Editors:
- First cross-national study on the research mission of higher education institutions outside the university sector
- Provides an overview of the state of the art research in these institutions
- Much needed book that assesses the challenges and opportunities for these colleges
- Provides key information that will aid the development of these institutions
Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics (HEDY, volume 31)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Thematic Studies
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National Case Studies
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Front Matter
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Conclusion
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Back Matter
About this book
Even if in most countries non-university higher education institutions did not have originally a research mandate, it is well known that in most cases these institutions have progressively developed research activities and, at least in some countries, the State now has recognized the research role of these institutions and provided support and funding. Moreover, in many countries the role of research in polytechnics, ‘fachhochschulen’, ‘hogescholen’, university colleges, etc is on the political agenda. Despite the importance of the issue, there are very few in-depth studies of research in the non-university sector. These studies show that the development of research in these institutions leads to quite complex interactions with universities, both in the sense of convergence (academic drift) and/or of differentiation of a specific research mandate oriented towards the regional economy. Therefore, this book aims to fill this gap by first analysing a number of transversal issues related to the research mission of these institutions. In its second part it gives an overview of the state of the art in eight European countries.
Editors and Affiliations
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NIFU STEP, Oslo, Norway
Svein Kyvik
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USI-SUPSI, Servizio Ricerca, Università di Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland
Benedetto Lepori
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Research Mission of Higher Education Institutions outside the University Sector
Book Subtitle: Striving for Differentiation
Editors: Svein Kyvik, Benedetto Lepori
Series Title: Higher Education Dynamics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9244-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-9243-5Published: 12 July 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-3266-7Published: 05 September 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-9244-2Published: 08 June 2010
Series ISSN: 1571-0378
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1923
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 282
Topics: Higher Education, Professional & Vocational Education, Educational Policy and Politics