Abstract Contemporary science is marked by expanding and diverse forms of teamwork. Collaboration across organizational cultural boundaries extends the possibilities discovery. International collaborative research projects often provide findings beyond what one team could achieve alone. Motivated to maintain existing relationships grow their scientific network, researchers increasingly collaborate, despite unrecognized or underappreciated costs, since such are challenging manage carry out....

Countries around the world have witnessed educational expansion at all levels, leading to massification of tertiary education and training. Tertiary has become a major factor economic competitiveness in an increasingly science‐based global economy key response shifts national labour markets. Within EU, reform skill formation systems been advanced by Lisbon strategy, with Bologna Copenhagen processes higher (HE) vocational training (VET) articulating diffusing overarching goals European...

Aiming to further our knowledge about what is meant by inclusion, we examined how various conceptualisations relate people's attitudes inclusive education. We assign the varying characterisations of inclusion specific groups with differing involvement in education system Luxembourg, applying an influential systematisation definitions which four qualitatively different categories are identified. Results study 1 showed that members general population, pre-service and in-service teachers...

Proposing an alternative to the American model, intergovernmental reform initiatives in Europe have developed and promote a comprehensive European model of skill formation. What ideals, standards, governance are proposed this new pan-European model? This responds heightened global competition among “knowledge societies” as it challenges national systems improve. The authors thus compare emergent with historically influential models Germany, France, Great Britain, United States. To what...

Given ongoing economic, political and social transformation, skill formation systems are under pressure to change. This is acknowledged in European declarations – Bologna for higher education Copenhagen vocational training various national reform processes. The omnipresent convergence hypothesis that these international pressures will result becoming more similar. However, if throughout Europe match the dominant anglophone models, which value general than specific training, those countries...

Abstract Co-authored research articles in the disciplinarily heterogeneous field of higher education have dramatically increased this century. As other fields, rising international co-authorships reflect evolving collaboration networks. We examine over two decades, applying automated bibliometric topic identification and social network analysis 9067 papers 13 core journals (1998–2018). Remarkable expansion volume has, surprisingly, not resulted a more diverse network. Rather, existing...

In Europe, the Bologna and Copenhagen Processes in higher education (HE) vocational training (VET) are on agenda, aiming to create a European educational area. Acknowledging important differences between countries, we compare evolving relationship HE VET. We ask whether how these two distinct organisational fields France Germany have changed recent decades. Comparing institutional shifts, article analyses long‐standing postsecondary systems education/economy nexus countries remained stable....

Cross-border mobility is among the pillars of internationality in higher education. Understood as central to educational and economic growth for individuals societies, also should facilitate social cohesion. Yet those who can afford spatial are unevenly distributed; elites benefit far greater measure. Policymakers Europe aim bolster competitiveness attractiveness European education, especially through enhanced students staff. Extending beyond successes Erasmus, Bologna process defines a new...

School segregation continues to be understood as legitimate in Germany. To explain why, we chart the development of learning disability discourse and special education profession, providing insights into ongoing expansion segregated schooling. The analysis articles published between 1908 2004 professional association journal, Zeitschrift für Heilpädagogik, uncovers knowledge base that led rise its main category, 'learning disability,' school type, support (then: Hilfsschule, now:...

Research evaluation systems in many countries aim to improve the quality of higher education. Among first such systems, UK’s Assessment Exercise (RAE) dating from 1986 is now Excellence Framework (REF). Highly institutionalised, it transforms research be more accountable. While numerous studies describe system’s effects at different levels, this longitudinal analysis examines gradual institutionalisation and (un)intended consequences system 2014. First, we analyse historically RAE/REF’s...

What activities facilitate the development of disability studies (DS)? barriers hinder its (multi)disciplinary flourishing? We address these questions focusing on contemporary DS in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland—vibrant but challenging locales for DS. This multidisciplinary field engages intellectuals, activists, stakeholders to subversively cross disciplinary, institutional, political divides. Critical scholarship relies collaboration among members (rights) movement, advocates,...

Global discourse about human rights, education for all, and inclusive has altered social norms relating to dis/ability schooling, especially through awareness-raising, by legitimating advocates’ positions facilitating policy reforms. Affected societal educational change, special systems their participants have also transformed societies. Widespread recognition of education's impact – institutionalised discrimination that disabled pupils face galvanises contemporary debates. If successfully...

Comparative education relies on experiences, expertise, data, and criticism derived from multiple contexts diverse levels to generate insights, facilitate understanding, explain change. Marked by connectivity, our contemporary era vastly increases the (potential) diffusion of ideas essential for scientific advance. Three interlocking trends emphasise growing relevance comparative educational research. Firstly, competition has become more potent – among scholars, their organisations, within...

Issues of educational equity and opportunity cannot be understood without regard to special education, as a key response disabilities, disadvantages, difficulties. Likewise, globalization cross‐border migration minority group status in society. Illuminating the nexus these, research into disproportionality defined over‐ or under‐representation particular ethnic groups such programs, shows that this, too, has become global phenomenon. Comparing Canada, Germany, New Zealand USA, this article...

Higher education (HE) scholarship often focuses on the so-called ‘entrepreneurial’ university as a consequence of new public management reforms. Simultaneously, remarkable expansion private HE is said to fragment, specialize, and diversify systems. Such diagnoses are misleading they ignore wider environmental pressures simultaneous changes in both public, non-profit for-profit HE. We argue that putative diversity operates ceremonial façade behind which large-scale isomorphic change across...

Almost a fifth of the population in OECD countries report having disability and proportion students classified as special educational needs (SEN) has steadily increased over recent decades. While this group faces marginalization schooling employment everywhere, there are profound differences disability‐based disadvantages across countries. However, comparative research on labor market opportunities persons with disabilities (PwDs) remains limited, especially regarding school‐to‐work...