The article uses the concept of organisational status to explore how universities respond to
intensifying competition. Although status is not a novel phenomenon in higher education …

Während der letzten beiden Jahrzehnte hat sich in deutschen Hochschulen sowie dem
Hochschulsystem insgesamt ein umfassender Wandel vollzogen. Dieser Wandel und seine …

This paper provides a synthetic overview of the complex dimensions that shape the
interrelations between the massification of higher education systems and their structure and …

Performance based funding is used by most EU Member States to increase the performance
of their public research system. This report analyses the different nature of systems in EU …

Debates and policies in Europe as regards the diversity of higher education institutions and
programmes have changed substantially over the years. When expansion of the rate of new …

Amidst increased research on mergers in higher education, studies addressing micro level
processes are scarce and fragmented across disciplines: our aim is to systematically review …

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 …

World-class research and education are recognized as essential channels for participating
in a globalized knowledge society. The construction of world-class or global research …

Abstract Changes of the shape and the size of higher education systems have been a key
issue of both higher education policy and higher education research for more than four …

In most Western European countries, higher education has to an increasing extent been
developing outside universities, partly through the establishment of new institutions, and …