Mergers in Higher Education The Experience from Northern Europe /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Pinheiro, Rómulo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Geschwind, Lars (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Aarrevaara, Timo (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Σειρά: Higher Education Dynamics, 46
• Θέματα: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Higher education.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This book addresses the critical knowledge gaps of mergers involving higher education institutions. It is based on a comparative research project (spring 2013-spring 2015) investigating the phenomena of mergers involving higher education institutions across the Nordic countries – Norway, Sweden, Fin...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: Setting the Stage
• Chapter 1: A world full of mergers: The Nordic countries in a global context. Rómulo Pinheiro, Lars Geschwind and Timo Aarrevaara
• Part II: Path Dependencies & System Dynamics
• Chapter 2: Mergers in Norwegian higher education. Svein Kyvik and Bjørn Stensaker
• Chapter 3: Conflicting Rationalities: Mergers and Consolidations in Swedish Higher Education Policy. Mats Benner and Lars Geschwind
• Chapter 4: Merger mania? The Finnish higher education experience. Timo Aarrevaara and Ian R. Dobson
• Chapter 5: Mergers in Danish Higher education: An overview over the changing landscape. Kaare Aagaard, Hanne F. Hansen and Jørgen G. Rasmussen
• Part III: Case Studies
• Chapter 6: The anatomy of a merger process in the greater Oslo region. Elizabeth Mathisen and Rómulo Pinheiro
• Chapter 7: Mergers in the North: The Making of the Artic University of Norway. Peter Arbo and Tove Bull
• Chapter 8: Mergers as opportunities for branding: The Making of the Linnaeus University. Lars Geschwind, Göran Melin and Linda Wedlin
• Chapter 9: Takeovers in Swedish Higher Education: Comparing the “hostile” and the “friendly”. Sara Karlsson and Lars Geschwind
• Chapter 10: Merger of two Universities of Applied Sciences. Maria Sutela and Yuzhuo Cai
• Chapter 11: A complex and messy merger: The road to the University of Eastern Finland. Jarkko Tirronen, Hanna-Mari Aula and Timo Aarrevaara
• Chapter 12: Different faces of Danish Higher Education mergers. Kaare Aagaard, Hanne F. Hansen and Jørgen G. Rasmussen
• Chapter 13: Post-merger experiences at Danish Higher Education Institutions. Kaare Aagaard, Hanne F. Hansen and Jørgen G. Rasmussen
• Part IV: Lessons Learnt and Way Forward
• Chapter 14: The many guises of Nordic higher education mergers. Lars Geschwind, Rómulo Pinheiro and Timo Aarrevaara. .