Die Agenda 2030 mit ihren 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ist ein globaler Aktionsplan zur Bewältigung der drängendsten ökologischen, wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit, zu dessen Umsetzung sich auch Österreich bekannt hat. Um diese Ziele zu erreichen, ist...

This paper reports about an organisational development project at the University of Vienna that focused on the quality of study programmes, especially on a joint understanding for describing the quality of study programs and for in integrating different internal processes into a comprehensive...

Die Agenda 2030 mit ihren 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ist ein globaler Aktionsplan zur Bewältigung der drängendsten ökologischen, wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit, zu dessen Umsetzung sich auch Österreich bekannt hat. Um diese Ziele zu erreichen, ist...

Österreich hat - wie viele europäische Länder - eine lange Tradition der Zuwanderung. Die Migrationsbewegungen haben in den letzten Jahrzehnten mit fortschreitender Globalisierung stark an Dynamik gewonnen. Die Integration von MigrantInnen wurde damit zu einem zentralen...

Throughout the world, interest in gauging learning outcomes at all levels of education has grown considerably over the past decade. In higher education, measuring “learning outcomes†is viewed by many stakeholders as a relatively new method to judge the “value added†of...

Higher education has become the focus of increased public debate. Stewardship of public resources, student achievement or the lack thereof, relationships and “partnerships†with business and industry in the area of research, substantial increases in tuition and fees, public perception...

The French Government has had a paradoxical relationship with globalization. Globalization is perceived as both a threat to react against and a cradle for new policy ideas. French policymakers have a love-hate relationship with the European higher education reforms that started in the 1990s, a...

In the midst of the global recession, how have national governments viewed the role of higher education in their evolving strategies for economic recovery? Demand for higher education generally goes up during economic downturns. Which nations have proactively protected funding for their...

In Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), Justice Sandra Day O’Connor conjectured that in 25 years affirmative action in college admissions will be unnecessary. We project the test score distribution of black and white college applicants 25 years from now, focusing on the role of black-white family...

There is an extensive literature on the productivity of universities. Little is known, however, about how different types of leaders affect a university’s performance. To address this question, this paper blends quantitative and qualitative evidence. First, I establish that the best...