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Universities have been challenged asteaching as well as research institutions. Onthe one hand, universities have been requiredto teach more students and pay more attentionto quality of teaching and educationalprogrammes; on the other hand, there has beenincreasing focus on faculty researchperformance. This paper examines whether theseare conflicting demands, or whether universityfaculty are able to fulfil these requirementssimultaneously. In Norway, the number ofuniversity students almost doubled between 1987and 1995. Norway is, therefore, a sound case toexamine the impact of massification onuniversity research.
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Smeby, JC. The Impact of Massification on University Research. Tertiary Education and Management 9, 131–144 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023584216560
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