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In search of academic quality

Catherine Paradeise and Jean-Claude Thoenig

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-235) and index

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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.

Table of Contents

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?

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