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In Search of Academic Quality

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  • © 2015

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  1. Catherine Paradeise

    1. Institute for Research and Innovation in Society, University Paris-Est, France

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  2. Jean-Claude Thoenig

    1. Dauphine Recherches en Management, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University Paris-Dauphine, France

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Catherine Paradeise, Jean-Claude Thoenig
      Pages 1-7

  3. The Road to Academic Excellence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Addressing Evolving Societal Expectations

      • Catherine Paradeise, Jean-Claude Thoenig
      Pages 11-38

    3. When Numbers Define Academic Quality

      • Catherine Paradeise, Jean-Claude Thoenig
      Pages 39-64

  4. Making Sense of Diversit ies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-66
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    2. Quality Regimes and Organisational Instrumentation

      • Catherine Paradeise, Jean-Claude Thoenig
      Pages 67-82

    3. Evaluating Faculty Contributions

      • Catherine Paradeise, Jean-Claude Thoenig
      Pages 83-107

    4. Social Values, Norms, Cultures

      • Catherine Paradeise, Jean-Claude Thoenig
      Pages 108-130

    5. Integration and Differentiation Processes

      • Catherine Paradeise, Jean-Claude Thoenig
      Pages 131-154

  5. The Illusion of a One Best Way

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
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    2. The Top of the Pile Academic Order as a Quality Benchmark

      • Catherine Paradeise, Jean-Claude Thoenig
      Pages 157-191

    3. Is the Reference Model Replicable?

      • Catherine Paradeise, Jean-Claude Thoenig
      Pages 192-218

  6. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Catherine Paradeise, Jean-Claude Thoenig
      Pages 219-225

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 226-238
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About this book

This book is based on an international comparison observing a series of universities, where diversity remains huge when considering how single institutions position themselves in terms of quality standards and combine resources, as well as the alternatives they have access to given their organizational and cultural governance path dependence.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Research and Innovation in Society, University Paris-Est, France

    Catherine Paradeise

  • Dauphine Recherches en Management, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University Paris-Dauphine, France

    Jean-Claude Thoenig

About the authors

Catherine Paradeise was Professor of Sociology at several French higher education institutions, lastly at Université Paris Est-Marne la Vallée (U-PEM). She was deputy director at the department of social sciences and humanities of French National Centre for Scientific Research and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS-C), and co-founded the Institute for Research and Innovation in Society (IFRIS).
 

Jean-Claude Thoenig was Professor at the Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology, Dean and Professor at INSEAD (Fontainebleau), co-founder of EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) and the Ecole de Paris du Management, and Senior Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.

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