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Bienkowska, Dzamila; Klofsten, Magnus; Rasmussen, Einar – European Journal of Education, 2016
Universities are currently in the process of change and adaptation to shifting expectations that for example include closer engagement with businesses and increased facilitation of entrepreneurship among faculty and graduates. By supporting academic entrepreneurship, universities can address these expectations whilst also becoming more…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Entrepreneurship, Doctoral Programs, Research Universities
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Holmberg, Daniel; Hallonsten, Olof – European Journal of Higher Education, 2015
Twentieth-century "massification" of higher education and academic research led to mission diversification and structural diversification of national higher education systems (HESs), but also a tendency of non-university colleges to seek to develop into full-scale universities by the emulation of practices of established academic…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
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Josefson, Kristina; Pobiega, Jenny; Strahlman, Christian – Quality in Higher Education, 2011
Sweden has a high level of student influence. At Lund University, students are not viewed as counterparts but partners in the university's activities. Lund University has carried out Student Satisfaction Surveys (barometers) since the 1990s and an overview has shown that an evaluation culture has grown during the past decade. It is, however, time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Participation, Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes
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Hellstrom, Tomas; Jacob, Merle; Wigren-Kristoferson, Caroline – Industry and Higher Education, 2013
The authors investigate how Third Mission activities at universities, such as the outreach and technology transfer functions, are anchored in organizational structures and practices, and discuss the implications of this relationship for the success of the activities. They draw on case studies of two Swedish university colleges to illustrate the…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Technology Transfer
Grifoll, Josep; Huertas, Esther; Prades, Anna; Rodriguez, Sebastian; Rubin, Yuri; Mulder, Fred; Ossiannilsson, Ebba – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2010
E-learning in the European Higher Education Area has stampeded its way to the foreground of the Quality Assurance (QA) forum, and has become a key issue among quality assurance agencies and institutions in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Because internet-based learning is currently such a relevant topic, there is a dire need for the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Stakeholders, Guidelines