The Modernisation of European Universities

The recent decade brought about new ways of thinking about universities. European-level educational policies became increasingly influential as the agenda of university reforms was viewed as part of greater Lisbon strategy reforms. National governments adopted the economic concept of the university consistently developed in subsequent official documents of the European Commission. The EU member states currently need to balance their educational policies between the requirements of policies promoted by the EU and the requirements of their national systems. Additionally, the national educational policies are under high pressure due to globalisation. European universities and European academics operate in the midst of these large-scale changes. Their interpretations of and their responses to what is termed «the modernisation agenda of European universities» are at the core of this volume.

Autorentext

Marek Kwiek is Professor and Director of the Center for Public Policy Studies at the University of Poznan, Poland.
Andrzej Kurkiewicz is Deputy Director of the Department of Strategy at the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

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Contents: Barbara Kudrycka: Preface - Jan Truszczynski: Foreword and Message - Andrzej Kurkiewicz/Marek Kwiek: Academic Responses to the Modernisation Agenda of European Universities - Marek Kwiek: The Growing Complexity of the Academic Enterprise in Europe: A Panoramic View - Maria Helena Nazaré: People and Their Ideas: The Foundation for Inclusive European Growth - Peter Maassen: System Diversity in European Higher Education - Maria Hulicka: External and Internal Sources of financing for Universities. The Practice of Good Governance - Dominik Antonowicz: Europe 2050. New Europeans and Higher Education - Ben Jongbloed/Harry de Boer: Higher Education Funding Reforms in Europe and the 2006. Modernisation Agenda - Andrzej Krasniewski: Ensuring the Quality of Teaching and Learning in the Higher Education Modernisation Agenda - Petr Mateju/Simona Weidnerová/Hans Vossensteyn/TomáS Konecný: The Social Dimensions of Modernizing Higher Education. A Czech-Dutch Comparative Study on Student Finance and Equity - Paul Temple: Effective Universities: Some Considerations of Funding, Governance and Management - Pavel Zgaga: The «Global Strategy» 2007 - 2011: The External Attractiveness of the EHEA and Its Internal Uneasiness - Georg Winckler: The European Debate on the Modernisation Agenda for Universities. What has Happened Since 2000? - Marek Kwiek: Concluding Remarks: European Strategies and Higher Education.