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The Research Mission of Higher Education Institutions outside the University Sector Striving for Differentiation /

The European Union<U+0019>s Lisbon strategy, which aims to make the region the most competitive and dynamic knowledge economy in the world, has given a much higher profile to tertiary education institutions outside the traditional university sector in a number of member states. With the EU loo...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kyvik, Svein. (Editor), Lepori, Benedetto. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Series:Higher Education Dynamics, 31
Subjects:
Education.
Education, Higher.
Higher Education.
Professional & Vocational Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9244-2
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Part 1: Introduction
  • 1. Research in higher education institutions outside the traditional university sector, Svein Kyvik and Benedetto Lepori
  • Part 2: Thematic studies
  • 2. The regional relevance of research in universities of applied sciences, Ben Jongbloed
  • 3. The relevance of research for the improvement of education and professional practice, Kristin Heggen, Berit Karseth and Svein Kyvik
  • 4. Funding for which mission? Changes and ambiguities in the funding of universities of applied sciences and their research activities, Benedetto Lepori
  • 5. Transforming academic practice: Human resource challenges, Ellen Hazelkorn and Amanda Moynihan
  • Part 3: National case studies
  • 6. Research in university colleges in Belgium, Jef Verhoeven
  • 7. Czech Republic: Research required but not supported
  • Petr Pabian
  • 8. We are a training and development organisation<U+0019> <U+0013> research and development in Finnish polytechnics, Jussi Vl̃imaa and Marja-Liisa Neuvonen-Rauhola
  • 9. The role of research in German universities of applied sciences, Marianne Kulicke and Thomas Stahlecker
  • 10. Ireland: The challenges of building research in a binary higher education culture, Ellen Hazelkorn and Amanda Moynihan
  • 11. Practice-oriented research: The extended function of Dutch universities of applied, Egbert de Weert and Frans Leijnse
  • 12. Norway: Strong state support of research in university colleges, Svein Kyvik and Ingvild Marheim Larsen
  • 13. Striving for differentiation. Ambiguities of the applied research mandate in Swiss universities of applied sciences, Benedetto Lepori
  • Part 4: Conclusion
  • 14. Sitting in the middle: Tensions and dynamics of research in universities of applied, Benedetto Lepori and Svein Kyvik
  • Subject Index
  • Name Index.

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