List of Tables and Figures List of Abbreviations Introduction James Williams PART I. The Higher Education System: The 'Three Cs' Policies and Values Chapter 1. Competition, Collaboration and Complementarity: Higher Education Policies in Europe Frank Ziegele and Lisa Mordhorst Chapter 2. Current Challenges to Academic Freedom: Academic Capitalism and Neo-nationalism Sheila Slaughter Institutional Identity and Ownership Chapter 3. Investigating Organisational Identity in HEIs Lise Degn Chapter 4. Gender Imbalance in Higher Education: A Comparison between Academic Positions, European Countries and Study Subjects Caroline Friedhoff, Deborah Werner and John Roman Rankings, Evaluation and their Impact on Academia Chapter 5. Do Classifications and Rankings Improve or Damage Institutions? Victor M. H.
Borden, Cynthia Cogswell and Fox Troilo Chapter 6. National Evaluation Systems and Universities' Strategic Capacities: Case Studies among European Universities Laura Behrmann and Thorben Sembritzki PART II. Student Experience and 'the Three Cs' Recruiting and Managing Students Chapter 7. Searching for the Perfect Match: Evaluation of Personal Statements Using a Multi-method Approach Julia Zeeh, Karl Ledermuller and Michaela Kobler-Weis Chapter 8. 'Learning to Fly': Higher Education Students' and Institutional Leaders' Perceptions of the Relevance of Institutional Support Mechanisms in their Integration Process Maria Jose Sa, Teresa Carvalho and Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor Internationalisation and the Student Chapter 9. The Perceived Impact of Intercultural Awareness on Peer Interaction: Study of a UK University Ming Cheng, Olalekan Adeban Adekola, Gayle Pringle Barnes and Linghui Tian Chapter 10. The Development of Intercultural Competencies During a Stay Abroad: Does Cultural Distance Matter? Joris Boonen, Ankie Hoefnagels and Mark Pluymaekers Engaging Student Diversity Chapter 11. Cultivating Voter Participation among First-generation College Students: The Relationship of Study Abroad Participation to Post-college Voting Behaviour Radomir Ray Mitic Encouraging Entrepreneurial Spirit among Students Chapter 12.
Developing Students' Innovation Capacities: A Comparison between US and Germany Benjamin S. Selznick, Lini Zhang, Matthew J. Mayhew, Carolin Bock and Daniel Dilmetz PART III. Conclusion: The 'Three Cs' in Practice Chapter 13. The Virtues of Cooperation, Complementarity and Competition in Higher Education in Time of Crisis Liviu Matei List of Contributors Index.