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Journal: Higher Education Management and Policy
Published by IMHE since 1997, Higher Education Management and Policy is a refereed international journal of high reputation. Professor Vin Massaro is editor in chief.
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IMHE Info is published in English and French by the OECD Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education. Extracts from this newsletter may be reproduced provided that appropriate credit is given.
The need for good governance has dominated the debate on the effectiveness of higher education. The growing institutional autonomy and expansion of university missions have been accompanied by the emergence of governance arrangements and quality assurance guides, codes and set of principles designed by ministries, funding authorities, quality assurance agencies, rectors’ conferences and associations of institutions. The report discusses the distinction between governance arrangements and quality guidelines, as well as the possible need to define appropriate guidance for institutions. A selection of governance arrangements and quality guidelines are in annex.
Spanish summary version, 2 pages, 2010
Higher Education and Regions: Globally Competitive, Locally Engaged - 240 pages, 2007, ISBN: 9789264034143
This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms. Drawing from an extensive review of 14 regions across 12 countries as well as OECD territorial reviews, it considers the regional engagement of higher education regarding teaching, research and service to the community. It offers answers to the following questions: What is higher education’s regional engagement all about? What are its drivers and barriers? What does regional engagement mean for the governance and management of higher education institutions, for regions and for nations? And how does regional engagement fit in with the pursuit of world class academic excellence?
University Research Management: Developing Research in New Institutions - 211 pages, 2005, ISBN 9264006966
Given the increasing competitiveness and greater geo-political significance of higher education and research, and the under-developed profile of many new Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), this study seeks to examine the processes and strategies being devised by new HEIs to grow research. By focusing on new HEIs, this book provides a unique profile of the experiences of a group of institutions that has hitherto been unidentified and unexplored.
University Research Management: Meeting the Institutional Challenge - 257 pages, 2004. ISBN: 9264017437
Governments are placing unprecedented emphasis on research as a key motor for driving the knowledge society and economy. It is not surprising then that higher education institutions are turning their focus to research, their reputation in the field, their capacity to carry it out and the funding they receive. It is no less surprising that research policies and the management of research are posing severe challenges.
This publication sheds light on the issues now facing today’s universities as they confront the increasing pressure to “produce” research to keep the competitive edge.
Internationalisation of Higher Education in Latin America – in collaboration with the World Bank.
The Spanish version: Educación Superior en América Latina : La Dimensión Internacional (ISBN: 9589764789 SKU: SPA789 - Free online publication)
Funding Systems and their Effects on Higher Education Systems - 119 pages, 2007
This international study focuses on the funding systems in the area of higher education in the following countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Norway, Portugal and Slovak Republic. Each individual country study was designed and conducted within an overall common framework by a project partner from the respective country. By using the stakeholder approach, this study addresses and analyses the effects of funding systems on the higher education system and its institutions.
On the Edge: Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education. Report of the OECD/IMHE-HEFCE project on financial management and governance of higher education institutionsOn the Edge: Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education - 56 pages, reissued as an Education Working Paper, 2007 (original publication 2004)
As higher education has grown and state funding has been constrained, the financial sustainability of institutions of higher education has become an issue for policy makers and for those who govern and manage these institutions. The challenge for governments is to ensure that increasingly autonomous institutions respond to public interest agendas while taking a greater responsibility for their own financial sustainability. The challenge for institutions is to manage an increasingly complex portfolio of aims and funding. This report examines the conditions needed to secure financial sustainability for the future from the national (policy) and institutional (management) perspectives.
Globalisation and Higher Education - 86 pages, 2007
Economic and cultural globalisation has ushered in a new era in higher education. Higher education was always more internationally open than most sectors because of its immersion in knowledge, which never showed much respect for juridical boundaries. In global knowledge economies, higher education institutions are more important than ever as mediums for a wide range of cross-border relationships and continuous global flows of people, information, knowledge, technologies, products and financial capital. Even as they share in the reinvention of the world around them, higher education institutions, and the policies that produce and support them, are also being reinvented. For the first time in history every research university is part of a single world-wide network and the world leaders in the field have an unprecedented global visibility and power. Research is more internationalised than before and the mobility of doctoral students and faculty has increased.
Understanding the Regional Contribution of Higher Education Institutions - 79 pages, 2007
The contribution of higher education institutions to regional development is a theme that has attracted growing attention in recent years. Knowledge institutions are increasingly expected not only to conduct education and research, but also to play an active role in the economic, social and cultural development of their regions. The extent to which higher education institutions are able to play this role depends on a number of circumstances: the characteristics of the institutions, the regions in which they are located and the policy frameworks are all significant.
Effects of Tertiary Expansion - 27 pages, 2007
This paper examines crowding-out effects and the labour market match for the tertiary educated in 26 OECD countries, using attainment data and data on labour market outcomes from Education at a Glance 2006. A first-difference approach is applied on a three-period, pooled country-panel to examine the effects of changes in tertiary attainment levels against changes in labour market outcomes over time. The policy questions in this paper focus on the potential negative short-term effects that mismatches between the supply of and demand for higher-educated individuals might bring about.
Responding to Student Expectations - 152 pages, 2002. ISBN 9264198245
Today's university students are drawn from a highly diverse set of backgrounds. Students appear in various guises as citizens, consumers, and clients. They are fitting university study around increasingly busy lives, often alongside paid employment. In many countries students are paying more for their university education, and expect high levels of standards and service. Effective action to meet student expectations therefore poses major management challenges for universities. This volume examines some of the key issues facing universities as they confront these challenges. It offers perspectives and experience drawn from contributors from Australia, Europe and Canada, including the views of student leaders.
Managing University Museums - 204 pages, 2001. ISBN 9264194983.
This publication focuses on the role of university museums, their organisation, management, governance and finance. Most university museum collections have been assembled for the purposes of teaching and research rather than for public display. Whether small, of local importance or large, with great public appeal, they are all defined by their relationship to their university and form a distinctive sector in the museum community. The book has been edited by Melanie Kelly, administrator at the International Center for Higher Education, School of Management, University of Bath.
Current Issues in Chinese Higher Education - 148 pages, 2001. ISBN 9264186190.
As China's "open door" economic policies result in remarkably high and sustained levels of growth, demands on the skills and knowledge of its population have fundamentally changed with inevitable pressure on the education system. This volume provides a distinct flavour of the challenges and opportunities inherent in the very fundamental reforms under way in the higher education sector in China, as seen through the eyes of some of those directly involved.
Managing Quality in Higher Education - An international Perspective on Institutional Assessment and Change (Open University Press) - 159 pages, 2000. ISBN 978-0335206735
New arrangements for the assessment and management of quality have been introduced recently into higher education systems in many parts of the world. These arrangements arouse enthusiasm and cynicism in roughly equal measure. The enthusiasts proclaim an array of benefits to higher education institutions and the people who work and study in them. The cynics see, at best, futility and, at worst, serious damage to the academic enterprise.
Quality and Internationalisation in Higher Education - 272 pages, 1999. ISBN 9264170499.
For many universities and other higher education providers, internationalisation is becoming an integral aspect of their teaching, research and public service roles. And institutions are increasingly operating in a global market in which quality assurance and assessment are particularly important and sensitive issues. This book discusses some of the challenges of ensuring quality in internationalisation, and provides a framework to assist institutions in designing and reviewing their own strategies and policies.
The Response of Higher Education Institutions to Regional Needs - 152 pages, 1999. ISBN 9264171436
The agenda of universities has moved on from a desire to simply increase the general education level of the population and the output of scientific research; there is now a greater concern to harness university education and research to specific economic and social objectives. Nowhere is this demand for specificity more clear than in the field of regional development. What contribution do universities make to the development of the regions they are located in? They certainly have passive impacts in terms of direct and indirect employment; yet, how can the resources of universities be mobilised to actively contribute to the development process?
Institutional Experiences of Quality Assessment in Higher Education - The Institutional Case Studies