TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; WHAT THE RECENT HISTORY OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES OFFERS TO EUROPE; THE RHETORIC OF FUNCTIONALITY IN RECONSTRUCTING THE ACADEMIC WORLD; RECONSTRUCTING COLLECTIVE ACADEMIC IDENTITIES IN THE UK; THE CULTURAL AND DEMOCRATIC OBLIGATIONS OF UNIVERSITIES; THE NEW MODE OF INTERNATIONALISATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH; WHO CARES ABOUT EXCELLENCE? SOCIAL SCIENCES UNDER THINK TANK PRESSURE; AN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN EUROPE; THE DARK MATTER AND LITTLE STARS; REFORMING TOWARDS THE US UNIVERSITY; THE DOUBLE SHUFFLE OF UNIVERSITY REFORM
THE HARVARD REPORT AND THE LIMITS OF LIBERAL EDUCATIONBETWEEN COOPERATION AND COMPETITION; QUALITY ASSURANCE AND ACCREDITATION IN NORWEGIAN HIGHER EDUCATION; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
Summary
The university in Europe - as a central institution of society - is presently met Other many new expectations challenging established practices and self-understandings of academics across Europe. In the European Union the higher education and research system has become a foremost tool of change. Current reforms across national higher education systems are seen as a potential for creating a European Higher Education Area as well as an opportunity to introduce EU policies and ideas addressing ho ..
