Adapting universities to the global society : a transatlantic perspective / edited by Charles F. Bonser.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bonser, Charles.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Transatlantic public policy series ; v. 4.

Transatlantic public policy series ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education and globalization--Congresses.

Education and globalization.

Universities and colleges--Social aspects--Europe--Congresses.

Universities and colleges.

Universities and colleges--Social aspects--United States--Congresses.

Universities and colleges--Social aspects.

United States.

Europe.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

iv, 182 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : LIT ; New Brunswick, N.J. : Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers, [2009]

Contents:

Ten years of the Transatlantic Policy Consortium / Eberhard Bohne

Introduction / Charles F. Bonser

Issues of higher education in Europe. The European research universities and the challenge for science and technology in Europe / Manuel Heitor ; The role of European regions in the higher education process of the EU / Hans-Jürgen Blinn

The university quality challenge. Quality education and training in public administration : the contribution of the University of Speyer / Siegfried Magiera ; Study and work experience : delinking and relinking / Frans-Bauke van der Meer and Arthur Ringeling ; The implementation of the Bologna Process in France : existing paradoxes and remaining obstacles / Laure Castin

Universities and wealth creation in economic regions. Rethinking the role of the university for the entrepreneurial society / David Audretsch ; Globalization and higher education : a regional perspective / Alan M. Rugman

The changing nature of universities : governance, competitiveness and impact. University governance reform : academic policy, autonomy, and government regulation / Michael Kelly ; Organization cultures in U.S. research-oriented universities / Jeffrey A. Hart ; Globalization, competitiveness, and their impact on the changing nature of universities in Europe and the U.S. / Ken Gros Louis ; Strategies to meet the challenges facing tertiary education systems / Arthur M. Hauptman.

Notes:

Based on the colloquium, "Adapting universities to the global society : a transatlantic perspective," held by the Transatlantic Policy Consortium on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University, Sept. 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9783825819255

3825819256

OCLC:

351324728

Publisher Number:

99934636313