University adaptation in difficult economic times

CONTENTS Part I. Funding: Pressures, Reforms, and Analytical Foundations Chapter 1 Public Accountability Reforms and Higher Education Paola Mattei Chapter 2 Dynamics of Convergence and Divergence. Exploring Accounts of Higher Education Policy Change Peter Maassen and Ase Gornitzka Chapter 3 Global pressures and national cultures: a Nordic University template? Tom Christensen, Ase Gornitzka, Peter Maassen Chapter 4 Financially Sustainable Universities: Challenges and Strategies in Times of Austerity Thomas Estermann and Enora Pruvot Chapter 5 Reforming Under Pressure. Higher Education Reforms in France (2006-2010) Corine Eyraud Part II. Internationalisation and Europeanization Chapter 6 The Value of Temporary Study Abroad: The ERASMUS Experience Ulrich Teichler Chapter 7 Europeanization and Higher Education: Comfortable Bedfellows? Jeroen Huisman Chapter 8 University Rankings: The Manifestation and Driver of Competition for Excellence Within the New Higher Education Landscape Jan Sadlak Part III. Massification of Higher Education: Strategies of Equality or Privatisation? Chapter 9 Privatisation of Higher Education in Central and Eastern Europe Jadwiga Koralewicz Chapter 10 Class and Ethnic Inequality in Educational Outcomes in an International Perspective Jan O. Jonsson Bibliography Index