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Pugh, Rhiannon; Hamilton, Eleanor; Soetanto, Danny; Jack, Sarah; Gibbons, Amy; Ronan, Nicola – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
This paper explores the idea of the entrepreneurial university and how it differs in diverse regional and institutional settings. From the analysis of university engagement in a regional economic development programme in fifteen city-regions in England (UK), this study identifies three roles that entrepreneurial universities play in regional…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Universities, Economic Development, College Role
Pedro, E.; Leitão, J.; Alves, H. – European Journal of Higher Education, 2020
The paper examines the still unexplored role played by quality of academic life (QAL) related to Higher Education Institution (HEIs) students in fostering regional development. The work aims to assess the nature of the relationship between satisfaction and the QAL of HEIs' students; and also to evaluate whether the QAL is associated with the…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Educational Quality, College Students, Correlation
Rodrigues, Susana, Ed.; Mourato, Joaquim, Ed. – IGI Global, 2023
Higher education institutions (HEIs) are providers of knowledge and competencies. HEIs are very important to the development of society and the regions they impact geographically. The current uncertainty and challenges require new ways of educating. They require the use of new pedagogical tools that prepare students to deal with real and future…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Economic Development, Geographic Regions, School Community Relationship
Cinar, Ridvan; Coenen, Lars – Industry and Higher Education, 2023
Universities are increasingly recognized for playing a proactive role in supporting culture and creativity-led regional development. Meanwhile, they are also expected to distinguish themselves in their core activities via mission differentiation. Often these two demands are pitched against each other while little attention has been paid to the way…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Culture, Creativity, Regional Characteristics
Karadag, Nazife; Balkar, Betül – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2022
This study examines and compares the strategic objectives of the universities included in the "mission differentiation and specialization on the basis of regional development" project carried out in the Turkish higher education system and well-established universities in Turkiye. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine how the…
Descriptors: Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics, Specialization, Universities
Messeni Petruzzelli, Antonio; Murgia, Gianluca – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Both the managerial literature and policymakers have recently emphasized the potential role of university spin-offs (USOs) as drivers of regional development. Specifically, USOs may support regional development by exploiting the scientific knowledge developed by their parent universities into industrial innovations, thus spreading knowledge…
Descriptors: Universities, Entrepreneurship, Educational Innovation, Specialization
Li, Fengliang; Wu, Feiyu; Wang, Zhilin – European Journal of Education, 2022
Distance higher education plays a critical role in the promotion of regional equality in China by contributing to the availability of higher education. However, unbalanced regional development of distance higher education can lead to a widening of educational inequity. The study on which this article reports sheds light on the issue of unbalanced…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Rural Areas, Equal Education, Correspondence Study
Swenberg, Thorbjörn; Kostela, Johan; Saveljeff, Sigrid – Industry and Higher Education, 2020
How language is used has political implications as well as communicational consequences. Regional development, using means of systematic support for innovation, is a widespread phenomenon globally that also includes numerous political ambitions and implications. This article argues that ambiguities regarding the use of terms such as 'innovation…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Innovation, Ambiguity (Semantics), Politics
Schueller, Jessica – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2022
In some countries, employers are viewed as beneficiaries of international student mobility and thus as a funding source for supporting international student programming. In this study, higher education institutions in Germany were surveyed about career services for international students. From the responding institutions (n=141, 33.6%), one key…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Foreign Students, Student Mobility
Xu, Hang – Film Education Journal, 2023
Promoting citizens' film literacy has become vital in enhancing public media literacy in today's ever-changing media environment. The public dissemination of film education has gradually become an established trend in China. At present, film education in mainland China focuses on the development of both film appreciation and creativity, involves a…
Descriptors: Films, Film Study, Educational Quality, Teacher Effectiveness
Salomaa, Maria; Charles, David; Bosworth, Gary – Industry and Higher Education, 2023
There is limited experience with innovation policies in rural areas, often based on a one-size-fits-all approach. However, rural businesses have diverse needs and there is difficulty in applying smart specialisation approaches for the use of European Union Cohesion funding in rural areas. A key resource in rural areas is the local university, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Rural Areas, School Business Relationship
Erdemir, Burcu; Wu, Qiuxiang – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2023
Despite the potential of tertiary education to generate higher incomes and close the poverty gap within and between countries, it is still a challenge for many countries to ensure equity and quality in their higher education admissions. Compared to the more privileged, students from marginalized backgrounds face inequitable inputs that restrict…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Admission, Barriers, Equal Education
Röhrer, Natascha; Vogelsang, Beke; Fuchs, Martina – International Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Actor networks are relevant to provide vocational education and training. Many studies have focused on such networks without a clear regional focus. Suggesting a conceptual approach of regional actor networks based on contributions of business education and economic geography, this study analyses the regional actor network in the tourism sector in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Tourism, Networks
Lange, Bastian – International Journal of Training and Development, 2021
The paper uses the heuristics of a spatial perspective of so-called Field Configuring Events (FCE) to investigate the question of how these new educational and project-related transfer and collaboration courses in higher education context can capture the fundamentally changed institutional role -- often called "third mission" or transfer…
Descriptors: Universities, Institutional Mission, College Role, Educational Practices
Pinheiro, Rómulo; Charles, David; Jones, Glen A. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2016
This paper investigates historical and current developments regarding governmental policies aimed at enhancing spatial equity (access) or decentralisation of higher education provision in three countries--Australia, Canada and Norway. We then shed light on the links or interrelations between policy objectives and initiatives and institutional…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Policy, Equal Education, Trend Analysis