Technical Universities - Past, present and future (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)

This Open Access book analyses the past, present and future of the technical university as a single faculty independent institution. The point of departure is a view of changing academic realities, through which the identity as a technical university is challenged and reconstituted. More specifically, the book connects the development of technical universities to changes in the structure and dimensioning of national higher education systems, to changes in the disciplinary basis of academic research and to changes in the governance of higher education institutions. Introduced in the age of industrialization, polytechnical schools rose to prominence in many national settings during the second half of the 19th century. Over time, new technologies have been developed and incorporated into the repertoire, and waves of academisation have swept over the former polytechnics, transforming them into technical universities. Their traditions and brands, however, prevail. Several technical universities are included among the most prestigious academic institutions of their nations and the training of engineers and engineering research still enjoys a high level of prestige and national priority, e.g. in the context of innovation and industrial policy. But the world keeps changing, and the higher education sector with it. Will technical universities have an equally attractive position within university systems in the decades to come?

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Higher Education Dynamics, 56
Release date:	September 2020
First published:	2020
Editors:	Lars Geschwind • Anders Brostroem • Katarina Larsen
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	242
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-050557-8
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	3-03-050557-X
Barcode:	9783030505578

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