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Ingvild Reymert – Higher Education Policy, 2024
Traditionally, professorial recruitment has been controlled by scholars themselves selecting the best qualified candidates as a new member of the academic community according to scientific criteria. Recent studies have, however, documented that recruitment has become increasingly influenced by managers and HR personnel who approach professorial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Change, Human Resources
Abamosa, Juhar Yasin – Higher Education Policy, 2023
Refugees must deal with various institutions in host countries for a variety of purposes. These institutions' policies and practices may facilitate or impede social inclusion of refugees into higher education. This article explores the practices of different public institutions in Norway to understand their roles in social inclusion of refugees…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, School Policy, Inclusion
Lackner, Elisabeth Josefine – Higher Education Policy, 2022
This study describes a key feature of modern, democratic policy making, namely the relation between stakeholder input and policy output. In the Nordic countries, there are long traditions for and democratic values attached to the dialogue between the government and civil society when developing policies for the educational sector. The case…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Democratic Values
Kvilhaugsvik, Hanne – Higher Education Policy, 2022
Quality assurance (QA) has become an important feature in higher education governance in Europe, with policies for increased harmonization and periodic accreditations as pillars. Still, the shift to emphasize quality development and enhancement entails that QA systems can attend to a wider range of considerations than before. This article studies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
Friedrich, Philipp Emanuel – Higher Education Policy, 2021
This article examines organizational change in national ministries responsible for higher education in light of public sector reforms. The article suggests an analytical framework based on authority/autonomy and capacity developments, paying special attention to the creation of agencies. Empirically, this is exemplified by two cases: the Austrian…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, Public Agencies, Cross Cultural Studies, Institutional Autonomy
Sin, Cristina; Antonowicz, Dominik; Wiers-Jenssen, Jannecke – Higher Education Policy, 2021
The paper investigates the approaches employed for attracting international full-degree students in three countries on the periphery of Europe/the European Economic Area: Norway, Poland and Portugal. These countries, considered semi-peripheral regarding international student recruitment, have shorter traditions for incoming mobility than countries…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Student Recruitment
Suboticki, Ivana; Lagesen, Vivian Anette – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2022
Heads of department (HoDs) are commonly made responsible for implementing gender balance change in academia. Research has found that they are often reluctant to take ownership of this problem. Our study found that department heads in Norway did take on a lot of ownership for gender balance change and we divided their leadership approaches with…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Gender Issues, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Nokkala, Terhi; Bladh, Agneta – Higher Education Policy, 2014
Owing to their common history, similarities in language and culture, long traditions in political collaboration and the shared Nordic societal model, an assumption is often made that the operational and regulatory context of universities is similar in the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. In this article, we…
Descriptors: Institutional Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Academic Freedom, Higher Education
Kalpazidou Schmidt, Evanthia – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2017
Because there is close cooperation on quality assurance in the Scandinavian countries, one would expect there to be convergence of quality assurance policies and practices in Scandinavian higher education. Few studies have analysed these quality assurance policies and practices from a comparative viewpoint. Based on empirical evidence produced in…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Higher Education, Educational Policy
Liu, Ye; Green, Andy; Pensiero, Nicola – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
This study extends the comparative model of country groups to analyse the cross-national trends in the higher education expansion and opportunities. We use descriptive data on characteristics and outcomes of higher education systems in different countries groups, including the liberal market countries, the social democratic countries, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Anthun, Kirsti Sarheim; Innstrand, Siw Tone – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
This study examines the predictive value of job demands and resources on the meaning of work and organisational commitment across three age groups; young workers (<30 years), a middle age group of workers (30-49 years) and older workers (>50 years). Data were collected from a survey conducted among university employees (N = 3,066).…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Predictor Variables, Job Satisfaction, Work Environment
Sataøen, Hogne Lerøy – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2015
Branding has become an important issue within higher education. The use of core value statements and visions are expressions of this. To be a successful brand, organisations must also make sure they are different from others. However, in both the scholarly discourse and in political rhetoric, the Nordic model highlights equal access to education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Models, Values, Advertising
Bleiklie, Ivar; Lange, Stefan – Higher Education Policy, 2010
The article analyses how steering and organisation of German and Norwegian universities have developed after both countries with Humboldtian university traditions introduced New Public Management-inspired governance reforms during the first decade of the 21st century. The article outlines different organisation ideals and values involved in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Corporations, Free Enterprise System
Frolich, Nicoline; Coate, Kelly; Mignot-Gerard, Stephanie; Knill, Christoph – Higher Education Policy, 2010
The Humboldtian educational ideal is based on the idea of the unity of teaching and research in universities ("Einheit von Forschung und Lehre"). The role of the state, according to Humboldt, was to fund universities in such a way that their autonomy was maintained. Much has changed in the funding mechanisms of higher education systems…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Serrano-Velarde, Kathia; Stensaker, Bjorn – Higher Education Policy, 2010
This article discusses the meanings of quality in the Humboldtian university ideal and in the Bologna process, especially related to issues of institutional autonomy, academic freedom and the integration of teaching and research. The article gives an overview of current practices associated with quality and quality assurance in Germany and Norway.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy
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