The Institutional Basis of Higher Education Research Experiences and Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schwarz, Stefanie. (Editor), Teichler, Ulrich. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2000.
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; International and Comparative Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.
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Table of Contents:

• The Institutional Basis of Higher Education Research: Theory, Policy, and Practice
• Introduction: Comparing the Institutional Basis of Higher Education Research
• Higher Education Research and its Institutional Basis
• Future Directions for Higher Education Policy Research
• Patterns of Communication and Miscommunication between Research and Policy
• On Fate and Intelligence: The Institutional Base of Higher Education Research
• Higher Education Research: Countries and Cases
• The Origins and Structures of Research on Higher Education in the United States
• Higher Education Research in the UK: A Short Overview and a Case Study
• Research on Tertiary Education in Australia
• The Institutional Basis of Higher Education Research in Latin America with Special Emphasis on the Role Played by International and Regional Organizations
• Higher Education Research: Reflections on Argentina and Latin America
• Creating a Community of Scholars and Institutionalizing Higher Education Research in Israel
• Higher Education Research in the Czech Republic
• A Comparative Study of the Institutional Basis of Higher Education Research in Hungary and the Czech Republic
• Relationships Among Higher Education Research, Policy and Practice in South Africa
• Improving Higher Education Research at African Universities: The Study Programme on Higher Education Management in Africa
• Thinking about Advanced Learning Systems
• Training and Careers of Young Researchers
• Training Researchers and Administrators in Higher Education Doctoral Programmes in the United States
• The European Higher Education Advanced Training Course
• Doctoral Graduates in Higher Education Research: Training and Careers in France
• Higher Dead End?
• A Portrait of the Researcher as a Young (Wo)Man.