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European Integration and the Europeanisation of Higher Education

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Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics ((HEDY,volume 26))

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European higher education is going through an important transformation. While during the first decades after the Second World War the sector experienced a period of relative stability in its basic national and institutional organisation and governance structures, more recently it has undergone far-reaching changes. Overall, the recent change dynamics represent a shift from internal to external control, consisting, amongst other things, of the introduction of externally initiated evaluation mechanisms, the professionalisation of institutional management functions and the growing pressure to be accountable to society. In addition, a change from central governmental planning and regulation of higher education to a growing reliance on a market-like competition in the steering of individual higher education institutions can be observed.

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  1. Fac. Education Hedda, University of Oslo, 0318, Oslo, Blindern, Norway

    Dr. Peter Maassen

  2. CNRS Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, Sciences Po, 19 rue Amélie, 75007, Paris, France

    Dr. Christine Musselin

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  1. CIPES, Universidade do Porto, Rua 1 de Dezembro 399, Matosinhos, 4450, Portugal

    Alberto Amaral

  2. Ensino Superior (CIPES), Centro de Investigação de Politicas do, Rua 1 de Dezembro 399, Matosinhos, 4450-227, Portugal

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  3. Centre de Sociologie des Organisations,, CNRS, rue Amélie 19, Paris, 75007, France

    Christine Musselin

  4. Fac. Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0318, Norway

    Peter Maassen

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Maassen, P., Musselin, C. (2009). European Integration and the Europeanisation of Higher Education. In: Amaral, A., Neave, G., Musselin, C., Maassen, P. (eds) European Integration and the Governance of Higher Education and Research. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9505-4_1

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