Questioning Excellence in Higher Education

Part 1. Excellence in Higher Education: Global Issues

1. The New World Order in Higher Education
Simon Marginson

2. Excellence, Quality And The Diversity Of Higher Education Systems
Ivar Bleiklie

3. ‘Excellence’ and the Student Experience Of Higher Education
John Brennan, Kavita Patel

Part 2. Policies for Excellence in National and International Contexts

4. Structuring The Field Of Excellence
Michele Rostan, Massimiliano Vaira

5. Defining and Developing Excellence in Three National Settings
Richard C. Richardson, Teboho Moja, Uri Cohen

6. Excellence and Mass Higher Education in China and The United States
Kathryn Mohrman

Part 3. Excellence in Action

7. Conceptions of Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Implications for Future Policy and Practice
Brenda Little, William Locke

8. Making Decisions Without Considering Intrinsic Academic Quality
Stephanie Mignot-Gerard

9. Schools of Excellence in Italy
Fiammetta Corradi, Franco Rositi

10. Ranking Goes International
Don F. Westerheijden, Gero Federkeil, Leon Cremonini, Frans Kaiser, Maarja Beerkens-Soo

Keywords: Education, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation