In Search of Academic Quality
Published on 29. April 2016
VIII, 238 pages
978-1-137-29829-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book is based on an international comparison observing a series of universities, where diversity remains huge when considering how single institutions position themselves in terms of quality standards and combine resources, as well as the alternatives they have access to given their organizational and cultural governance path dependence.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
VIII, 238 p.
File size
0,88 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-29829-4 (9781137298294)
DOI
10.1057/9781137298294
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Person
Catherine Paradeise was Professor of Sociology at several French higher education institutions, lastly at Université Paris Est-Marne la Vallée (U-PEM). She was deputy director at the department of social sciences and humanities of French National Centre for Scientific Research and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS-C), and co-founded the Institute for Research and Innovation in Society (IFRIS).
Jean-Claude Thoenig was Professor at the Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology, Dean and Professor at INSEAD (Fontainebleau), co-founder of EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) and the Ecole de Paris du Management, and Senior Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.
Jean-Claude Thoenig was Professor at the Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology, Dean and Professor at INSEAD (Fontainebleau), co-founder of EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) and the Ecole de Paris du Management, and Senior Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.
Content
Introduction
I: THE ROAD TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
1. Addressing Evolving Societal Expectations
2. When Numbers Define Academic Quality
II: MAKING SENSE OF DIVERSITIES
3. Quality Regimes And Organisational Instrumentation
4. Evaluating Faculty Contributions
5. Social Values, Norms, Cultures
6. Integration And Differentiation Processes
III: THE ILLUSION OF A ONE BEST WAY
7. The Top Of The Pile Regime As Quality Reference
8. Is The Reference Model Replicable?
Conclusion Toward Post-Excellence Quality?
I: THE ROAD TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
1. Addressing Evolving Societal Expectations
2. When Numbers Define Academic Quality
II: MAKING SENSE OF DIVERSITIES
3. Quality Regimes And Organisational Instrumentation
4. Evaluating Faculty Contributions
5. Social Values, Norms, Cultures
6. Integration And Differentiation Processes
III: THE ILLUSION OF A ONE BEST WAY
7. The Top Of The Pile Regime As Quality Reference
8. Is The Reference Model Replicable?
Conclusion Toward Post-Excellence Quality?
