Higher education in societies : a multi scale perspective /

Universities are not only economic engines but societal ones. This book interrogates the embeddedness of Higher Education (HE) systems in national social contracts, and discusses how their renegotiation is at play in the organisation of students? access to universities. Structured around the central...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Goastellec, Gaële (Editor), Picard, France (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers, 2014.
Series:Higher education research in the 21st century series (Consortium of Higher Education Researchers) ; volume 7.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Research.
Enseignement supérieur > Recherche.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education, Higher > Research
onderwijs
education
Education (General)
Onderwijs (algemeen)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • REFERENCES
  • 1. HOW DO UNIVERSITY, HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETAL WELL-BEING?
  • INTRODUCTION
  • HOW PROFESSORS THINK
  • UBER EXCELLENCE AND THE CHALLENGES THAT PEER REVIEW MEET
  • SOCIETAL WELL BEING, HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • 2. A PERSIAN GRANDEE IN LAUSANNE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHER MEMORIES: CHANGES IN HIGHER EDUCATION, CHANGES IN RESEARCH
  • EDUCATIONâ€?S ABIDING MORAL DILEMMA: MERIT AND WORTH IN THE CROSS-ATLANTIC DEMOCRACIES, 1800-2006
  • CONCLUSIONNOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • 3. A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION?
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK
  • HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
  • The German Research University and Its Scientific Structure
  • The Land-Grant Universities
  • Post-1945 Science Pact in the USA
  • The Post-1945 Science Pact in Europe
  • FINAL REFLECTIONS
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • 4. HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUBLIC GOOD: A Global Study
  • INTRODUCTION
  • The Conceptual Basis for an Empirical Study
  • HIGHER EDUCATION AS A SOCIAL SECTOR
  • A Worldwide Assemblage
  • Universities and States: The Comparative DimensionCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS FOR IDENTIFYING PUBLIC GOODS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
  • Economics
  • Political Theory and Communications Theory
  • Global Public Goods
  • THE EMPIRICAL TERRAIN
  • POLICY PROBLEMS
  • MOVING FORWARD
  • Starting Notion of Public Good
  • Measurability
  • Globalised Comparative Methods
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • APPENDIX: EMPIRICAL RESEARCH AND DATA ANALYSIS
  • REFERENCES
  • 5. DEFENDING KNOWLEDGE AS THE PUBLIC GOOD OF HIGHER EDUCATION
  • INTRODUCTION
  • THE PROBLEM OF DEFINITION
  • HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE PUBLIC GOOD BEFORE WORLD WAR TWOHIGHER EDUCATION AND THE PUBLIC GOOD 1939-1963
  • HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE PUBLIC GOOD 1963-1997
  • HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE PUBLIC GOOD 1997-2007
  • WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO KNOWLEDGE?
  • INCULCATING VALUES
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • NOTE
  • REFERENCES
  • 6. PARTISAN POLITICS IN HIGHE REDUCATION POLICY: How Does the Leftâ€?Right Divide of Political Parties Matter in Higher Education Policy in Western Europe?
  • INTRODUCTION
  • HIGHER EDUCATION â€? A MORE SALIENT BUT LESS SPECIAL POLICY FIELD
  • HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY IN COMPARATIVE POLITICSThe Re-distributive Characteristics of Higher Education Policy
  • The Cultural Conflict Dimension in Higher Education Policy
  • HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY AND THE VARIETIES OF CAPITALISM
  • CME and LME Higher Education Systems
  • SUGGESTION OF A RESEARCH DESIGN
  • CONCLUSION
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • 7. ACCESS, EQUITY, AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A Norwegian Tale
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CONCEPTUAL BACKDROP
  • Access, Regionalisation, and Regional Development
  • EMPIRICAL SECTION (I): GOVERNING ACCESS

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