03215nam 2200625 a 450 991046329680332120200520144314.01-283-43627-21-4438-3471-89786613436276(CKB)3360000000433158(EBL)1080785(OCoLC)821179811(SSID)ssj0000668076(PQKBManifestationID)12259305(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000668076(PQKBWorkID)10686103(PQKB)11020316(MiAaPQ)EBC1080785(Au-PeEL)EBL1080785(CaPaEBR)ebr10632786(CaONFJC)MIL343627(EXLCZ)99336000000043315820120416d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAcademic identities, academic challenges?[electronic resource] American and European experience of the transformation of higher education and research /edited by Tor Halvorsen and Atle NyhagenNewcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Pub.20111 online resource (418 p.)Title appears as: Academic identities--academic challenges?.1-4438-3439-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; WHAT THE RECENT HISTORY OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES OFFERS TO EUROPE; THE RHETORIC OF FUNCTIONALITY IN RECONSTRUCTING THE ACADEMIC WORLD; RECONSTRUCTING COLLECTIVE ACADEMIC IDENTITIES IN THE UK; THE CULTURAL AND DEMOCRATIC OBLIGATIONS OF UNIVERSITIES; THE NEW MODE OF INTERNATIONALISATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH; WHO CARES ABOUT EXCELLENCE? SOCIAL SCIENCES UNDER THINK TANK PRESSURE; AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN EUROPE; THE DARK MATTER AND LITTLE STARS; REFORMING TOWARDS THE US UNIVERSITY; THE DOUBLE SHUFFLE OF UNIVERSITY REFORMTHE HARVARD REPORT AND THE LIMITS OF LIBERAL EDUCATIONBETWEEN COOPERATION AND COMPETITION; QUALITY ASSURANCE AND ACCREDITATION IN NORWEGIAN HIGHER EDUCATION; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEXThe university in Europe - as a central institution of society - is presently met Other many new expectations challenging established practices and self-understandings of academics across Europe. In the European Union the higher education and research system has become a foremost tool of change. Current reforms across national higher education systems are seen as a potential for creating a European Higher Education Area as well as an opportunity to introduce EU policies and ideas addressing ho...Education, HigherEuropeEducation, HigherUnited StatesUniversities and collegesElectronic books.Education, HigherEducation, HigherUniversities and colleges.378.4Halvorsen Tor992594Nyhagen Attle992595MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463296803321Academic identities, academic challenges2272872UNINA