The Academic Profession in Europe: New Tasks and New Challenges

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kehm, Barbara M. (Editor), Teichler, Ulrich (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective ; 5
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Higher education.; Higher Education.; International and Comparative Education.

This book is the first of several with the results of a collaborative European project supported by the European Science Foundation on changes in the academic profession in Europe (EUROAC). It provides a short description of the ESF EUROHESC programme and the particular forms of international collab...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction; Barbara M. Kehm and Ulrich Teichler
• 1. Professional Identity in Higher Education; Marie Clarke, Abbey Hyde and Jonathan Drennan
• 2. The Academic Profession in the Light of Comparative Surveys; Ester Höhle and Ulrich Teichler
• 3. The Changing Role of Academics and the Rise of Managerialism; Abbey Hyde, Marie Clarke and Jonathan Drennan
• 4. The New Higher Education Professionals; Christian Schneijderberg and Nadine Merkator
• 5. Academic Markets, Academic Careers: Where do we Stand?; Gaële Goastellec, Elke Park, Gülay Ates and Kevin Toffel
• 6. Internationalisation and the Academic Labour Market; Carole Probst and Gaële Goastellec
• 7. Academic Profession: Quality Assurance, Governance, Relevance, and Satisfaction; Luminita Moraru, Mirela Praisler, Simona Alecu Marin and Cristina Corina Bentea
• 8. Facing New Expectations: Integrating Third Mission Activities into the University; Bojana Ćulum, Nena Rončević and Jasminka Ledić
• Index.