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Pfeffer, 5 institutional cases Austria ACA-CHEPS seminar 25. November 2004

HEIGLOFive institutional cases in Austria

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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%



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



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



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



Organisational Responses (1)

• Research– Discipl. differences: objects / communities

• International degree students– No strategy

• Student mobility– ERASMUS, internships

• Staff mobility– Teacher / researcher / administrators

• Language



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



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



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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