Higher Education and Regional Development

✍ Scribed by Rómulo Pinheiro, Mitchell Young, Karel Šima

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 230
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book analyses the role of universities as critical actors in the socio-economic development of peripheral regions in Norway and the Czech Republic. Examining the ambiguities of the traditional mission of a university in comparison to contemporary demands, the editors and contributors move past single-case analyses to adopt an integrated conceptual and analytical framework. The authors question whether universities can indeed ‘fix’ the conditions of any region they operate in, as is a common assumption, by examining peripheral regions, many of which have been devastated by natural or man-made disasters. Simultaneously acknowledging the complexities at the heart of both higher education institutions and regions, this book brings together a set of critical contributions that shed light on how universities can fulfil their role in peripheral regions rather than knowledge-intensive cities and towns. This uniquely researched book will be of interest to students and scholars of higher education, universities and communities, and education policy.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
University Complexity and Regional Development in the Periphery (Rómulo Pinheiro, Karel Šima, Mitchell Young, Jan Kohoutek)....Pages 1-20
Geography Versus University Functions-Regionally Based Networks: The Case of the Ústí Region (Helena Šebková, Inna Čábelková, Vladimír Roskovec)....Pages 21-51
Designed for Regional Engagement? The Case of Telemark University College (Rómulo Pinheiro, Roger Normann)....Pages 53-77
Graduate Paradox at Jihlava: The Perspective of Stakeholders (Michaela Šmídová, Inna Čábelková)....Pages 79-110
Power, Institutions, and Periphery: What Can a Small University College Do? (James Karlsen)....Pages 111-134
Multiple Streams Running Dry: Third-Mission Policies at a Czech Research University (Jan Kohoutek, Karel Šima)....Pages 135-166
University Collaboration at a Cross-Road: Evolution and Tensions in Third-Mission Engagement (Roger Normann, Rómulo Pinheiro)....Pages 167-189
Conclusion: University Ambiguities and Analytic Eclecticism (Mitchell Young, Rómulo Pinheiro, Karel Šima)....Pages 191-212
Back Matter ....Pages 213-218

✦ Subjects

Education; Higher Education; International and Comparative Education; Regional Development; Administration, Organization and Leadership; Education Policy