This protocol explains the new system for assessing research quality at research universities located in the Netherlands. It discusses the legal and historical background for establishing a new system of quality determination in research, describes the essential aspects of the research assessment process and the particular tasks of…

Enormous enrollment growth has created substantial management problems for Dutch universities. Based on the idea that government research policy should stimulate, not weaken, university capabilities to improve their management, a system of research schools has been integrated into the higher education system to better concentrate teaching and…

Describes the extension of engineering education in the Netherlands after World War II, focusing on a new phenomenon at the Universities of Technology in the Netherlands, namely, the "Transfer Points" and the help given to new entrepreneurs. Postacademic education in engineering, practical training in industry, and funding are also…

Discusses the conditions and factors contributing to the underrepresentation of women in engineering in the Netherlands. Reports research findings on a study of the dropout rate of female engineering students at the Twente University of Technology. (ML)

The role of an economic development agency in promoting networking and communication among high-tech industries in one region of the Netherlands is described. (Author/MSE)

Examines nonuniversity higher education in Europe. Describes the development of the system as separate from the university system and present trends toward the integration of the two. Explores the systems of four countries as representational of a multipurpose model, specialist model, or a binary model. Discusses admission criteria, degrees, and…

The organization of international educational exchange at the University of Limburg (Netherlands) is described, including both study abroad and programs for foreign students. It is concluded that, in recent years, a strongly decentralized organization has been most efficient and best at generating involvement of all levels and departments.…

This report presents details from an examination of the curricula and diplomas of the Electrical Engineering departments of several major European technical universities (in the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, and Belgium). The examination, a process involving department representatives of the various schools who came together to…