Questioning Excellence in Higher Education | Buch | 978-94-6091-641-0 | sack.de

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 493 g

Reihe: Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series

Questioning Excellence in Higher Education

Policies, Experiences and Challenges in National and Comparative Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-94-6091-641-0
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Policies, Experiences and Challenges in National and Comparative Perspective

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 212 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 493 g

Reihe: Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series

ISBN: 978-94-6091-641-0
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers


Excellence in higher education is as old as university, but nowadays the concept is widely emphasized and its meaning has been redefined on the basis of different values and goals, especially those related to market. Excellence has become the meter on which institutions are assessed and public funding allocated, the tool by which worldwide comparisons and rankings of institutions are built, and a marketable brand used by higher education institutions to present themselves.

This book offers an international and comparative view on excellence in higher education, ranging from policies to practices, mainly based on research results and empirical evidence, aiming at questioning the concept and its uses which are not only social constructions but also political ones. Far from being a neutral or technical concept, excellence is heavily infused with values which must be traced, analysed and made critical to understand its impacts, backlashes and unintended outcomes on higher education systems, institutions, academics and students.

A sense of disquietude seems ever present when discussing new digital practices. The transformations incurred through these can be profound, troublesome in nature and far-reaching. Moral panics remain readily available.
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