Performance Agreements in Denmark, Ontario and the NetherlandsSeveral countries have implemented some form of performance agreements in higher education. This report, written by Ben Jongbloed and Harry de Boer, was part of the project “Evaluation of development contracts in Norwegian higher education” carried out by NIFU, the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education. The report presents a review of the performance agreements in Denmark, the Netherlands and Ontario (Canada). The experiences and lessons from these countries will be used to contextualize the findings from the ongoing Development Contracts pilot in Norway. The report also provides some evidence-based recommendations for the design of performance contracts.Read more
Lisa Nieth successfully defended her dissertation On August 28, 2020, Lisa Nieth successfully defended her dissertation at the University of Twente. Her dissertation titled "It takes two sides to build a bridge. Universities as institutional entrepreneurs in knowledge-based regional development" can be found here.Read more
Performance Agreements in Denmark, Ontario and the Netherlands
Lisa Nieth successfully defended her dissertation 
U-Multirank’s 2020 edition is now online!
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In Memoriam: Paul Benneworth
Research on excellence education published
Governance and policy instrument analysis in Dutch higher education
Hans Vossensteyn is leaving CHEPS to start at Saxion
Barend van der Meulen appointed as full professor of Institutional Aspects of (Higher) Education
‘Open border’ universities perform better in knowledge transfer, research impact and education
Redesigning policy instruments for Dutch higher education
First conference of the ERASMUS+ project DASCHE (Development, assessment and validation of social competences in higher education) Bremen, June 13th 2019
