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Reforming European universities : scope for an evidence-based process / Reinhilde Veugelers ; Frederick van der Ploeg.
Universities are key players in the successful transition to a knowledge-based economy and society. However, this crucial sector of society needs restructuring if Europe is not to lose out in the global competition in education, research and innovation. To allow a more evidence based process of reforms of higher education, this contribution reviews the trends in performance, funding and governance of European universities. It also brings on board some evidence on support for the reform process. The analysis shows that, while EU universities have improved their quantitative performance on teaching and research, it needs to further improve especially on the quality dimension. The link between governance, funding and performance is not obvious and needs still further data and research. Nevertheless, the preliminary evidence so far seems to suggest that society supports a multitude of university structures, to respond to a heterogeneous set of preferences. This calls for granting universities the space and thrust to develop autonomously their own strategies and structures. Public and private stakeholders should provide the funds for universities to develop their agenda, while holding them accountability for delivering results. Establishing a large, integrated market for higher education and research in Europe, would provide an environment for European universities to develop their comparative advantages, making them stronger players on the world scene.

• (2008) CESifo working paper series ; 2298 : Public finance bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus 28 S.
• (May 2008) CESifo working paper ; 2298 : Public finance Volltext bestellen Online-Ressource, 28 S. = 628 KB, Text.

Towards evidence-based reform of European universities / Frederick van der Ploeg and Reinhilde Veugelers.
After the Bologna agreement and the Lisbon Agenda, reform of European university systems has been higher on the political agenda. This is necessary, since most European universities have been suffering from stifling blankets of government regulation, having to make do with much less funds than their North-American counterparts and do not appear high on the various rankings of top universities in the world. Furthermore, the booming economies of China and India will nurture and boost world-class universities in the coming decades. Also, universities are essential in their links to business and society to make the European economy more innovative and competitive, especially as European industries approach the world technology frontier. We argue on the basis of the stylized facts that foremost European universities need more autonomy to select students, reward staff, design new programmes, attract more funds and compete better in an increasingly tough environment. Although the general principles of the policy reform agenda are clear, the details are not. The link between governance, funding and performance is not obvious and needs still further data and research. We conclude that reform of European universities should much more be based on the best available empirical analysis.

• (2008) In: CESifo economic studies. – Oxford. – Bd. 54.2008, 2, (Jun.2008) S. 99-120. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

Higher aspirations : an agenda for reforming European universities / by Philippe Aghion, Mathias Dewatripont, Caroline Hoxby, Andreu Mas-Colell and André Sapir.

• (2008) Brussels Volltext bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus VII, 59 S.

The resistible decline of European science / Luc Bauwens, Giordano Mion and Jacques-François Thisse.

• (2008) Discussion paper series / Centre for Economic Policy Research ; 6625 : Public policy bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus 13, 10 S.
• (2007) CORE discussion paper ; 2007,92 bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus 23 S.
• (Dec. 2007) CORE discussion paper ; 2007,92 Volltext Volltext bestellen Online-Ressource, 23 S., Text.

European universities must get their act together / Rick van der Ploeg.

• (2008) In: Humankapital und Wirtschaftswachstum. – Wien. – 2008, S. 114-125. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

European coordination of higher education / Sjef Ederveen and Laura Thissen.

• (2008) In: Subsidiarity and economic reform in Europe. – Berlin [u.a.]. – 2008, S. 113-127. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

Higher education reform and the renewed Lisbon strategy : role of member states and the European Commission / Frederick van der Ploeg; Reinhilde Veugelers.
This paper discusses rising enrolment rates, access, governance, underperformance in research and teaching, lack of internationalisation, private returns to education and the funding problems of European universities. Our proposals for reform are based on more autonomy for universities, higher tuition fees, more private funding, introduction of income-contingent loans, better governance, more competition and internationalisation. Apart from providing mutual policy learning opportunities, cross recognition of qualifications and furthering the goals of the Bologna reforms, the EU should promote mobility of students, researchers and teachers and open up national funding schemes. The EU should take more initiatives to fund research through the Structural Funds and the funds for ‘Competitiveness for Growth and Development’, invest in EU flagships and facilitate global cooperation. The EIB can be a crucial driver for Higher Education in Europe by making income-contingent loans available.

• (2008) In: Subsidiarity and economic reform in Europe. – 2008, S. 65-96. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus
• (2007) EUI working paper / ECO ; 2007,33 Volltext bestellen Online-Ressource, 29 S., Text.
• (Jan. 2007) CESifo working paper ; 1901 : Public finance Volltext bestellen Online-Ressource, 28 S. = 289 KB, Text.
• (2007) CESifo working paper series ; 1901 : Public finance bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus 28 S.

R&D, higher education and regional growth : uneven linkages among European regions / Alessandro Sterlacchini.

• (2008) In: Research policy. – Amsterdam [u.a.]. – Bd. 37.2008, 6/7, (Jul.2008) S. 1096-1107. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

Der Einfluss des Bologna-Prozesses auf die europäische Hochschullandschaft / von Barbara M. Kehm und Ulrich Teichler.

• (2007) In: Wirtschaftsverfassung in Deutschland und Europa. – Kassel. – 2007, S. 79-98. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

Why reform Europe’s universities? / by Philippe Aghion; Mathias Dewatripont; Caroline Hoxby; Andreu Mas-Colell; André Sapir.

• (2007) Brussels Volltext bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus 8 S.

Public universities, tuition and competition : a Tiebout model / Robert Schwager.
A simple Tiebout model is presented where states provide university education to both immobile and mobile students. State governments choose the quality of public universities by trading off the value of education for the local immobile student population and the costs, net of tuition revenues, of running the university. The quality of education and the assignment of students to universities in an efficient allocation are characterised. It is shown that decentralised decisions result in efficient choices if states are allowed to choose tuition levels freely. If tuition is capped, ine±ciently low qualities are likely to arise.

• (2007) Discussion paper / Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung ; 07-056 : Public finance and corporate taxation Volltext bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus 24 S.
• (2007) Discussion paper / ZEW ; 07-056 Volltext bestellen Online-Ressource, 24 S., Text.

Die deutsche Exzellenzinitiative und die amerikanische Eliteuniversität / Walter Hinderer.
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• (2007) 1. Aufl. – Argumente der Freiheit ; 18. – Berlin bestellen Weltkatalog-WorldCat Google-Books 238 S.

Wettbewerb und Leistung auf zwei ungewöhnlichen Märkten / Dennis C. Mueller.

• (2007) In: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik. – Oxford [u.a.]. – Bd. 8.2007, S. 133-140. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

Wettbewerb und Innovation – die Grenzen staatlicher Innovationspolitik / Alexander Eisenkopf.

• (2007) In: Region, Kultur, Innovation. – Wiesbaden. – 2007, S. 201-214. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

Understanding European systems of competence building / Edward Lorenz and Bengt-Åke Lundvall.

• (2006) In: How Europe’s economies learn. – Oxford [u.a.]. – 2006, S. 1-25. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

Systemwettbewerb – ein Leitbild für die europäische und nationale Hochschulbildungspolitik / von Nicole Rudolf.

• (2006) Marburg bestellen Weltkatalog-WorldCat Google-Books 139 S.

Das Modernisierungsprogramm für Universitäten umsetzen : Bildung, Forschung und Innovation ; Mitteilung der Kommission an den Rat und das Europäische Parlament

• (2006) Dokumente / Kommission der Europäischen Gemeinschaften ; 2006,208 bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus 18, 18 S.

Der Bologna-Prozess: ein Anstoß zu leistungsfähigeren Hochschulen? / Ulrich van Lith.

• (2005) In: Wirtschaftsdienst. – Berlin. – Bd. 85.2005, 7, S. 445-454. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

Guide to reform of higher education : a European perspective / Bas Jacobs and Frederick van der Ploeg.

• (2006) In: Economic policy. – Bd. 47.2006, (Jul.2006) S. 535-592. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus
• (2005) Discussion paper series / Centre for Economic Policy Research ; 5327 : Industrial organization and public policy bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus [80] S.

Internationaler Hochschulmarkt : Anmerkungen zur Entwicklung des europäischen Hochschulraums / Achim Henkel.

• (2005) In: Wirtschaftspolitik in offenen Demokratien. – Marburg. – 2005, S. 255-263. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

Der Bologna-Prozess im Spiegel der HIS-Hochschulforschung / Michael Leszczensky… (Hrsg.).

• (2005) [Online-Ressource]. – Kurzinformation / HIS : A. – Hannover Volltext bestellen
• (2005) Kurzinformation / HIS : A bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus 68 S.

Educating Europe: should public education be financed with graduate taxes or income-contingent loans? / Panu Poutvaara.
The mobility of labor reduces national incentives to invest in internationally applicable education. The European Union could overcome this by allowing member states to institute graduate taxes or income-contingent loans, collected also from migrants. Graduate taxes or income-contingent loans result in higher welfare than financing education with employment-based taxes.

• (2004) In: CESifo economic studies. – Oxford. – Bd. 50.2004, 4, S. 663-684. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

Perspektiven der staatlichen Finanzierung der Hochschulbildung in der Europäischen Union / Thorsten Lang.

• (2003) In: Öffentliche Wirtschaft, Sozialwirtschaft und Daseinsvorsorge im Wandel. – Regensburg. – 2003, S. 437-456. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

Von Bologna nach Berlin : Perspektiven eines Europäischen Hochschulraums / von Andreas Keller.

• (2003) In: Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik. – Berlin. – Bd. 48.2003, 9, S. 1119-1128. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

Zukunft stiften : zur Rolle privater Wissenschaftsförderung in Deutschland und im zusammenwachsenden Europa ; Symposium der Volkswagen-Stiftung im März 2002 in Berlin / [Red.: Peter Guyot].
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• (2002) Hildesheim [u.a.] bestellen Weltkatalog-WorldCat Google-Books 177 S.

The changing rationale for European university research funding : are there negative unintended consequences? / Aldo Geuna.

• (2001) In: Journal of economic issues. – Lewisburg, Pa.. – Bd. 35.2001, 3, S. 607-632. bestellen Google-Scholar Elsevier-Scirus

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