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This Festschrift is dedicated to Ulrich Teichler who is celebrating his sixtieth birth day in 2002. Ulrich Teichler has been a central actor in the development of the field of research on higher education in Germany, Europe and beyond. Not only has he dedicated his professional career to studying a large number of higher education topics through national and international research projects. He was also in the fore front of the efforts to strengthen the structure and profile of higher education re search, for example, through his involvement in the establishment of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER). In addition, he has contributed to many important scholarly works reflecting on the state of the art and the nature of the field. The conventional wisdom is that working in a university or college makes you an expert on higher education. Consequently, while academics like to do research on every possible topic, they are in general reluctant to examine their own social insti tution. Within the European context Ulrich Teichler is one of the main exceptions to this rule. Already in his student days he has recognised the unique characteristics of higher education institutions and systems, and he understood that special efforts are needed to improve our knowledge on higher education.
List of contents
Blurring Boundaries and Blistering Institutions: An Introduction.- 1: Higher Education Policy and Society in a Globalising World.- The Stakeholder Perspective Historically Explored.- National Characteristics and Policy Idiosyncrasies.- Changing Patterns in Modes of Co-ordination of Higher Education.- Transformation or Reproduction? Contradictions in the Social Role of the Contemporary University.- International Governmental Organisations and Research on Higher Education.- 2: Global Challenges and Varied Responses.- Globalisation and Internationalisation: Policy Agendas Compared.- Sorbonne, Bologna, Prague: Where do we go from here.- Globalisation and Higher Education Reforms: The Japanese Case.- Internationalisation in Mexican Higher Education.- Globalisation, Regional Responsiveness and a Developing South African Higher Education System.- 3: Implications for Students, Staff and Labour Markets.- Signs of Disengagement? Responding to the Changing Work and Study Patterns of Full-Time Undergraduates in Australian Universities.- Higher Learning in an Age of Uncertainty From Postmodern Critique to Appropriate University Practices.- Are Universities Ready to Face the Knowledge-Based Economy.- Higher Education and the Transition to Work in Japan Compared with Europe.- Developing an Academic Career in a Globalising World.- Ulrich Teichler - Selected Major Publications.
Summary
This Festschrift is dedicated to Ulrich Teichler who is celebrating his sixtieth birth day in 2002. Ulrich Teichler has been a central actor in the development of the field of research on higher education in Germany, Europe and beyond. Not only has he dedicated his professional career to studying a large number of higher education topics through national and international research projects. He was also in the fore front of the efforts to strengthen the structure and profile of higher education re search, for example, through his involvement in the establishment of the Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER). In addition, he has contributed to many important scholarly works reflecting on the state of the art and the nature of the field. The conventional wisdom is that working in a university or college makes you an expert on higher education. Consequently, while academics like to do research on every possible topic, they are in general reluctant to examine their own social insti tution. Within the European context Ulrich Teichler is one of the main exceptions to this rule. Already in his student days he has recognised the unique characteristics of higher education institutions and systems, and he understood that special efforts are needed to improve our knowledge on higher education.
