Mergers and Alliances in Higher Education International Practice and Emerging Opportunities /

Higher education in Europe and beyond faces a series of major challenges. The economic crisis has accelerated expectations of an increased role in addressing economic and societal challenges while, at the same time, putting pressure on available finances. Broader trends such as shifting student demo...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Curaj, Adrian (Editor), Georghiou, Luke (Editor), Cassingena Harper, Jennifer (Editor), Egron-Polak, Eva (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Mergers and Alliances in Context. Luke Georghiou, Jennifer Cassingena Harper
  • Part I Mergers and Alliances from the Perspective of National. Higher Education Systems
  • Mergers and Alliances in France: Incentives, Success Factors and Obstacles. Andrée Sursock
  • Mergers and Classifications in Romania: Opportunities and Obstacles. Liviu Andreescu, Radu Georghiu, Alina Irimia, Adrian Curaj
  • Collaboration Between Universities in Sweden. Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey
  • Reorganising the Welsh University System. Philip Gummett
  • Institutional Mergers in Ireland. Siobhán Harkin, Ellen Hazelkorn
  • Institutional Mergers in Chinese Higher Education. Rui Yang
  • Institutional Culture of Mergers and Alliances in South Africa. Martin Hall
  • Institutional Combinations and the Creation of a New Higher Education Institutional Landscape in post-1994 South Africa. Saleem Badat
  • Part II Mergers and Alliances at the Institutional. Level - Experiences and Lessons
  • Strategy to Join the Elite: Merger and the 2015 Agenda at the University of Manchester - an update. Luke Georghiou
  • The Experience with Creating University of Lorraine by Merging four Former Universities. Jean-Pierre Finance, Hervé Coilland, Pierre Mutzenhardt
  • Strategic Aggregation of Universities in Spain: The Spanish Program International Campus of Excellence and the Experience of the Technical University of Madrid. Luis Delgado, Gonzalo León
  • The Process of Merging Romanian Universities: Technical University of Cluj-Napoca - North University of Baia Mare. Radu Munteanu, Dan Călin Peter
  • The Experience of University of Western Sydney, Australia. Rhonda Hawkins
  • About the Editors
  • About the Authors.