Mapping the Higher Education Landscape Towards a European Classifi cation of Higher Education /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vught, Frans van (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Higher Education Dynamics, 28
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Higher education.; International and Comparative Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Higher Education.

An important contribution to the international discussion on higher education globalization and worldwide rankings of higher education institutions, this volume criticizes the existing one-dimensional and aggregated international ranking models and suggests an interesting and exciting new approach o...

Table of Contents:

• Diversity and Differentiation in Higher Education
• Diversity in European Higher Education: Historical Trends and Current Policies
• The Search for Transparency: Convergence and Diversity in the Bologna Process
• The European Higher Education Classification: Objectives and Concepts
• Rankings and Classifications: The Need for a Multidimensional Approach
• The European Higher Education Classification: The Design Process
• Using the Classification in the European Higher Education Area
• Using the Classification in the European Research Area
• Using the Classification for Institutional Profiling: The Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Using the Classification for Institutional Profiling: The University of Strathclyde.