Presenter: Ben Jongbloed, Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) at the University of Twente Discussant: Gunnar Sivertsen, NIFU Abstract Building on international comparative research – in particular, a soon to be published cross-national study for the European Commission on trends and effects of higher education funding policies (Jongbloed et al, 2022) – this presentation will provide an overview of the key issues and dilemmas around Performance-Based Funding (PBF) in higher education.…
Presenter: Patrick Painsi, University of Graz Discussant: Tatiana Fumasoli, UCL Abstract Purpose: This paper aims to evaluate the effect various forms of institutional autonomy on higher education (HE) institutions success at three primary mission objectives of HE institutions (graduates, research, knowledge exchange). The central research question is whether increasing institutional autonomy leads to higher success of HE institutions in fulfilling their missions. The literature around institutional autonomy suggests a mostly positive effect, but…
The 26th RISIS Research Seminar will take place on 19th April from 12.30 to 2.00 pm (CET) and will focus on a paper by Patrick Painsi, University of Graz. Tatiana Fumasoli, UCL Centre for Higher Education Studies, University College London, is involved as discussant. The paper aims to evaluate the effect various forms of institutional autonomy on higher education (HE) institutions success at three primary mission objectives of HE institutions (graduates, research, knowledge exchange). The central research question is…
The 25th RISIS Research Seminar will take place on 15th March from 12.30 to 2.00 pm (CET) and will focus on a presentation entitled The Empirical Analysis of Degree-Mobile Students: The Hosting Country Perspective, by Dmitriy Fedotov, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto. Mabel Sanchez Barrioluengo, University of Manchester, is involved as discussant. Both national governments and international statistical agencies have to deal with the challenge of receiving precise and credible data on…
