Are Universities Specific Organisations?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Towards a Multiversity? Universities between Global Trends and National Traditions 7
4. Part I: Universities in Modern Society. Towards a General Understanding
5. Worldwide Expansion and Change in the University 19
6. The University in Europe and the World: Twentieth Century Expansion 45
7. Are Universities Specific Organisations? 63
8. Part II: The Governance of Universities. Between State Regulations and Transnational Policy-Making
9. State Models, Policy Networks, and Higher Education Policy. Policy Change and Stability in Dutch and English Higher Education 87
10. Diversity Matters: A Lesson from a Post-Communist Country 108
11. Doctoral Education in Europe: New Structures and Models 132
12. Is a Global Organizational Field of Higher Education Emerging? Management Education as an Early Example 154
13. Part III: University-Industry Relations. Historical Legacies and New Forms
14. From Managerial to Entrepreneurial: Universities and the Appropriation of Corporate-Based Paradigms. An Historical Perspective from Europe and the United States 179
15. Rationalization and the Utilization of Scientific Knowledge in German and U.S.-American Discourses 201
16. The Cifre PhDs: A Tool for Mediation between Laboratories and Firms in the Humanities and Social Sciences 217
17. Commodification or Rationalization? Yes, please! Technology Transfer Talk in the Canadian Context 235
18. About the Contributors 260