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Five institutional cases in Austria
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Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria
ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
03/04
Alpha 1
Delta 1
Delta 2
Gamma 1
Gamma 2
Students
23.361
20.134
1.404
2.715
842
1585
1898
1841
1993
1993
Year of
start
Disciplines
Comprehen Specialised Rather
sive
spec. (art)
(econm.)
Rather
comp.
Rather
comp.
Foreign
8,3%
20,8%
55,8%
2,8%
13,0%
ERASMUS
in
1,2%
1,3%
1,3%
1,7%
8,8%
ERASMUS
out
1,6%
1,3%
0,4%
3,4%
8,6%
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria
ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
5 institutional cases in Austria (1)
• Alpha AT
– 23.400 Stud. / 6 Fak. / 62 Progr. / 8% int. Stud.
– Comprehensive, heterogeneous, regional
– Goals: SEE; profile in EU
• Delta1 AT
– 20.000 Stud. / 1 Fak. / 8 Progr. / 21% int. Stud.
– Specialised, homogeneous, national flagship
– Goals: E speaking, Western E, CEE; Top 5 german speaking, research
• Delta2 AT
– 1.400 Stud. / 2 locations / 34 Progr. / 56% int. Stud.
– Rather specialised (music, performing arts, arts pedagogy)
– Goals: G speaking, global; quality improvement
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria
ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
5 institutional cases in Austria (2)
• Gamma1 AT
– 2.700 Stud. / 4 locations / 28 Progr. / 2,8% int. Stud.
– Rather comprehensive holding comprising local “faculties” (locations);
complementing the provision of the regional university
– Goals: applied research, int. at home, student mobility
• Gamma2 AT
– 850 Stud. / 1 location / 6 Progr. / 13,0% int. Stud.
– Rather comprehensive; local monopoly for HE in the home province,
close contacts to EU-Regio lake Constanz
– Goals: adaptation to export streams (SWE), all continents
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria
ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Perceptions
• Regulations
– EU-programmes: revenues/costs
– Fear of declining funds
– Institutional autonomy
• Norms
– Lack of orientation/debate about goals (Bologna)
– Non-profit internationalisation
• Culture
– Increasing competition for academic prestige
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria
ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Organisational Responses (1)
• Research
– Discipl. differences: objects / communities
• International degree students
– No strategy
• Student mobility
– ERASMUS, internships
• Staff mobility
– Teacher / researcher / administrators
• Language
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria
ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Consequences on the organisation (1)
• Social structure
– Professionalisation
– Balance between acad. / admin. structures
• Goals
– Summerizing existing activities, self-descriptions
– Institutional priorities
– Benchmarking
– Selectivity; sometimes exclusivity
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria
ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Consequences on the organisation (2)
• Participants
– Staff development
– Mobility vs. cooperation
• Technology
– Bologna: incremental vs. lever for institutional change
– New forms: summer schools, postgraduate, joint studies
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria
ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Recommendations
•
•
•
•
•
Acknowledge differences
Be selective with strategies and activities
Analyse your position in your world
I. of HEI  I. of HE-system (national, EU)
More debate along disciplines
(e.g about national/European goals)
• International (European, global) public goods?
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria
ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004