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Curley, Martin; Formica, Piero – Industry and Higher Education, 2013
The role of universities is changing. In the last century the primary focus of universities was on education and research, with the key goals of creating and diffusing information and knowledge. A third and equally important role is now emerging, with its accompanying expectations and responsibilities -- that of value creation. "Value"…
Descriptors: College Role, College Environment, Entrepreneurship, Universities
Camilleri, Anthony F.; Delplace, Stefan; Frankowicz, Marek; Hudak, Raimund; Tannhäuser, Anne-Christin – Online Submission, 2014
Chapter 1 starts out with a short historical view on "academisation" and "professionalisation," illustrating how much professional higher education (PHE) in Europe has been in flux in the past years. With examples from France and Ireland, the chapter argues how a new spectrum of missions, differences in national organization of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Education, Higher Education, Differences
Malone, Anthony; Smith, Gregory – Online Submission, 2010
Over the last 2 decades, Irish schooling and society have gone through a period of significant structural and policy-driven change. To meet the emerging needs of the knowledge/learning society, schools and teachers are challenged to develop their capacities as "active learning communities". This places greater demands on teachers and…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Active Learning, Educational Change, Foreign Countries