Funktionswandel der Universitäten

Kehm, Barbara M.; Schomburg, Harald; Teichler, Ulrich (Hrsg.): Funktionswandel der Universitäten. Differenzierung, Relevanzsteigerung, Internationalisierung. Frankfurt a.M. und New York: Campus 2012. ISBN: 9783593417028

Worldwide, higher education institutions face an enormous pressure to improve efficiency. The new book edited by Kehm, Schomburg and Teichler examines the resulting changes: the transformation of study programs, international cooperation and mobility, new forms of higher education governance under the growing influence of management, the changing role of the academic profession as well as the relationship between higher education and work.

INCHER-Kassel presents with this volume for the fourth time a summary of its research. After "Hochschule – Beruf – Gesellschaft« (Gorzka, Heipcke und Teichler 1988), »Brennpunkt Hochschule« (Teichler, Daniel, and Enders 1998) and »Universität auf dem Prüfstand« (Schwarz and Teichler 2003) the analysis of the first decade of the Century are represented.

Like almost all of INCHER’s work, this volume is characterized by precision, depth and a sober no-nonsense analysis of the major developments, pet issues and grand obsessions of the past decade. We highly recommend this book – to those who read German (ACA newsetter Edition 136 - August 2012)