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...

"Universities are fundamental to the contemporary knowledge economy. They directly and indirectly support economic growth in both developing and advanced economies. In addition to their traditional teaching and research functions, they often also have important roles in supporting regional...

1. Mapping the European higher education landscape : new insights from the EUMIDA Project / Andreas Niederl ... [et al.] -- 2. Is there a European university model? : new evidence on national path dependence and structural convergence / Torben Schubert ... [et al.] -- 3. Public and private...