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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
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Waldow, Florian – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2004
The Swedish school system is a highly comprehensive one, with "grundskola" (compulsory school) for 7- to 16-year-olds and the non-compulsory "gymnasieskola" (three-year upper secondary school) as the main types of school. Since the decentralization reforms of the 1990s, municipalities (290 in total) have been given considerable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Municipalities, School District Autonomy, Time Management