1 / 9

Institutional Cases in Austria: Higher Education Landscape Analysis

Explore 5 unique institutional cases shaping the Austrian higher education sector, including goals, strategies, and organizational responses to adapt to changing dynamics and global challenges. Discover recommendations for navigating the evolving landscape effectively.

shana
Download Presentation

Institutional Cases in Austria: Higher Education Landscape Analysis

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. HEIGLOFive institutional cases in Austria thomas.pfeffer@uni-klu.ac.at www.iff.ac.at/hofo/pfeffer

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Organisational Responses (1) • Research • Discipl. differences: objects / communities • International degree students • No strategy • Student mobility • ERASMUS, internships • Staff mobility • Teacher / researcher / administrators • Language

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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?

More Related