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Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
HEIGLOFive institutional cases in Austria
thomas.pfeffer@uni-klu.ac.atwww.iff.ac.at/hofo/pfeffer
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
03/04 Alpha 1 Delta 1 Delta 2 Gamma 1 Gamma 2
Students 23.361 20.134 1.404 2.715 842
Year of start
1585 1898 1841 1993 1993
Disciplines Comprehensive
Specialised(econm.)
Rather spec. (art)
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%
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
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
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
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
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
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
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
Organisational Responses (1)
• Research– Discipl. differences: objects / communities
• International degree students– No strategy
• Student mobility– ERASMUS, internships
• Staff mobility– Teacher / researcher / administrators
• Language
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
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
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
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
Hochschulforschung | Higher Education Research
Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004
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?
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