In Search of Academic Quality

Catherine Paradeise was Professor of Sociology at several French higher education institutions, lastly at Université Paris Est-Marne la Vallée (U-PEM). She was deputy director at the department of social sciences and humanities of French National Centre for Scientific Research and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS-C), and co-founded the Institute for Research and Innovation in Society (IFRIS).   Jean-Claude Thoenig was Professor at the Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology, Dean and Professor at INSEAD (Fontainebleau), co-founder of EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) and the Ecole de Paris du Management, and Senior Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.

• IntroductionI: THE ROAD TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE1. Addressing Evolving Societal Expectations2. When Numbers Define Academic QualityII: MAKING SENSE OF DIVERSITIES3. Quality Regimes And Organisational Instrumentation4. Evaluating Faculty Contributions 5. Social Values, Norms, Cultures6. Integration And Differentiation ProcessesIII: THE ILLUSION OF A ONE BEST WAY 7. The Top Of The Pile Regime As Quality Reference8. Is The Reference Model Replicable?Conclusion Toward Post-Excellence Quality?