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RESEARCH SEMINAR on FUNDING FOR PERFORMANCE IN EUROPEAN HIGHER EDUCATION: TRENDS AND LESSONS

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.…

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RESEARCH SEMINAR: Multilevel analysis on the effect of institutional autonomy on higher education effectiveness in Europe: In search of promised effects

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…

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Exploring the effect of institutional autonomy in Higher Education

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…

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The Empirical Analysis of Degree-Mobile Students: The Hosting Country Perspective

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…

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