Global Challenges, National Initiatives, and Institutional Responses : The Transformation of Higher Education.

Intro -- Global Challenges, National Initiatives, and Institutional Responses: The Transformation of Higher Education -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Setting the Stage -- 1. Introduction -- 2. That "Most Real Gift from One Generation to the Next": Education for and about the Common Good -- Part I: How Do Governance Regimes Steer Higher Education Institutions? -- 3. Building Comparative Advantage in the Knowledge Society: Systemic Factors in Four Nordic Higher Education Systems -- 4. The 'Dark Side of the Moon': The Non-Teaching Structures in the Portuguese Higher Education Institutions -- Part II: How Are Institutions Managing Their Quality and Performance? -- 5. Making New Missions Possible: Obstacles for and Measures to Promote Research and Third Mission at German Universities of Applied Sciences -- 6. Study Success in Higher Education: Mind the Gender Gap -- 7. Strategic Positioning in Australian Higher Education: The Case of Medical Schools -- 8. The Integration of Quality Management in Universities: An Analysis Based on Quality Policy Statements -- 9. Recent Research Evaluations in the UK and Portugal: Methodologies, Processes, Controversies and Consequences -- 10. The Impact of University Academic Culture and Leadership on the Symptoms of "Global Ranking Fever": The Case of One Russian University in a Particular Institutional Context -- Part III: How Are Higher Education Professionals and Students Responding to the Transformations? -- 11. Career Trajectories of PhD Graduates in the Social Sciences and Humanities: Drivers for Career Moves -- 12. Harmonising the Interface between Academic and Administrative Mind-Sets: Challenging but Feasible? -- About the Authors.

In this book we aim to discuss and reflect on how HEIs are coping with the demands placed on them and how the various dimensions of change are intertwined. In particular, we aim to discuss the following questions: How do governance regimes steer higher education institutions? How are institutions managing their quality and performance? How are higher education professionals responding to the transformations?.

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