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02681aam a2200337 i 4500 001 D0D5EFCC6B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150507s2015 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015014204 020 $a 1137298286 (hardback) 020 $a 9781137298287 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)907658368 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d CDX $d OCLCO $d EYM $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a LB2322.2 P36 2015 100 1 $a Paradeise, Catherine, $e author. 245 10 $a In search of academic quality / $c Catherine Paradeise and Jean-Claude Thoenig. 264 1 $a Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2015. 300 $a viii, 238 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "Are higher education and research in the process of becoming more and more alike? Global standards such as performance rankings and New Public Management approaches provide an identical rationale for launching major reforms. The way to produce an academic quality at the local level is expected to be aligned according to such standards.In Search of Academic Quality questions the relevance of such an evolution scenario. Based on an international comparison observing in-depth a series of universities, the book suggests that diversity remains massive when considering how single institutions position themselves in terms of quality standards and combine resources, as well as the alternatives they have access to given their organizational and cultural governance path dependence. This volume explores a series of analytical tools applicable for management purposes such as improving academic quality upgrading. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- I: THE ROAD TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE -- 1. Addressing Evolving Societal Expectations -- 2. When Numbers Define Academic Quality -- II: MAKING SENSE OF DIVERSITIES -- 3. Quality Regimes And Organisational Instrumentation -- 4. Evaluating Faculty Contributions -- 5. Social Values, Norms, Cultures -- 6. Integration And Differentiation Processes -- III: THE ILLUSION OF A ONE BEST WAY -- 7. The Top Of The Pile Regime As Quality Reference -- 8. Is The Reference Model Replicable? -- Conclusion Toward Post-Excellence Quality?. 650 0 $a Education, Higher $x Aims and objectives. 650 0 $a Education, Higher $x Evaluation. 650 0 $a Quality assurance. 700 1 $a Thoenig, Jean-Claude, $d 1940- $e author. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826035445.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D0D5EFCC6B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search