Quality in higher education is difficult to measure. Incentives to improve (or not) are often different for public and private institutions, and approaches to quality assurance have to be adapted to different situations. Poland is reforming its higher education institutional framework and the...

Hohe Standards in Forschung und Lehre zu sichern, ist die vornehmste Aufgabe der Hochschulen. Die Sicherung der Qualität erfolgt nicht mehr nur mit dem traditionellen Instrument einer verantwortlichen Berufungspolitik von Professoren. Zunehmend werden neue Instrumentarien entwickelt, die...

We investigate how the research standing of universities informs academics' engagement with industry via collaborative research, contract research and consulting. We argue that the establishment of university-industry relationships is informed by three factors: faculty perceived complementarity...