Transforming Higher Education A Comparative Study (2nd edition) /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kogan, Maurice (Editor), Henkel, Mary (Editor), Bauer, Marianne (Editor), Bleiklie, Ivar (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Higher Education Dynamics, 13
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Higher education.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This book carries forward the findings of an international research project, first published in 2000, on the radical higher education reforms introduced since the 1970s. It is based upon documents, statistics and extensive interviews with politicians, institutional leaders and academics from a range...

Table of Contents:

• Themes, Concepts And Methods
• Comparison and Theories
• History, Policy And Structure
• Higher Education Policies: Historical Overview
• Policy Regimes and Policy Making
• The State and Higher Education
• Higher Education Institutions
• Academics In A Context Of Policy And System Change
• Policy Change and the Academic Profession
• Academic Identities
• Conclusions
• Change and Continuity: Some Conclusions.