Contribution in edited book
Higher Education System: Differentiation, Horizontal and Vertical
Publication Details
Authors: | Teichler, U. |
Editor: | Shin, Jung Cheol; Teixeira, Pedro |
Publisher: | Springer Netherlands |
Place: | Dordrecht |
Publication year: | 2017 |
Pages range : | TBD |
Book title: | Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions |
ISBN: | 978-94-017-9553-1 |
Languages: | English |
Abstract
The key activities within higher education -- teaching and learning, research, and possible others, for example, service -- are undertaken within every higher education system in diverse institutional ``settings'' -- also called ``shapes,'' ``configurations,'' or ``structures.'' And these settings of a higher education system vary substantially between countries. We note a perennial debate since about the 1960s about the extent, the major modes, the causes, the major trends -- increasing diversification -- as well as the ``benefits'' or ``problems'' of the various diverse institutional settings.
The key activities within higher education -- teaching and learning, research, and possible others, for example, service -- are undertaken within every higher education system in diverse institutional ``settings'' -- also called ``shapes,'' ``configurations,'' or ``structures.'' And these settings of a higher education system vary substantially between countries. We note a perennial debate since about the 1960s about the extent, the major modes, the causes, the major trends -- increasing diversification -- as well as the ``benefits'' or ``problems'' of the various diverse institutional settings.
