Responsibility of Higher Education Systems

Bruno Broucker, Ph.D., is guest professor at the KU Leuven Public Governance Institute (Belgium), research fellow at the Leuven Economics of Education Research Centre and higher education expert at the Institute of Tropical Medicine. He is member of the executive committee of EAIR – the European Higher Education Society and has published articles and chapters on higher education governance and reform.Victor M. H. Borden, Ph.D.,is Professor of Higher Education at Indiana University Bloomington, where he also directs the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Previously, he directed the institutional research operations of four higher education institutions. Dr. Borden's general area of scholarship is on the assessment of higher education institutional and program performance. Dr. Borden has published over 150 research articles and book chapters, delivered over 275 workshops, seminars, keynote, peer-reviewed and invited presentations, internationally. Dr. Borden was a Fulbright Specialist in South Africa and is a Past President of the Association for Institutional Research.Ton Kallenberg studied pedagogical sciences (didactics with as specialization organization & policy) at Leiden University, and defended his PhD thesis at Tilburg University. He fulfilled several functions on educational management at Leiden University, Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Open University. He has been linked as Professor at the School of Education at Leiden University of Applied Sciences. Currently he is Director Education and Student Affairs at the faculty Humanities of Leiden University. His research and publications are focussing on (academic) leadership in education; policy and organization in education; on didactics in higher education and on teacher education programs.Clare Milsom is Professor of Academic Practice and Academic Registrar at Liverpool John Moore University. She is a National Teaching Fellow, an elected member of the EAIR (European Higher Education Society) executive committee and a QAA Reviewer. A palaeontologist by background Clare has worked in higher education for almost 30 years. She is known for her work on the evaluation of survey qualitative data and the second year experience of students at university.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionTon Kallenberg, Victor M. H. Borden, Bruno Broucker and Clare MilsomPART 1: Higher Education’s Students and Staff1 Towards ‘Relevant & Effective’ Teaching-Learning Processes in Indian Higher EducationWafa Singh2 Expanding Inquiry on Intercultural Wonderment to Optimize Study Abroad Learning ContextsLisa M. Davidson and Mark E. Engberg3 The Long-Term Career Consequences of College UndermatchingMarjolein Muskens, Gregory C. Wolniak and Lex Borghans4 Between Trust and Strategic Behavior of Academic (Middle) Leaders in Higher Education: The Levels of StrategyTon Kallenberg5 Politicians and Bureaucrats in a Humboldt Type System: The Case of ItalyAlfredo Marra and Roberto MoscatiPART 2: Higher Education Systems: (Responsible?) Practices and Policies6 University Mergers in Austria: Experiences and Future Scenarios for Organizational Development in Higher EducationAttila Pausits7 What Does It Mean to Be a Responsible 21st Century South African University?Denyse Webbstock8 The Central Government in Higher Education: Defining Areas of Responsibility between State Ministry and Governmental Agencies in Austria and NorwayPhilipp Friedrich9 External Accountability in Ethiopian Public Higher EducationSolomon Gebreyohans Gebru10 Finnish-Russian Double Degree Programmes: When Partners’ Responsibilities Become a Challenge for InternationalizationSvetlana ShenderovaPART 3: Higher Education Impact11 High-Impact Practices, Degree Completion, and Academic Quality: A Study of Student Participation in Practices That Promote SuccessKathi A. Ketcheson12 The Productivity of Leading Global Universities: Empirical Insights and Implications for Higher EducationJiale Yang, Chuanyi Wang, Lu Liu, Gwilym Croucher, Kenneth Moore and Hamish Coates13 Third Mission at Austrian Universities of Applied Sciences and the Translational Role of Hybrid Middle ManagersMartina Gaisch and Daniela Nömeyer14 Lessons Learned and Future DirectionsBruno Broucker, Victor M. H. Borden, Clare Milsom and Ton Kallenberg

"In 14 chapters and 275 pages, the reader gets an overview of current developments within higher education at a global level. (…) On the whole, the book is firmly positioned within the mainstream of academic thinking and practice. It is interesting and informative". - C. Brink (2021). An all too promising title. Th&ma (1), 63-64. "This edited volume raises questions about higher education’s responsibility toward students and staff and its intended impact on society, offeringpolicy makers, professors, practitioners, and researchers an opportunity to review and analyze the integral role that higher education plays in society.[...] The collection compiles essays from a variety of distinguished scholars, educators, and policy makers, each of whom brings a unique perspective to the discussion.[...] This book should be read by anyone seeking to better understand the expected roles and responsibilities of higher education". N. A. Powers, in CHOICE, 58 (10), 2021.