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Author:   Paola Mattei (Lecturer of Comparative Social Policy, Lecturer of Comparative Social Policy, St. Antony's College, Oxford University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.90cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 16.30cm
Weight:   0.422kg
ISBN:  

9780199989393

ISBN 10:   0199989397
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   29 May 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

CONTENTS Part I. Funding: Pressures, Reforms, and Analytical Foundations Chapter 1 Public Accountability Reforms and Higher Education Paola Mattei Chapter 2 Dynamics of Convergence and Divergence. Exploring Accounts of Higher Education Policy Change Peter Maassen and Åse Gornitzka Chapter 3 Global pressures and national cultures: a Nordic University template? Tom Christensen, Åse Gornitzka, Peter Maassen Chapter 4 Financially Sustainable Universities: Challenges and Strategies in Times of Austerity Thomas Estermann and Enora Pruvot Chapter 5 Reforming Under Pressure. Higher Education Reforms in France (2006-2010) Corine Eyraud Part II. Internationalisation and Europeanization Chapter 6 The Value of Temporary Study Abroad: The ERASMUS Experience Ulrich Teichler Chapter 7 Europeanization and Higher Education: Comfortable Bedfellows? Jeroen Huisman Chapter 8 University Rankings: The Manifestation and Driver of Competition for Excellence Within the New Higher Education Landscape Jan Sadlak Part III. Massification of Higher Education: Strategies of Equality or Privatisation? Chapter 9 Privatisation of Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe Jadwiga Koralewicz Chapter 10 Class and Ethnic Inequality in Educational Outcomes in an International Perspective Jan O. Jonsson Bibliography Index

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A new book tries to bring academic rigour to the 'evidence-free' debates on the funding of European universities. The book was designed to test 'the claims that governments are no longer committed to public higher education.' Contributors to the book went on to explore thelinks between the [two main strands of the 'modernisation agenda.'] -Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education A new book tries to bring academic rigour to the 'evidence-free' debates on the funding of European universities. The book was designed to test 'the claims that governments are no longer committed to public higher education.' Contributors to the book went on to explore thelinks between the [two main strands of the 'modernisation agenda.'] -Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education

A new book tries to bring academic rigour to the 'evidence-free' debates on the funding of European universities. The book was designed to test 'the claims that governments are no longer committed to public higher education.' Contributors to the book went on to explore thelinks between the [two main strands of the 'modernisation agenda.'] -Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education

"""A new book tries to bring academic rigour to the 'evidence-free' debates on the funding of European universities. The book was designed to test 'the claims that governments are no longer committed to public higher education.' Contributors to the book went on to explore thelinks between the [two main strands of the 'modernisation agenda.']"" -Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education"

Author Information

Paola Mattei (Ph.D. London School of Economics) is a Fellow at the European Studies Centre at St Antony's College, University of Oxford, and University Lecturer in Comparative Social Policy. Her research examines comparative welfare reforms, health care and comparative education policy reforms. She has published numerous articles on these subjects, as well as two books: Restructuring Welfare Organisations in Europe: From Democracy to Good Management? (Palgrave 2009) and Welfare Governance Reforms and Effects in the Post-Golden Age (Routledge 2010), edited with K. Voerhest. She is the Principal Investigator of an international research project on Welfare Reforms and Accountability (funded by the Norwegian Research Council).

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