Knowledge, Diversity And Performance In European Higher Education: A Changing Landscape
by Andrea Bonaccorsi /
2014 / English / PDF
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This highly original book analyses the results of a pioneering set
of microdata on higher education institutions in 27 European
countries in order to address key issues in higher education and
research.
This highly original book analyses the results of a pioneering set
of microdata on higher education institutions in 27 European
countries in order to address key issues in higher education and
research.
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?
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?
By furthering the current debate on the future and competiveness
of the European university model compared to that of the US and
Asia, this book will prove an invaluable reference tool for
academics and researchers in the fields of sociology of higher
education and economics, particularly the economics of
innovation, science and education. University decision-makers and
administrators as well as policy-makers at local and European
levels will also find this book to be a useful and enlightening
read.
By furthering the current debate on the future and competiveness
of the European university model compared to that of the US and
Asia, this book will prove an invaluable reference tool for
academics and researchers in the fields of sociology of higher
education and economics, particularly the economics of
innovation, science and education. University decision-makers and
administrators as well as policy-makers at local and European
levels will also find this book to be a useful and enlightening
read.Contributors
Contributors: R. Biscaia, A. Bonaccorsi, T. Brandt, M.F.
Cardoso, M. Colombo, Z. Daghbashyan, C. Daraio, D. De Filippo, E.
Deiaco, M. Guerini, M. Horváth, B. Lepori, M. McKelvey, A.
Niederl, V. Rocha, C. Rossi Lamastra, U. Schmoch, T. Schubert, M.
Seeber, L. Simar, S. Slipersaeter, P. Teixeira, A. Varga
: R. Biscaia, A. Bonaccorsi, T. Brandt, M.F.
Cardoso, M. Colombo, Z. Daghbashyan, C. Daraio, D. De Filippo, E.
Deiaco, M. Guerini, M. Horváth, B. Lepori, M. McKelvey, A.
Niederl, V. Rocha, C. Rossi Lamastra, U. Schmoch, T. Schubert, M.
Seeber, L. Simar, S. Slipersaeter, P. Teixeira, A. Varga
