Higher Education in Portugal 1974-2009: A Nation, a Generation

By Guy Neave

Book Overview

Preface.- List of Contributors.- About the Editors.- About the Authors.- 1. Introduction: On Exceptionalism: the Nation, a Generation and Higher Education. Portugal 1974-2009; Guy Neave and Alberto Amaral.- Part I. Shaping the Nation.- 2. National Identity and Higher Education: From the Origins till 1974; Jos? Manuel Sobral.- 3. University, Society and Politics; Luis Reis Torgal.- 4. Cultural and Educational Heritage, Social Structure and Quality of Life; Jos? Madureira Pinto.- 5. From an Agrarian Society to a Knowledge Economy? The Rising Importance of Education to the Portuguese Economy, 1950-2009; ?lvaro Santos Pereira and Pedro Lains.- Part II. Shaping Higher Learning.- 6. From University to Diversity: The Making of Portuguese Higher Education; Ana Nu?es de Almeida and Maria Manuel Vieira.- 7. Changing Legal Regimes and the Fate of Autonomy in Portuguese Universities; Maria Eduarda Gon?alvez.- 8. Science and Technology in Portugal: From Late Awakening to the Challenge of Knowledge Integrated Communities; Manuel Heitor and Hugo Horta.- 9. Governance, Public Management and Administration of Higher Education in Portugal; Ant?nio M. Magalh?es and Rui Santiago.- 10. Quality, Evaluation and Accreditation: from Steering, through Compliance, on to Enhancement and Innovation?; Maria J. Rosa and Cl?udia S. Sarrico.- 11. The Impacts of Bologna and of the Lisbon Agenda; Am?lia Veiga and Alberto Amaral.- Part III. Shaping the Institutional Fabric.- 12. Patterns of Institutional Management: Democratisation, Autonomy and the Managerialist Canon; Lic?no C. Lima.- 13. The Changing Public-Private Mix in Higher Education: Analysing Portugal's apparent Exceptionalism; Pedro N. Teixeira.- 14. Shaping the 'new' Academic Profession: Tensions and Contradictions in the Professionalisation of Academics; Teresa Carvalho.- 15. The Rise of the Administrative Estate in Portuguese Higher Education; Maria de Lourdes Machado and Maria Luisa Cerdeira.- 16. The Student Estate; Madalena Fonseca.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400794754
• ISBN13: 9789400794757
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"