Gliederung: Die Situation nach dem Bildungsschock. - Elemente der deutschen Tradition. - Das amerikanische Modell der Eliteuniversität (Kulturelle Tradition und Finanzausstattung. - Akademische Freiheit, Verantwortung und Leistungskontrolle. - Forschung und Lehre im politischen und...

Strategic transformation in higher education: leadership, guiding values, and the need for change -- Global competition to close the skills gap -- The case for changing the business model of higher education -- Comparative assessment of government policies, practices, and funding models -- A...

This volume was prepared by Benedikt Siegler while working at the Center for the Economics of Education of the Ifo Institute. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich (LMU) in November 2014. The thesis includes...