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.
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
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- Sharon Rider,
- Michael A. Peters
Book titles in this series
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Back to the University's Future
The Second Coming of Humboldt
- Authors:
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- Steve Fuller
- Copyright: 2023
Available Renditions
- Hard cover
- eBook
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Teacher Education in the Nordic Region
Challenges and Opportunities
- Editors:
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- Eyvind Elstad
- Open Access
- Copyright: 2023
Available Renditions
- Hard cover
- Soft cover
- eBook
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World Class Universities
A Contested Concept
- Editors:
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- Sharon Rider
- Michael A. Peters
- Mats Hyvönen
- Tina Besley
- Open Access
- Copyright: 2020
Available Renditions
- Hard cover
- Soft cover
- eBook
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The Governing-Evaluation-Knowledge Nexus
Swedish Higher Education as a Case
- Editors:
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- Christina Segerholm
- Agneta Hult
- Joakim Lindgren
- Linda Rönnberg
- Open Access
- Copyright: 2019
Available Renditions
- Hard cover
- Soft cover
- eBook