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European Universities: Change and Convergence?


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Universities play a central role in the production and dissemination of knowledge. Understanding and improving their functioning is therefore vital for extending the "knowledge frontier". Read More

A multiuniversity project was set up in 1997 - with researchers from the Université libre de Bruxelles, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the Université de Mons-Hainaut (funded by the Belgian Federal Government under its PAI/IAP Programme) - to study various facets university behavior. In 2002, the network has been extended to include researchers from the Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis, the Facultés universitaires catholiques de Mons, the Universiteit Antwerpen, and the Université des sciences sociales de Toulouse. It builds on network members' academic expertise in microeconomics, strategic management, and the economics of education, as well as on their practical academic management expertise. A previous book in this series, published in 2001, has provided a sample of research outputs from the project, with special emphasis on the strategic management of universities.

This second book addresses more specifically the challenges universities face in the emerging "European university market". It first presents the viewpoints of the European Commissioner for Research, Philippe Busquin, and from the academic authorities of the Université libre de Bruxelles, Robert Tollet and Pierre de Maret. It then includes several contributions from well-known international academics focusing on both the United States and various European countries. The challenges coming from increased mobility, demand for accountability and reduced public budgets, as well as their impact on students, researchers and teachers, are considered. The degree of convergence and of diversity across countries is stressed in terms of : (i) functioning of university systems, (ii) assessment of academic performances, (iii) response to student and societal needs, (iv) governance systems, and (v) teaching and research networking strategies. A contrasted picture is presented, with a variety of responses being experimented in reaction to the increased pressures higher mobility and reduced public budgets. A common theme is the attempt by universities to introduce elements of "managerialism"; in their governance while preserving their academic specificity. This requires the right combination of market incentives, public intervention and university autonomy. Achieving such an optimum is a difficult task.

The contributions included in the book point to various successes and difficulties universities have experienced in this process. They should be of interest to all citizens interested in the management of Europe's key resource : the creation and diffusion of knowledge. They are of course especially relevant for all the participants in the higher education sector, be they students, researchers, teachers or policymakers.


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Publisher
Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles
Edited by
Mathias Dewatripont, Françoise Thys-Clément, Luc Wilkin,
Contributions by
Mathias Dewatripont, Françoise Thys-Clément, Luc Wilkin, Josep Bricall, Philippe Busquin, Henri Capron, Michele Cincera, Jean-Pierre Contzen, Harry de Boer, Pierre de Maret, Larry L. Leslie, Stéphanie Mignot-Gérard, Christine Musselin, Jørgen Gulddahl Rasmussen, Michael Reed, Sheila Slaughter, Arild Tjeldvoll, Michael Shattock, Robert Tollet, Stephen Yeo, Jean-Louis Vanherweghem,
Language
English
Publisher Category
Publishers own classification > Business & Economics
Publisher Category
Publishers own classification > Psychology & Education
BISAC Subject Heading
EDU015000 EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher
Onix Audience Codes
06 Professional and scholarly
CLIL (Version 2013-2019)
3080 SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES
Subject Scheme Identifier Code
Thema subject category: Higher education, tertiary education

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Publication Date
23 September 2013
ISBN-13
978-2-8004-1541-3
Extent
Main content page count : 200
Code
1541
Dimensions
160 x 240 x 15 cm
Weight
364 grams
ONIX XML
Version 2.1, Version 3

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Clyde Plumauzille
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"Au terme de ce panorama, il s'impose de saluer le caractère stimulant et exploratoire de ce volume."

Contents


INTRODUCTION. – Montrez ce sexe que je ne saurais voir ! | Julie DE GANCK et Vanessa D'HOOGHE
PARTIE I – Le sexe des Autres : âge, race, classe
Sexualité et organes génitaux des Africain(e)s dans le discours médical français (fin XVIIIe – milieu XXe siècle) | Delphine PEIRETTI-COURTIS
De la puberté féminine dans les « zones torrides ». Expertise médicale et régulations du corps des jeunes filles dans le Congo colonial | Amandine LAURO
Quand le sexe vient aux filles… Une question psychosociale dans la pratique du psychiatre Fernand D'Hollander (1924-1941) | Laura DI SPURIO
PARTIE II – Géographies sexuelles : flux, circulations et transmission
Nouveaux regards sur les organes sexuels masculins dans les traités anatomiques du XVIIe siècle | Didier FOUCAULT
Un cerveau dans le ventre ou un utérus dans la tête ? Représentations et pratiques médicales autour du corps maternel (XVIIe-XIXe siècles) | Francesca ARENA
Liaisons dangereuses. Les relations physiques et morales entre la mère et le (futur) enfant et la pratique du Dr D’Hollander, 1924-1936 Julie DE GANCK
PARTIE III – Du musée au cimetière : le sexe désensualisé
Pudique et indécent : l’ambivalent sexe des morts (France, XIXe siècle) | Amandine MALIVIN
Inventorier et collectionner le sexe au début du xxe siècle George Berte, savant ou pornographe ? | Vanessa D’HOOGHE et Valérie PIETTE
PARTIE IV – Un sexe à soi : la réappropriation par la pratique
Spéculum, miroir et identités : le self help gynécologique à Bruxelles dans les années soixante-dix | Vanessa D’HOOGHE
Masturbation, empowerment, jouissance Le plaisir à soi dans la pornographie féministe et queer | Sevara IRGACHEVA
« Terrain »
La sexualité pour les FPS ? Une question de laïcité, d’égalité et de liberté ! | Céline ORBAN
Conclusions | Julie DE GANCK et Vanessa D’HOOGHE
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Introduction