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Higher Education Research Between Policy and Practice

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Book cover The Development of Higher Education Research in Europe

Part of the book series: Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series ((CHER))

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Higher education research as an area of study is quite recent and it developed first in the U.S. and only later in Europe (Amaral & Magalhães, 2007). Massification of higher education and concerns about the quality of its provision has certainly contributed to this expansion, as higher education became a major financial and political issue (Tight, 2007; Scott, 1995; Teichler, 2007; Clark, 1973).

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  1. Alberto Amaral
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  1. International Centre for Higher Education Research, Kassel University, Germany

    Barbara M. Kehm

  2. CNRS/CSO, Paris, France

    Christine Musselin

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Amaral, A., Magalhães, A. (2013). Higher Education Research Between Policy and Practice. In: Kehm, B.M., Musselin, C. (eds) The Development of Higher Education Research in Europe. Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-401-7_5

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