Effects of Higher Education Reforms Change Dynamics

Higher education is in transition. On the one hand, over the last decades it has become politically and economically more important and thus also an object of reforms. On the other hand, higher education has become less special and is no longer able to ju

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Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series Volume 4 Series Editors: Barbara M. Kehm, INCHER, Kassel University (Germany) Christine Musselin, CNRS and Science Po Paris (France) This new series provides overviews about state of the art research in the field of higher education studies. It documents a selection of papers from the annual conferences of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER), the world organisation of researchers in the field of higher education. This object and problem related field of studies is by nature interdisciplinary and theoretically as well as methodologically informed by disciplines such as sociology, political science, economics, history, philosophy, law and education. Each book includes an introduction by the editors explaining the thematic approach and criteria for selection as well as how the book can be used by its possible audience which might include graduate students, policy makers, researchers in the field, and practitioners in higher education administration, leadership and management. Please email queries to [email protected] International Editorial Advisory Board: Patrick Clancy, University College Dublin (Irleand) Creso Sà, University of Toronto (Canada) Pedro Teixeira, Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies, University of Porto (Portugal) Jussi Välimaa, University of Jyväskylä (Finland) Don F. Westerheijden, Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente (The Netherlands)

Effects of Higher Education Reforms: Change Dynamics

Edited by Martina Vukasović, Peter Maassen, Monika Nerland, Bjørn Stensaker University of Oslo, Norway Rómulo Pinheiro University of Oslo & Agderforskning, Centre for Advanced Studies in Regional Innovation Systems, Norway and Agnete Vabø Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Oslo, Norway

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Change Dynamics and Higher Education Reforms: Effects on Education, Research, Governance and Academic Profession Maassen et al.

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Part 1 – Education 2.

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Signs of Reengagement? Changes in Teaching Methodology in the Framework of the Bologna Process Elias, Masjuan and Sanchez

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Cultures of Doctoral Education in Germany: Beyond Disciplines and Disciplinary Groupings? Kaulisch and Hauss

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Researching the