Edizione	[1st ed. 2021.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (431 pages)
Disciplina	378.01
Collana	The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective
Soggetto topico	Education, Higher International education Comparative education Education and state Economics School management and organization School administration Higher Education International and Comparative Education Educational Policy and Politics Organization and Leadership Educació superior
Soggetto genere / forma	Llibres electrònics
ISBN	3-030-76579-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Acknowledgements -- Part I: Overview -- Chapter 1. Universities and the Knowledge Society: An Introduction (Timo Aarrevaara, Martin J. Finkelstein, Glen A. Jones and Jisun Jung) -- Chapter 2. The Transformation of Universities in Response to the Imperatives of a Knowledge Society (Teresa Carvalho) -- Chapter 3. Higher Education in the Era of Knowledge Economy (Olga Bain and William Cummings) -- Chapter 4. The Academic Profession in the Knowledge-based Society (APIKS): Evolution of a Major Comparative Research Project (Timo Aarrevaara, Martin J. Finkelstein, Glen A Jones and Jisun Jung) -- Part II: Systems of Innovation and Higher Education -- Chapter 5. Higher education and the knowledge society agenda in Uganda (Florence Ndibuuza, Patrício V. Langa and Ronald Bisaso) -- Chapter 6. Higher Education and Investment in Knowledge: A Perspective from Talent Policies in Mainland China (Hong Shen and Jinwen Luo) -- Chapter 7. Recalibrating After Two Decades of Rapid Expansion: The Pursuit of Excellence amid Declining Enrollment in Taiwan (Sophia Shi-Huei Ho and Robin Jung-Cheng Chen) -- Chapter 8. Changing Policies of Research, Development, and Innovation and the Characteristics of Academics in Japan (Akira Arimoto, Tsukasa Daizen and Futao Huang) -- Chapter 9. Higher Education in the National Research System in South Korea (Soo Jeung Lee and Hyejoo Jung) -- Chapter 10. Recent Science and Technology Policies in Turkey: The Shifting Role and Profile of the National Higher Education System? (Baris Uslu, Alper Calikoglu, Fatma Nevra Seggiec, Sedat Gumus and Yasar Kondakci) -- Chapter 11. Research and Higher Education in Russia: Moving Closer Together (Anna Panova and Maria Yudkevich) -- Chapter 12. The Role of Universities in the Knowledge-based Society in Lithuania (Liudvika Leišytė, Anna-Lena Rose, Rimantas Želvys and Sude Peksen) -- Chapter 13. Academic Profession for Knowledge Society in Estonia (Eve Mägi, Eneli Kindsiko and Maarja Beerkens) -- Chapter 14. Higher Education and the Knowledge Economy: Economic Higher Education Policies and the Persistence of the German Research and Development System (Nicolai Götze) -- Chapter 15. A Portuguese Tale on Knowledge-based Society: Narrowing Bonds Between Higher Education and the Innovation System (Teresa Carvalho, Sara Diogo and Rui Santiago) -- Chapter 16. The Role of Finnish Higher Education in Innovation and Research System (Timo Aarrevaara and Ville Pietiläinen) -- Chapter 17. The Interplay of Higher Education, Research and Innovation in Sweden (Stefan Lundborg and Lars Geschwind) -- Chapter 18. University, Research, and Innovation in Argentina: A Winding Road to the Knowledge Society (Mónica Marquina and Lucas Luchilo) -- Chapter 19. The Development of the Research Capabilities of Chilean Faculty (Daniela Véliz and Sergio Celis) -- Chapter 20. Higher Education, Science, Technology and Academics in México: At a Crossroads (Etty Haydeé Estévez-Nenninger, Angel Alberto Valdés-Cuervo, Edgar Oswaldo González-Bello, Juan Pablo Durand-Villalobos, Marion Lloyd, Jorge G. Martínez-Stack and Lizeth Parra-Pérez) -- Chapter 21. Canada: The Role of the University Sector in National Research and Development (Olivier Bégin-Caouette, Glen A. Jones, Grace Karram Stephenson and Amy Scott Metcalfe) -- Chapter 22. The Emerging Role of American Universities in the 21st Century Knowledge Society (Martin Finkelstein, Olga Bain, Gustavo Gregorutti, William Cummings, W. James Jacob and Eunyoung Kim) -- Part III: Conclusion -- Chapter 23. Comparing Systems of Research and Innovation: Shifting Contexts for Higher Education and the Academic Profession (Jisun Jung, Glen A. Jones, Martin J. Finkelstein and Timo Aarrevaara) -- Index.
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Autore	Ghazvinei Pezhman Taherei
Edizione	[1st ed. 2017.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (114 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables
Disciplina	378.01
Collana	SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
Soggetto topico	Waste management Industrial management—Environmental aspects Sustainable development Waste Management/Waste Technology Sustainability Management Sustainable Development
ISBN	3-319-43228-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Challenges of Solid waste management 1.2 Solid waste generation 1.3 Approach of the book -- Chapter 2 Overview of Solid Waste Management 2.1 Pilot campus 2.2 The consequences of population expansion and solid waste generation trends 2.3 Sustainable concept at Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) 2.4 Solid waste minimization and recycling experiences at universities’campus -- Chapter 3. Solid Waste Management Models 3.1 Life Cycle Assessment 3.2 Application of analytical hierarchy process in municipal solid waste management 3.3 Cluster analysis for solid waste management methods 3.4 Requirements of solid waste management -- Chapter 4. Solid Waste Management Design 4.1 Overview of solid waste management plan 4.2 Current solid waste management at the campus 4.3 Improving solid waste management at the campus 4.4 Data resources of the investigation 4.5 Stage 1: Solid waste generation and composition of the campus 4.6 Stage 2: Solid waste management scenarios 4.7 Stage 3: Environmental assessment of scenarios by life cycle assessment 4.8 Stage 4: Economic analysis of the scenarios by analytical hierarchy process 4.9 Stage 5: Combining LCA and AHP using Cluster Analysis method 4.10 Plan Summary -- Chapter 5: Waste Composition Investigation 5.1 Overview of waste composition investigation 5.2 Stage 1: Solid waste generation and composition5.3 Stage 2: Introducing scenarios for solid waste management5.4 Stage 3: Life cycle assessment of different solid waste management scenarios 5.5 Stage 4: Analytical hierarchy process of solid waste management scenarios 5.6 Stage 5: Combination of LCA and AHP -- Chapter 6: Solid Waste Management Framework: 6.1 Structure of the proposed solid waste management framework 6.2 Comparison of the results between AHP and cluster analysis method 6.3 Combination of LCA and environmental results of AHP 6.4 Advantages of the proposed solid waste management system 6.5 Environmental advantages of proposed solid waste management system at the campus 6.6 Comparison of the current investigation with relevant investigations -- Chapter 7. Summary and limitations of recommendations.
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Edizione	[First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (526 p.)
Disciplina	378.01
Collana	Research in the Sociology of Organizations
Soggetto topico	Education, Higher - Aims and objectives Universities and colleges - Administration
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-78560-830-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front Cover; The University under Pressure; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Advisory Board; Introduction: The University under Pressure; Thinking about the University as an Organization; Global Changes and World Society Theory; Field-Level Analysis; Institutional Logics and the Linking of Levels; Resource Dependence; Organizational Design; Sources of Pressure on the University; University Responses to Pressure; Field-Level Effects of University Responses; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part I: The University Under Pressure - An Overview The Changing Ecology of U.S. Higher Education: An Organization Field PerspectiveHigher Education as an Organization Field; College Populations; Baccalaureate Colleges; Comprehensive Colleges; Research Universities; Associate Degree Colleges; Special-Focus Institutions; For-Profit Enterprises; A Regional Example: The San Francisco Bay Area; Isomorphic Pressures; Regulatory Systems; Normative Systems; Cultural-Cognitive Controls; Competitive Pressures; Rating Systems; Rising Costs; Societal Forces Shaping the Field of Higher Education; Reinforcing and Recasting Forces Economic and Stratification ConnectionsGovernmental Connections; Disruptive Forces; New Technologies; New Types of Students and Work Requirements; New Forms; Concluding Comments; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Nested Organizational Fields: Isomorphism and Differentiation among European Universities; Introduction; On the Way to a New European University Model?; The Nested Organizational Field Structure of European Universities; Isomorphism and Differentiation among European Universities; Coercive Isomorphism; Coercive Pressure via Formal Regulation; Coercive Pressure via Resources Mimetic IsomorphismNormative Isomorphism; The Academic Profession; University Leaders; Conclusion and Discussion; Notes; Acknowledgment; References; Part II: Pressures at the Field Level; The Emergent Action Field of Metrics: From Rankings to Altmetrics; Introduction; Setting the Scene: The New Regime of Governmentality and the Development of the Action Field of Metrics in Europe and the U...; Truth, Governmentality, and Action Field of Metrics; From a Regime of Truth to a New Regime of Governmentality; The Emerging Action Field of Metrics A Comparative Approach to Policy Fields of Higher EducationThe United States: A Consumer-Driven Market; Europe and the Rest of the World: A Policy-Makers-Driven Market; From Changes in the Policy Field of Higher Education to the Emergence of a New Organizational Field of Rankings; Developing Productive Organizations; Commercial Rankings; Public Rankings; Bibliometric Data Providers; Open-Source Players; Fabricating Rankings; Assembling Competencies; Selecting Institutions and Indicators; Developing Technologies; Building a Professional Community; Leveraging Up Audiences; The Demand Side The Supply Side
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Autore	Whelan Andrew
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Bristol, : Intellect, 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (398 p.)
Disciplina	378.01
Altri autori (Persone)	WalkerRuth MooreChristopher
Soggetto topico	Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives Education Zombiism
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-78320-075-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; SECTION 1: Zombification in the corporate university; First as tragedy, then as corpse; 'Being' post-death at Zombie University; University life, zombie states and reanimation; The living dead and the dead living: contagion and complicity in contemporary universities; Zombie solidarity; The Journal of Doctor Wallace; SECTION 2: Moribund content and infectious technologies; Zombie processes and undead technologies; The botnet: webs of hegemony/zombies who publish; The intranet of the living dead: software and universities Virtual learning environments and the zombification of learning and teaching in British universities Mapping zombies: a guide for digital pre-apocalyptic analysis and post-apocalyptic survival; Infectious textbooks; SECTION 3 Zombie literacies and pedagogies; Undead universities, the plagiarism 'plague', paranoia and hypercitation; EAP programmes feeding the living dead of academia: critical thinking as a global antibody; Zombies in the classroom: education as consumption in two novels by Joyce Carol Oates; Queer pedagogies in zombie times: parody, neo-liberalism and higher education Zombies are us: the living dead as a tool for pedagogical reflection Escaping the zombie threat by mathematics; Toward a zombie pedagogy: embodied teaching and the student 2.0; SECTION 4:The post-apocalyptic terrain; 'Sois mort et tais toi': zombie mobs and student protests; Living-dead man's shoes? Teaching and researching glossy topics in a harsh social and cultural context; Feverish homeless cannibal; A report on the global Viral-Z outbreak and its impact on higher education; Bibliography; List of contributors; Index; Back Cover
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910452986303321