The Frontiers of Borderless Education

Preface

The Frontiers of Borderless Education     

Managerialism Rhetorics in Portuguese Higher Education

In Portugal, as elsewhere, the rhetoric of managerialism in higher education is becoming firmly entrenched in the governmental policymakers?? discourse and has been widely disseminated across the institutional landscape. Managerialism is an important ideological support of New Public Management policies and can be classified as a narrative of strategic change. In this paper, we analyse how far the managerialism narrative has been injected into the discursive repertory of Portuguese academics in their role as the co-ordinators of the higher education institutions?? teaching and academic middle levels. Based on an analysis of interview responses, it seems that most academics support traditional academic values such as autonomy and collegiality, and reject university or polytechnic governance based on corporate philosophy.     

艺术无疆,情跨两洲——波兰当代绘画首展杭州富阳

位于杭州富阳九龙大道上的抱华楼,有着西方建筑的现代感,简洁的几何形体造型、拱形的连廊、金字塔式的天窗……但却透着浓郁的中国江南气质:天青色的外立面,小桥流水,楼里还蓄水养了几十尾金鱼。2013年6月13日,这栋"中国"的"现代"小楼迎来了一场"艺术的盛宴",中西文化在这里交汇,国内外友人在这里共聚—由波兰玛丽亚·居里夫人大学、中国艺术报、浙江省美术家协会、浙江工业大学艺术学院、杭州师范大学美术学院     

The Internationalization of Higher Education: Implications for Australia and its Education `Clients'

Institutions of higher education are today under increasing pressure tointernationalize their courses and programmes. The overall impact ofthis process is far from clear. This essay compares and contrastspatterns of Australian higher education offered to students fromdeveloping countries, with services delivered to Australian-bornstudents. We suggest that the process of globalization is contributingto uneven economic and educational development, and may weaken theover-stretched educational systems of poorer countries.     

Strategic Agency and System Diversity: Conceptualizing Institutional Positioning in Higher Education

This paper argues that the impact of individual higher education institutions’ strategies on system diversity should be explored. By looking at how universities respond strategically to governmental policies as well as to the actions of other (competing) institutions, our understanding of determinants of diversity can be enriched. A conceptual framework focusing on institutional positioning is explained using the dimensions deliberateness of organizational actions versus environmental influence, on the one hand, and differentiation versus compliance, on the other. We posit institutional positioning as the mechanism through which organizational and environmental levels are linked. Our model features multiple dimensions and relations reflecting how higher education institutions locate themselves in specific niches, i.e. positions where they are able to gather the necessary resources for their core activities. The implications for research on diversity and for policymaking are discussed.     

Estimating R&;D Expenditures In The Higher Education Sector

The accurate measurement of the time spent by academics on research and development activities is of great importance to universities and government. This essay outlines the ways in which different countries estimate these factors, and suggests ways of producing more reliable estimates.