Non University Higher Education In Europe

Author : James S. Taylor,José Brites Ferreira,Maria de Lourdes Machado,Rui Santiago
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402083358

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Non-University Higher Education in Europe by James S. Taylor,José Brites Ferreira,Maria de Lourdes Machado,Rui Santiago Pdf

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 changes and reforms throughout the world. One of the most important was undoubtedly the expansion of higher education in the second half of the last century from an elite system to one for the masses. While institutions of higher learning have been in existence for approximately 1,000 years, this exponential growth has been much more recent. This movement toward mass higher education has created substantial national impacts on the development of the systems of higher education. While common denominators of change and adaptation can be identified globally, there remain important differences from country to country. There are many factors challenging higher education today and in the foreseeable future. In one form or another, these issues and trends can be seen in higher education systems throughout the world. They include chronic underfunding, marketisation and competition, alternative providers, massification, internationalisation, governance, leadership, strategic management, accountability, accreditation, and social relevance. Another key factor for many countries, especially in Europe, and the focus of this book, is the current and future status of the higher education systems that differentiate the university and non-university sectors.

Author : Claudius Gellert
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015029877597

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Higher Education in Europe by Claudius Gellert Pdf

Recent political decisions have made education a legitimate and central policy object on a European level, with the mutual understanding of higher education systems now essential for the aims of 1992. This book analyzes the institutional and financial changes in higher education throughout the EC.

Author : EURYDICE
Publisher : Ministerio de Educación
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : College costs
ISBN : 9789292012052

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Modernisation of higher education in Europe: funding and the social dimension 2011 by EURYDICE Pdf

There is an urgent need to address the social dimension of higher education more forcefully and coherently, particularly in view of the economic downturn across Europe. This is the conclusion of the new Eurydice report, which looks at national policies on access to higher education, funding and student support. The report, covering eu Member States, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Turkey, suggests that countries are struggling to adapt their higher education systems to meet the challenges brought about by rapid societal change in recent years. In particular, they need to open up opportunities for more people to benefit from higher education, matching this objective with coherent measures, funding and monitoring to evaluate their impact. European leaders have agreed a headline target that 40% of 30-34 year olds should have a higher education qualification by 2020--an increase from just over 33% today. The study focuses on three key topics: policies to widen participation in higher education; funding trends; and the impact of student fee and support systems. It reveals that approaches to meet shared European objectives vary greatly between countries and have different impacts on the performance of higher education. For example, there seems to be an East-West divide regarding routes to higher education for non-traditional candidates such as adult learners and people entering university on the basis of skills gained in the workplace rather than school qualifications. The report highlights changes in higher education spending in response to the crisis. Over the past academic year (2010/11 compared to 2009/10) budgets were most increased in Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Austria, France, Finland and Malta, while the deepest cuts were made in Greece, Ireland, Iceland, (8-10% decrease), as well as in Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (up to 3% decrease). A glossary is included. Individual chapters contain footnotes. (Contains 26 figures.).

Author : Andrea Bonaccorsi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Education, Higher
ISBN : 1782540717

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Knowledge, Diversity and Performance in European Higher Education by Andrea Bonaccorsi Pdf

For the first time, data on individual European higher education institutions (rather than data aggregated at the country level) is used in order to examine a wide range of issues that are both theoretically challenging and relevant from policy-making and societal perspectives. The contributors integrate statistics on universities and colleges with other sources of information such as patents, start-up firms and bibliometric data, and employ rigorous empirical methods to address a range of key questions, including: what is the role of non-university tertiary education, such as vocational training? How important is the private sector? Are European universities internationalized? Are they efficient from the point of view of costs and educational output? Are there pure research universities in Europe? How do universities contribute to economic growth?

Author : Svein Kyvik,Benedetto Lepori
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402092442

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The Research Mission of Higher Education Institutions outside the University Sector by Svein Kyvik,Benedetto Lepori Pdf

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, the State now has recognized the research role of these institutions and provided support and funding. Moreover, in many countries the role of research in polytechnics, ‘fachhochschulen’, ‘hogescholen’, university colleges, etc is on the political agenda. Despite the importance of the issue, there are very few in-depth studies of research in the non-university sector. These studies show that the development of research in these institutions leads to quite complex interactions with universities, both in the sense of convergence (academic drift) and/or of differentiation of a specific research mandate oriented towards the regional economy. Therefore, this book aims to fill this gap by first analysing a number of transversal issues related to the research mission of these institutions. In its second part it gives an overview of the state of the art in eight European countries.

Author : Carmelo Mazza,Paolo Quattrone,Angelo Riccaboni
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781848441415

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European Universities in Transition by Carmelo Mazza,Paolo Quattrone,Angelo Riccaboni Pdf

This attractively presented edited collection is a welcome analysis of issues facing universities. It consists of 14 chapters by experts who work in university management and economics departments. . . this is an excellent collection. Its value stems from the fact that it enables comparisons to be made and to see that globally the traditional university system is being seriously challenged. The authors in this collection provide a range of perspectives on how the universities in their various locations can begin to respond to these challenges. Anthony Potts, Journal of Educational Administration and History The future of the university, this old European institution, is of utmost interest not only to university students and teachers, but to whole societies; not only in Europe, but in the whole world, as the institution has become global. Nobody can predict it, but the editors of this volume were able to ask incisive questions and collected thoughtful and provocative answers, which can contribute to the debate on the fate of universities in a significant way. Barbara Czarniawska, University of Gothenburg, Sweden While acknowledging the value of better university management, this book resists the idea that an externally imposed standardization and a more homogenous European system of higher education adds up to a desiderata. On the contrary the book editors argue that the persistence of the university and its survival in the future is aided by differences between universities. European Universities in Transition is must reading for students of higher education reform. Francisco O. Ramirez, Stanford University, US This timely and important book provides a critical analysis of the changes and challenges that currently affect European universities. Using both theoretical contributions and applied case studies, leading experts argue that universities as institutions are in need of change although the routes that the process may take are heterogeneous. The authors debate whether the reform of universities suffers from the undue influence of generalisations that do not stand up to scrutiny. It is simply too narrow to focus on strategies such as imitating a university model , hoping that best practices will solve the inefficiencies of the organisation as a whole, or relying on the presence of few external individuals on the universities board to save the difficult relationships between the university and the surrounding economy and society. These ideas ignore the diversity of universities geographically and historically. Above all, they underestimate the power that such diversity holds in making universities survive across centuries. Researchers with an interest in university reform will appreciate this important contribution to the debate, whilst policymakers and university administrators will find this book invaluable in understanding the changes and problems facing European universities and gaining insights on possible solutions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Education and state
ISBN : UVA:X030347700

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U 2000 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anders Broström,Lars Geschwind,Katarina Larsen
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Comparative education
ISBN : 9783030505554

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Technical Universities by Anders Broström,Lars Geschwind,Katarina Larsen Pdf

This Open Access book analyses the past, present and future of the technical university as a single faculty independent institution. The point of departure is a view of changing academic realities, through which the identity as a technical university is challenged and reconstituted. More specifically, the book connects the development of technical universities to changes in the structure and dimensioning of national higher education systems, to changes in the disciplinary basis of academic research and to changes in the governance of higher education institutions. Introduced in the age of industrialization, polytechnical schools rose to prominence in many national settings during the second half of the 19th century. Over time, new technologies have been developed and incorporated into the repertoire, and waves of academisation have swept over the former polytechnics, transforming them into technical universities. Their traditions and brands, however, prevail. Several technical universities are included among the most prestigious academic institutions of their nations and the training of engineers and engineering research still enjoys a high level of prestige and national priority, e.g. in the context of innovation and industrial policy. But the world keeps changing, and the higher education sector with it. Will technical universities have an equally attractive position within university systems in the decades to come? .--

Author : Roel J. in 't Veld,Hans-Peter Füssel,Guy Neave
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004639225

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Relations between State and Higher Education by Roel J. in 't Veld,Hans-Peter Füssel,Guy Neave Pdf

Higher education legislation is frequently changed by policy makers, who are acutely conscious that specific changes have repercussions through the law of general applicability, and eventually may alter and revise fundamental societal concepts. However, normative systems are complex, and the impact and direction of legal and social repercussions are neither always intended, nor are they easily foreseen. It is the purpose of this book to identify the chosen directions, and to contribute to the further development of issues in the higher education and research sector and to trace beginnings of new trends. This volume is intended to appeal to the reader's personal, practical perspective to help generate the creativity and inspiration needed in order to maintain the equilibrium between consolidation and change. In the Council of Europe, much thought has been given to these problems in recent years. The Higher Education and Research Committee (CC-HER), previously known as the Standing Conference of University Problems (CC-PU), has established a Legislation Reform Programme for Higher Education (LRP). The Programme is intended to give effective support to the process of legislative reform in higher education, particularly, but not exclusively, in the new member states in central and eastern Europe. To promote dissemination of experience acquired throughout Europe and as a complement to its ongoing advisory and multilateral activities, the Programme's Steering Group has decided to publish a series entitled `Legislating for Higher Education and Research in Europe'. The first volume of this series, Relations between State and Higher Education, is hereby presented to the general public. Relations between State and Higher Education has been compiled in close co-operation with States Parties to the European Cultural Convention. It seeks, as will subsequent volumes, to identify core issues which countries may need to confront in their legislations, and offers examples of good practice.

Author : Walter Rüegg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139494250

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A History of the University in Europe: Volume 4, Universities since 1945 by Walter Rüegg Pdf

This is the final volume in a four-part series covering the development of the university in Europe (east and west) from its origins to the present day, focusing on a number of major themes viewed from a European perspective. The originality of the series lies in its comparative, interdisciplinary, collaborative and transnational nature. It deals also with the content of what was taught at the universities, but its main purpose is an appreciation of the role and structures of the universities as seen against a backdrop of changing conditions, ideas and values. This volume deals with the reconstruction and epoch-making expansion of higher education after 1945, which led to the triumph of modern science. It traces the development of the relationship between universities and national states, teachers and students, their ambitions and political activities. Special attention is paid to fundamental changes in the content of teaching at the universities.

Author : Fergal Finnegan,Barbara Merrill,Camilla Thunborg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134057191

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Student Voices on Inequalities in European Higher Education by Fergal Finnegan,Barbara Merrill,Camilla Thunborg Pdf

This book focuses on the voices and experiences of non-traditional students in European higher education. It examines the impact that access to higher education is having on these students’ lives and discusses what this tells us about European education and society. In particular, it explores the multi-dimensional nature of inequality in varied national contexts focusing on the issues of class, gender, ethnicity, age and disability. The book contributes to the on-going debate about the changing nature of European higher education and argues that research based on the experiences of non-traditional students can be used to improve policy and practice in tertiary education. Drawing on biographical narrative interviews with ‘non-traditional’ students, the book covers topics including: • the contemporary nature of inequality and how the various forms of inequality intersect and overlap in higher education and society • the formation and transformation of learner identities • the structural barriers faced by non-traditional students • the sources of student resilience and agency • a comparison of patterns of inequality, access and retention in various European countries • the implications of these findings for practice and policies. Student Voices on Inequalities in Higher Education will appeal to academics, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners working in higher education institutions as well as people working in the field of widening participation, adult education, access and centres for teaching and learning. It will also be of interest to postgraduate students in higher education.

Author : Council of Europe. Working Party on the Reform and Development of Tertiary (Post-secondary) Education in Southern Europe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Education
ISBN : UVA:X030347694

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Reform and Development of Tertiary (post-secondary) Education in Southern Europe by Council of Europe. Working Party on the Reform and Development of Tertiary (Post-secondary) Education in Southern Europe Pdf

Author : Peter Maassen,Johan P. Olsen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007-07-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402059711

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University Dynamics and European Integration by Peter Maassen,Johan P. Olsen Pdf

This book explores the visions underlying the attempts to reform the European University as well as two European integration processes. It presents a framework for analyzing ongoing modernization reforms and reform debates that take place at various governance levels and a long-term research agenda. It convincingly argues why the knowledge basis under the current University reforms in Europe should be considerably strengthened.

Author : Denis B. P. Kallen,Council of Europe. Council for Cultural Co-operation
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9287132208

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Secondary Education in Europe by Denis B. P. Kallen,Council of Europe. Council for Cultural Co-operation Pdf

Author : Tom O'Donoghue
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781040045503

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The Development of University Teaching Over Time by Tom O'Donoghue Pdf

Examining two centuries of university education, this book charts the development of pedagogical approaches since the year 1800 and how they have transformed higher education. While institutions for promoting advanced learning in various forms have existed in Asia, Africa, and the Arab world for centuries, the beginning of the nineteenth century saw the emergence of the modern model of a university with which we are familiar today. This book argues that, in the time since, seven broad teaching approaches were developed across the world which continue to be used today: the disputation, the lecture, the tutorial, the research seminar, workplace teaching, teaching through material making, and role-play. O’Donoghue demonstrates how each has been reconfigured and developed over time in response to the changing nature of higher education, as well as society more generally. This expansive book will be of great interest to historians of education, scholars of education more generally, and teacher practitioners interested in the pedagogical models that shape modern academia.