two distinctive localities. The meaning of trust is multi-variant and nuanced...more
An important contribution to the international discussion on highereducation ...An important contribution to the international discussion on higher education globalization and worldwide rankings of higher education institutions this volume criticizes the existing one-dimensional and aggregated international ranking models and...more
The fast-changing evolutionary process of global HigherEducation systems syst...The fast-changing evolutionary process of global Higher Education systems systematically poses new challenges related to the appearance of innovative elements that lead academic governing bodies to question current managerial structures and methods....more
This book unravels the origins continuities and discontinuities of Finnish hig...This book unravels the origins continuities and discontinuities of Finnish higher education as part of European higher education from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It describes the emergence of universities in the Middle Ages and the Finnish...more
Today a substantial portion ofhighereducation is provided outside ofthe tra...Today a substantial portion of higher education is provided outside of the traditional universities in non-university institutions with a multitude of varied characteristics. In recent decades higher education systems have been subjected to many...more
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Jim Allen* Yuki Inenaga** Rolf van der Velden* and Keii...Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Jim Allen* Yuki Inenaga** Rolf van der Velden* and Keiichi Yoshimoto*** * University of Maastricht ** University of Tsukuba *** Kyushu University 1. 1 Objectives and Background 1. 1. 1 The Focus of This Book It is well known...more
Quality Assurance in HigherEducation: Trends in Regulation Translation and Tr...Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Trends in Regulation Translation and Transformationmore
From Actors to Reforms in European HigherEducation: A Festschrift for Pavel Z...From Actors to Reforms in European Higher Education: A Festschrift for Pavel Zgagamore
This survey provides unprecedented scope and detail of analysis on higher educ...This survey provides unprecedented scope and detail of analysis on higher education in the Asia-Pacific region. In this era of global integration convergence and comparison the balance of power in worldwide higher education is shifting. In less than...more
Even if in most countries non-university highereducation institutions did not...Even if in most countries non-university higher education institutions did not have originally a research mandate it is well known that in most cases these institutions have progressively developed research activities and at least in some countries...more
Over the last decades highereducation has gone through an unprecedented growt...Over the last decades higher education has gone through an unprecedented growth period and as a result the average university or college has now more students and a larger output than ever before. At the same time the socio-economic and political...more
Chicago the Leverhulme Trust (for an emeritus fellowship awarded to Maurice Ko...Chicago the Leverhulme Trust (for an emeritus fellowship awarded to Maurice Kogan which enabled a particular part of the English study to be completed) and to the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation which provided funds assisting us with the last...more