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978-3-030-50555-4

Technical Universities Past, present and future

Publication year: 2020

ISBN: 978-3-030-50555-4

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This 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.


Subject: Education, Higher Education, History of Education, International and Comparative Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, historical perspective of technical universities, polytechnical universities, external pressure at technical universities, university governance regimes, engineering academisation, professional values in engineering education, identity formation at technical universities, university-industry interaction, university merger process, double degree programmes in engineering and education