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This highly original book analyses the results of a pioneering set of microdata on higher education institutions in 27 European countries in order to address key issues in higher education and research. For the first time, data on individual European higher education institutions (rather than data aggregated at the country level) is used in order to examine a wide range of issues that are both theoretically challenging and relevant from policy-making and societal perspectives. The contributors integrate statistics on universities and colleges with other sources of information such as patents, start-up firms and bibliometric data, and employ rigorous empirical methods to address a range of key questions, including: what is the role of non-university tertiary education such as vocational training? How important is the private sector? Are European universities internationalized? Are they efficient from the point of view of costs and educational output? Are there pure research universities in Europe? How do universities contribute to economic growth? By furthering the current debate on the future and competiveness of the European university model compared to that of the US and Asia, this book will prove an invaluable reference tool for academics and researchers in the fields of sociology of higher education and economics, particularly the economics of innovation, science and education. University decision-makers and administrators as well as policy-makers at local and European levels will also find this book to be a useful and enlightening read.

Research on teaching --- Higher education --- Europe --- Education, Higher --- E-books

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This book examines the transition of young adults with disabilities from school to tertiary education and work. It analyses the policy experiences of several OECD countries and identifies recent trends in access to education and employment as well as best transition policies and practices. Which factors foster or hinder the transition to tertiary education and work? What are the strengths and weaknesses of policies and support given to young adults with disabilities? What strategies exist in upper secondary schools and tertiary education institutions to smooth this transition and what are their strengths and weaknesses? It shows that access to tertiary education for young adults with disabilities has improved significantly over the past decade. However, despite the progress that has been made, the transition to tertiary education is still harder for young adults with disabilities than it is for other young adults. Students with disabilities are also less likely than their non-disabled peers to successfully complete their studies, or to access employment. The book also provides policy recommendations for governments and education institutions. These recommendations are designed to give young adults with disabilities the same success and transition opportunities that other young adults already enjoy and to improve hereby their right to education and to inclusion.

Students with disabilities. --- 667 Gehandicapten --- 742 Scholieren en studenten --- Handicapped students --- People with disabilities --- Labour economics --- Orthopedagogics --- Higher education

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Higher education --- Education, Higher. --- Education and globalization. --- Universities and colleges. --- Competition, International. --- Education, Higher --- Universities and colleges --- Competition, International --- AA / International- internationaal --- 338.6 --- 332.600 --- 306.432 --- International competition --- World economics --- International relations --- International trade --- War --- Colleges --- Degree-granting institutions --- Higher education institutions --- Higher education providers --- Institutions of higher education --- Postsecondary institutions --- Public institutions --- Schools --- Globalization and education --- Globalization --- College students --- Postsecondary education --- Wetenschappelijk onderzoek en ontwikkeling. --- Mobiliteit van de werknemers (algemeenheden). Tijdelijke arbeid. --- Economic aspects --- Education --- Education and globalization --- Mobiliteit van de werknemers (algemeenheden). Tijdelijke arbeid --- Wetenschappelijk onderzoek en ontwikkeling

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The book examines ongoing dynamics within the organizational fields of health and higher education, with a focus on collective (public universities and hospitals) and individual (professionals) actors, structures, processes and institutional logics. The fact that universities and hospitals share a number of important characteristics, both being hybrid organizations, professional bureaucracies, and operating within highly institutionalised environments, they are also characterised by their distinctive features such as the importance attributed to scientific autonomy and prestige (universities) and the needs and expectations of users and funders (hospitals). The volume brings together two relatively distinct scholarly traditions within the social sciences, namely, scholars - sociologists, educationalists, economists, political scientists and public administration researchers, etc. - involved with the study of change dynamics within the fields of health care and higher education in Europe and beyond. The authors resort to a variety of theoretical and conceptual perspectives emanating from the studies of organizational fields more generally and neo-institutionalism in particular.

Hospitals --- Universities and colleges --- Organizational change. --- Organizational behavior. --- Administration. --- Hospital administration --- Hospital management --- Behavior in organizations --- Change, Organizational --- Organization development --- Organizational development --- Organizational innovation --- Educational administration --- Management and regulation --- Health services administration --- Management --- Organization --- Psychology, Industrial --- Social psychology --- Manpower planning --- University autonomy --- College administrators --- Associations, institutions, etc --- Organizational behavior --- Medical care --- Education, Higher --- E-books --- College students --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- Delivery of health care --- Delivery of medical care --- Health care --- Health care delivery --- Health services --- Healthcare --- Medical and health care industry --- Medical services --- Personal health services --- Public health --- Institutions, associations, etc. --- Networks (Associations, institutions, etc.) --- Organizations --- Voluntary associations --- Voluntary organizations --- Social groups --- Voluntarism --- Education --- Sociology of organization --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Business & Economics --- Organizational theory & behaviour. --- Health facilities --- Organizational Behavior. --- Social aspects. --- Facilities, Health --- Health care facilities --- Health care institutions --- Health institutions --- Institutions, Health --- Medical care facilities --- Medical care institutions --- Medical facilities --- Colleges --- Degree-granting institutions --- Higher education institutions --- Higher education providers --- Institutions of higher education --- Postsecondary institutions --- Public institutions --- Schools

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The last two decades have been a turbulent period for American higher education, with profound demographic shifts, gyrating salaries, and marked changes in the economy. While enrollments rose about 50% in that period, sharp increases in tuition and fees at colleges and universities provoke accusations of inefficiency, even outright institutional greed and irresponsibility. As the 1990's progress, surpluses in the academic labor supply may give way to shortages in many fields, but will there be enough new Ph.D.'s to go around? Drawing on the authors' experience as economists and educators, this book offers an accessible analysis of three crucial economic issues: the growth and composition of undergraduate enrollments, the supply of faculty in the academic labor market, and the cost of operating colleges and universities. The study provides valuable insights for administrators and scholars of education.

Public economics --- Higher education --- Service industry --- United States --- College attendance --- College costs --- College teachers --- Education, Higher --- Universités --- Etudes universitaires --- Professeurs (Enseignement supérieur) --- Enseignement supérieur --- Supply and demand --- Economic aspects --- Statistics --- Inscriptions --- Coût --- Offre et demande --- Aspect économique --- Statistique --- Statistics. --- Universités --- Professeurs (Enseignement supérieur) --- Enseignement supérieur --- Coût --- Aspect économique --- Economics --- E-books --- Academicians --- Academics (Persons) --- College instructors --- College lecturers --- College professors --- College science teachers --- Lectors (Higher education) --- Lecturers, College --- Lecturers, University --- Professors --- Universities and colleges --- University academics --- University instructors --- University lecturers --- University professors --- University teachers --- Teachers --- Faculty --- economics, higher education, university, college, public policy studies, industrial, labor relations, american culture, united states of america, usa, demographics, economy, enrollment, students, inefficiency, institutions, educators, undergraduates, faculty, academics, attendance, teachers, professors, costs, productivity. --- United States of America