Updated May 2015
Unit 1 Higher Education Economics
The economics of higher education: theoretical Foundations:
Barr, N. (1998), Economics of the welfare state, (5th edition) Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 13: Tertiary Education, pp. 299-335.
CPB/CHEPS (2001), Higher education reform: Getting the incentives right. The Hague: SDU: Chapter 2 (Economics of Higher Education), pp. 35-51. http://www.cpb.nl/sites/default/files/publicaties/download/bijz29.pdf
Massy, W.F. (2004). Collegium Economicum. Why institutions do what they do. Change, July/August, pp. 27-35.
Winston, G. (1997), Why can’t a college be more like a firm? Working paper. Williams College. http://sites.williams.edu/wpehe/files/2011/06/DP-42.pdf
Higher education, innovation systems and labour markets:
World Bank (2010), Innovation Policy. A Guide for developing Countries. Washington DC: World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/2460/548930PUB0EPI11C10Dislosed061312010.pdf?sequence=1(Overview, Introduction, and Chapters 1, 2 and 6)
M. Humburg and van der Velden, R. (2013), What is expected of higher education graduates in the 21st century? Research Memorandum RM/13/044. Maastricht: University of Maastricht. http://www.roa.unimaas.nl/pdf_publications/2013/ROA_RM_2013_13.pdf
The Financing of higher education:
Hauptmann, A. (2007), Higher Education Finance: trends and issues. In: James J.F. Forest and Philip G. Altbach (eds.), International Handbook of Higher Education, pp. 83–106. Springer. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4020-4012-2_6
Johnstone, D. B. (2003), Cost Sharing in Higher Education: Tuition, Financial Assistance, and Accessibility in Comparative Perspective. Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. http://sreview.soc.cas.cz/uploads/fb12ec3edf90cf183643fe7651da107f1d5dfd11_288_34john32.pdf
Jongbloed, B. (2010), Funding higher education: A view across Europe. Brussels: ESMU. http://www.utwente.nl/bms/cheps/publications/Publications%202010/MODERN_Funding_Report.pdf
Higher Education Marketisation and Reform:
Aghion, P. (2008), Why reform Europe’s universities? Brussels: Bruegel. http://www.bruegel.org/download/parent/34-why-reform-europes-universities/file/390-why-reform-europes-universities-english/
Barr, N. (2002), Funding Higher Education: Policies for Access and Quality, House of Commons, Education and Skills Committee, Post-16 Student Support, Sixth Report of Session 2001-2002, HC445, (TSO, 2002), pp. 19-35. http://econ.lse.ac.uk/staff/nb/Barr_Selcom020424.pdf
European Commission (2011), Supporting growth and jobs – an agenda for the modernisation of Europe's higher education systems. Commission Working Document. Brussels, SEC(2011) 1063 final. https://www.eerstekamer.nl/eu/europeesvoorstel/sec_2011_1063_en/document/f=/visyce3ztan9.pdf
Jongbloed, B. (2003), Marketisation in higher education, Clark’s triangle and the essential ingredients of markets. Higher Education Quarterly, Vol. 57, No.2, pp. 110-135. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-2273.00238/epdf
Unit 2 Globalization, internationalization and the knowledge society
The changing environment of higher education:
Castells, M. (2000) The Rise of the Network Society, Volume I of The Information Age: Economy, society and culture. 2nd Edition, Blackwell, Oxford (pp. 67-147) (80 pages)
Altbach, P. (2013) Advancing the national and global knowledge economy: the role of research universities in developing countries, Studies in Higher Education,38 (3) 316-330. (14 pages)
Powell, W. and Snellman. K. (2004). The Knowledge Economy. Annual Review of Sociology 30:199–220. (21 pages)
Van der Wende, M. (2011). Global institutions: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In: King, R., Marginson, S., and Naidoo, R. Handbook on Globalization and Higher education. (Pp.95-113) Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. (18 pages)
Internationalization:
Gornitzka, ?, Gulbrandsen, M. and Langfeldt, L. (2008) Crossing the borders. Changing patterns and forces of internationalization. In Gornitzka, ?, and Langfeldt, L. (Eds). Borderless Knowledge. Understanding the “New” internationalization of research and higher education in Norway. Springer pp. 203-218 (13 pages)
Knight, J. (2012). Concepts, Rationales, and Interpretive frameworks in the internationalization of higher education. In: Deardorff, D. K., Wit, H. D., Heyl, J. D., & Adams, T. (Eds.). The SAGE handbook of international higher education. (pp.27-43) Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications (16 pages)
Maassen, P., A. Vab? and B. Stensaker (2008). Translation of Globalisation and Regionalisation in the Nordic Cooperation in Higher Education. Pp149-165. (16 pages)
Rumbley, L., Altbach, P. and Reisberg, L. (2012) Internationalization within the Higher Education Context. In: Deardorff, D. K., Wit, H. D., Heyl, J. D., & Adams, T. (Eds.). The SAGE handbook of international higher education. (pp.3-26) Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications (23 pages)
International Student and Researcher Mobility:
Wiers-Jenssen, J. (2013) Degree Mobility from the Nordic Countries: Background and Employability. Journal of Studies in International Education 17(4) 471–491 (20 pages)
Ziguras, C. and McBurnie, G. (2011). International Student Mobility in the Asia-Pacific: From Globalization to Regional Integration? In: Marginson et al. (eds.), Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific (pp.123-140). Springer (17 pages)
Hawthorne, L. (2012). Designer Immigrants? International Students and Two-Step Migration In: Deardorff, D. K., Wit, H. D., Heyl, J. D., & Adams, T. (Eds.). (2012). The SAGE handbook of international higher education. (pp.417-437) Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications (20 pages)
Saxenian, A. (2005) From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation: Transnational Communities and Regional Upgrading in India and China. Studies in Comparative International Development, 40( 2) pp. 35-61. (26 pages)
Jacob, M. and Meek, L.V (2013) Scientific mobility and international research networks: trends and policy tools for promoting research excellence and capacity building. Studies in higher education, 38 (3) 331-344 (13 pages)
Kritz, M. (2013) International student mobility and tertiary education capacity in Africa. International migration. Pp1-21 (21 pages)
Regional internationalization topics:
Neave, Guy and Peter Maassen (2007) The Bologna Process: An Intergovernmental Policy Perspective. In: P. Maassen and JP Olsen (eds). University Dynamics and European Integration. Springer: 135-153 (18 pages)
Vogtle, E. and Martens, K. (2014) The Bologna process as a templace for transntational policy coordination. Policy Studies. P.1-16 (16 pages)
Sehoole, C. and de Wit, H. (2014) The Regionalisation, Internationalisation and Globalisation of African Higher Education. International Journal of African Higher Education p. 218-240 (22 pages)
Current Educational Trends:
Education hubs (branch campuses)
Knight, J. (2013) Education hubs: international, regional and local dimensions of scale and scope. Comparative Education 49(3) 374-387 (13 pages)
Burgess, P. and Berquist, B. (2012). Cross-Border Delivery: Projects, Programs, and Providers. In: Deardorff, D. K., Wit, H. D., Heyl, J. D., & Adams, T. (Eds.). The SAGE handbook of international higher education. (pp. 325- 342) Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications (18 pages)
Hazelkorn, E. (2011). Globalization and the Reputation Race in Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education: the Battle for World Class Excellence. Palgrave MacMillan. (35 pages)