Shaping the World of Change

Jessica Nooij, Ph.D., is Senior Researcher at the Center for Learning and Innovation at Avans University of Applied Sciences and Chair of the Dutch Association for Institutional Research (DAIR). Her background is in behavioural psychology, sociology, intervention and policy research.Bruno Broucker, Ph.D., is Head of the Education Office of the Institute of Tropical Medicine and Guest Professor at the KU Leuven. He is Chair of EAIR and published articles and book chapters on higher education governance, policy and reform.Anne Gannon is based at University College Cork (UCC). She completed her PhD at UCC in 2019 on the impact of Government Policy on Institutional Logics in the Irish University between 2008–2014. She is a co-opted member of the EAIR Executive Committee and on the organising committee for the 2024 Cork Forum.Mark O’Hara is a National Teaching Fellow and winner of the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence. He has over 30 years’ experience in a variety of roles including Associate Dean and Associate PVC (Education). Mark is Vice-Chair of the European Association for Institutional Research (EAIR).Silke Preymann holds a Ph.D. in Organization Science at the University of Linz. She is scientific head of diversity management at UAS Upper Austria and a researcher in the Department for Higher Education Research and Development. Her work focuses on change and change management at HEIs.

• List of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Shaping the World of Change: Higher Education as a Key EnablerJessica Nooij, Bruno Broucker, Anne Gannon, Mark O’Hara and Silke Preymann1 Understanding the Varieties of New Public Management at the Institutional LevelFloris J. N. van Berckel Smit2 The Impact of Government Policy on the Re-shaping of the Academic ProfessionalAnne Gannon3 Higher Education as Key Enabler of Enlightenment and Humanism: Adjusting Strategies and Organizational FormsTheodor Leiber4 Developing a Digital Platform to Embed Environmental Sustainability in Higher Education Ecosystems: Insights into GET-AHED, a New Digital ApproachVerena Régent, Bárbara Coelho Gabriel, Julia Draghi, Brigitte Ecker, Cláudia Figueiredo, Sara Moreno Pires, Ruaidhri Neavyn, Beate Pawle, Alexandra Polido and Robertt Valente5 A Post-Pandemic Perspective on Undergraduate Students’ Preferred Teaching and Learning Mode at a South African UniversityTakalani Muloiwa-Klenam, Darlington Mutakwa and Nandarani Maistry6 Shaping the World of Change – Higher Education Enabling Student Agency: Concepts, Principles and PracticesManja Klemeni7 We’ve Got Your Back! Strengthening Student Wellbeing and Sense of Belonging by Providing Social SupportJessica Nooij, Lotte Scheeren and Annemieke van der Horst8 Interplay of Habitus and University FieldsErna Nairz-Wirth, Klaus Feldmann, Sabine Weiss and Maria Pöschl9 The Role of Family and Peers in the Persistence and Attrition of Part-Time Doctoral StudentsEdel Cassar10 Reframing Accountability and Quality Assurance to Enable Social InnovationVictor M. H. Borden and Cynthia A. Cogswell11 Performance-Based Funding Formula in Ukrainian Higher Education: Policy Implementation and Lessons LearnedKateryna Suprun and Jussi Kivistö12 A Literature Review on Internationalisation Strategies in Higher Education InstitutionsPinar Eldemir