Positioning Higher Education Institutions : From Here to There / / edited by Rosalind M. O. Pritchard, Attila Pausits, James Williams.

• HerausgeberIn: Pritchard, Rosalind M. O.; Pausits, Attila.; Williams, James.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVI, 270 p.)

Higher education is of growing public and political importance for society and the economy. Globalisation is transforming it from a local and national concern into one of international significance. In order to fulfil societal, governmental and business sector needs, many universities are aiming to (re-)position themselves. The book initially considers their “compass”. They aspire to transformational planning, mission and strategy in which social justice is important, people are not treated as mere means to an end, and traditional moral positions are respected. This transformational urge is sometimes vitiated by blunt demands of new public management that overlook universities’ potential for serving the public good. The volume then addresses universities’ success in meeting their targets. Often the challenge in evaluation is the need to reconcile tensions, for example between structure and pastoral care of students; institutional competition and collaboration; roles of academics and administrators; performance-based funding versus increased differentiation. Measurement is supposed to provide discipline, align institutional and state policy, and provide a vital impetus for change. Yet many of these measurement instruments are not fully fit for purpose. They do not take sufficient account of institutional missions, either of “old” or of specialist universities; and sophisticated measurement of the student experience requires massive resources. Change and positioning have become increasingly key elements of a complex but heterogeneous sector requiring new services and upgraded instruments.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Rosalind M. O. Pritchard , Attila Pausits and James Williams -- The Role of Institutional Research in Positioning Universities / Manja Klemenčič -- Higher Education Reform / Bruno Broucker , Kurt De Wit and Liudvika Leisyte -- Rethinking Missions and Values of Higher Education / Pepka Boyadjieva and Petya Ilieva-Trichkova -- On the Structure of the European Standards and Guidelines for Internal Quality Assurance / Maria J. Rosa , Cláudia S. Sarrico , Isabel Machado and Carolina Costa -- Quality Management in Arts Universities / Georg Schulz -- Mission Statements and Strategic Positioning of Higher Education Institutions / Theodor Leiber -- Exploding the Myth / Tony Strike and Jacqueline Labbe -- Creating a Coherent Performance Indicator Framework for the Higher Education Student Lifecycle in Australia / Sonia Whiteley -- High-Quality PhD Supervision / Cornelius M. Fourie -- Interacting Spheres Revisited / Ton Kallenberg -- Becoming Ever Better Together? / Jürgen Deeg -- Does Performance-Based Funding Work? / Jussi Kivistö and Vuokko Kohtamäki -- Performance Orientation for Public Value / Hans Vossensteyn and Don Westerheijden -- Comparing Costs between Higher Education Institutions in Norway / Per Olaf Aamodt , Rune Borgan Reiling , Stein Bjørnstad , Mirjam Snåre and Edvin Finnanger -- Index / Rosalind M. O. Pritchard , Attila Pausits and James Williams.