Governance and Adaptation to Innovative Modes of Higher Education Provision (original) (raw)

2016, RAND Corporation eBooks

This project examines innovative modes of higher education provision, as well as ways in which the management and governance of higher education are changing in support of innovations in higher education provision. At a time when more students than ever are attending higher education, its provision is becoming more fluid, global and competitive. For example, developments in new technologies mean that higher education institutions (HEIs) can make their courses available all over the world. These developments bring into question the traditional delivery model of higher education institutions, which tends to be confined to physical-and hence geographically defined-course offerings. The project, which started in October 2013 and was completed by the end of June 2016, was funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission. Partnership. Our Europe-wide consortium consists of 12 partner institutions (universities, higher education institutions and research institutes) across 9 European countries. Methodology. The methodological approach followed by the project consisted of desk research, the development and implementation of an online survey to gather the perceptions of higher education leaders on innovation, and the production of institutional case studies to determine best practices. The survey was disseminated across representatives of higher education institution leaders in 47 institutions in 9 countries (

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