university

University

Individual universities (4)
Reformed universities (6)
Unchanged universities (6)

Synopsis: University:

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ii) the huge diversity of higher education systems and individual universities cannot be reflected;(iii) the role of other research actors,

when discussing unchanged universities: not an extremely inward-looking, inflexible,‘sclerotic'one, further characterised by inertia and poor performance,

Radically reformed universities, by contrast, are highly flexible, and thus adapt their courses, teaching and research approaches,

and radically reformed universities under those conditions, focussing on their research activities. 33 There are important driving factors,

largely unchanged universities would push hard to maintain their centuries-old monopoly to validate knowledge; yet, a number of other organisations e g. think tanks, private research organisations, private nonprofit research organisations, government laboratories, consultancy firms, patient organisations, various NGOS, trade associations and interest groups

Four options can be envisaged for unchanged universities, following the considerations presented in 28: a) they progressively lose their power to validate knowledge produced outside their domain b) they maintain their power to validate knowledge produced outside their domain c a new public authority is set up to validate knowledge produced by a large variety of actors d

Radically reformed universities, in contrast, would seek partnerships with other knowledge producers, as well as government agencies and NGOS to establish new rules and organisations,

At largely unchanged universities an overall‘inward-looking'(passive,‘traditionalist')attitude would prevail; albeit modern management techniques are taught,

Double success case Trends, driving forces Universities Largely unchanged universities Radically reformed universities The role/mission of universities The main emphasis is on teaching and‘basic research'(science for the sake of science), not much interaction

isolated from innovation processes Reformed universities actively participate in these co-operations Multi-disciplinary research A widely used practice,

Successful multi-speed EU Trends, driving forces Universities Largely unchanged universities Radically reformed universities The role/mission of universities The main emphasis is on teaching and‘basic research,

individual universities, group of universities (e g. associations of universities), regional, national or international levels. The main advantage of taking existing or hypothetical universities as a starting point unit of analysis is that a wealth of micro-level factors can be considered.

ii) the observed diversity of higher education systems and individual universities can be reflected by identifying appropriate ideal types (which,

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(ii) the huge diversity of higher education systems and individual universities cannot be reflected;(iii) the role of other research actors,

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