About this book series

This book series examines and theorizes the historical development, socio-economic context, conceptual framework and implicit conceptual assumptions of different regulatory and evaluative regimes. It investigates the values embedded in policies and their implications in practice, proposing and developing alternative perspectives  on how to conceive the role of public higher education and the mission of the university in the twenty-first century. It also surveys developments arising out of the current regime, such as the “metrics industry”  that has emerged to rank and measure the performance of institutions in secondary, tertiary and postgraduate education, as an important management tool in the implementation of institutional, national and international policies. The series investigates the multiple ways in which assessment has become a standardized function of governments and funders, and examines the consequences of the shifting line between private and public ownership. 

The  series encourages relevant contributions from all disciplines, including, inter alia, philosophy, sociology, media studies,  anthropology, political science, history, legal studies, and economics in order to foster dialogue and deepen our understanding of the complex issues involved. Although the emphasis is on the university, the series addresses the diversity of evaluation criteria and techniques on a broad scale, covering not only secondary and postgraduate education as well, but also adult and continuing education. 

Focusing especially on areas of potential contention, the series explores the ways how the standards of quality posited and tools of measurement employed resolve, engender or conceal conflicts of values, goals or interests. 

Book proposals are to be submitted to the Publishing Editor: Claudia Acuna (Claudia.Acuna@springer.com).
Electronic ISSN
2570-026X
Print ISSN
2570-0251
Series Editor
  • Sharon Rider,
  • Michael A. Peters

Book titles in this series

  1. Educational Markets and Segregation

    Global Trends and Singular Experiences From Belgium and Chile

    Editors:
    • Vincent Dupriez
    • Juan Pablo Valenzuela
    • Marie Verhoeven
    • Javier Corvalán
    • Copyright: 2023

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • eBook
  2. World Class Universities

    A Contested Concept

    Editors:
    • Sharon Rider
    • Michael A. Peters
    • Mats Hyvönen
    • Tina Besley
    • Open Access
    • Copyright: 2020

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • Soft cover
    • eBook
  3. The Governing-Evaluation-Knowledge Nexus

    Swedish Higher Education as a Case

    Editors:
    • Christina Segerholm
    • Agneta Hult
    • Joakim Lindgren
    • Linda Rönnberg
    • Open Access
    • Copyright: 2019

    Available Renditions

    • Hard cover
    • Soft cover
    • eBook