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Under pressure : higher education institutions coping with multiple challenges /

Under pressure : higher education institutions coping with multiple challenges / edited by Pedro N. Teixeira, Amelia Veiga, Maria Joao Rosa and Antonio Magalhaes. - 1 online resource. - Higher education research in the 21st century, volume 11 2542-8837 ; Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390836 . - Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series 11. Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390836. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- Higher Education Institutions Dealing With Multiple Challenges / Setting the Stage -- Higher Education and Science in the Age of Trump, Brexit and Le Pen / Adaptive University Structures / Governance and Management – Challenges of Today, Adapting to the Times / Changes and Challenges in Governance and Management -- Human Resource Development for Junior Researchers in Germany / Shadows of Hierarchy / Higher Education Institutions Responding to Issues / Quality Management and the Relevance of Strategy -- Strategic Quality Management – A Contribution to Autonomy / Innovativeness of Higher Education Institutions / Internal Quality Assurance / Students and the Effectiveness of Learning -- Grades as a Measure of Students’ Learning Outcome / The Emerging Differential Tuition Era Among U.S. Public Universites / The Role of Higher Education in Regional Innovation -- The Institutional Environment and Organisational Challenges of Universities’ Regional Engagement / Universities’ Role in Regional Innovation Reconsidered / Pedro Teixeira , António Magalhães , Amélia Veiga and Maria J. Rosa -- Simon Marginson -- Barbara Sporn -- S. Feyo de Azevedo -- René Krempkow and Mathias Winde -- Ton Kallenberg -- Melindy Brown , James Williams and David Kane -- Tina Klug -- Cindy Konen -- Maria J. Manatos , Sónia Cardoso , Maria J. Rosa and Teresa carvalho -- Magnus Strand Hauge -- Gregory C. Wolniak , Casey E. George and Glen R. Nelson -- Verena Radinger-Peer -- Jürgen Janger.

A core position in the knowledge economy policies has been ascribed to higher education. This has enhanced the complexity of the environment in which higher education institutions operate. These deal with a wide range of pressures stemming from the State, the corporate world, the society at large and political interests, let alone those arising from the constituencies of higher education institutions (academics, students and non-academics). Institutions are expected to cope with these pressures by developing strategies involving quality management, performance and assessment, innovation, while reconfiguring the relationships between research, teaching and learning. The core business of higher education is being reshaped, challenging institutions’ internal life to strategically respond to the reconfiguration of their role and missions. Topics such as governance and management, strategies and strategizing, budget control, performance and assessment, quality management, local and regional innovation come to the fore front. Under Pressure: Higher Education Institutions Coping with Multiple Challenges addresses these topics by convening approaches to the understanding of the interactions between policy drivers and institutional practices in governance, funding, performance indicators, regional innovation, strategy and strategizing, quality and management, and professionals.

9789004398481

10.1163/9789004398481 DOI

2019014394


Universities and colleges--Administration.
Universities and colleges--Planning.
Universities and colleges--Evaluation.
Educational change.
Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.

LB2341 / .U5 2019

378.1/01