The growing importance of knowledge, research and innovation are changing the social role
of universities in the globalized world. One of the most popular concepts used to approach …

The relationship between the international mobility of academic researchers and social
capital is complex. On the one hand, the literature suggests that social capital facilitates the …

The academic profession contributes to shaping the capacity and identity of higher
education systems. In East and Southeast Asia, there is a need for further discussion on the …

In recent decades, the massification and diversification of higher education have generated
new challenges for the guidance of university students. The present study focuses on …

The paper explores the implementation of selected Bologna action lines in Lithuanian
higher education institutions (HEIs). The study is carried out from an organizational …

This article introduces a multiple methods data collection protocol. The protocol has been
designed mainly for those unsure of the practical steps needed to insure coherent data-sets …

The purpose of the study is to describe the evaluation and quality assurance practices
employed in the basic units of Finnish and Italian universities and analyse the impact of the …

This chapter discusses the relationship between higher education research and higher
education in Finland. The main aim is to examine how the topics and issues in higher …

In a globalized world, universities face challenges adapting to changing environmental
pressures and expectations of legitimacy. Studies on the topic have tended to focus on …

The main aim of this study was to explore if there is a connection between the Bologna
Process and the internationalization themes and practices of Italian academic life from an …