A solid base for decisions. Use of the VSNU research evaluations in Dutch universities.

Autor/in	Westerheijden, Don F.
Titel	A solid base for decisions. Use of the VSNU research evaluations in Dutch universities.
Quelle	In: Higher education, 33 (1997) 4, S. 397-413Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 34
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560; 1573-174X
DOI	10.1023/A:1002995623272
Schlagwörter	Evaluation; Forschung; Forschung; Management; Niederlande; Qualität; Evaluation; Hochschule; Hochschulverwaltung; Management; Hochschulverwaltung; Hochschule; Qualität; Niederlande
Abstract	To gain insight into the use of the VSNU research quality evaluations ( since 1993) in the practice of research and of institutional management in Dutch universities, interviews were held in eight cases evaluated in the first year of this procedure. The main conclusions are that use of these research evaluations is universal, both "instrumentally" (in decisions directly based on the judgements) and "incrementally" (in decision-making process not directly linked to the evaluation). Underlying this is "conceptual use": an important change in deans' and rectors' views of their role in managing research, which they now can realise, because the VSNU research evaluations give them, for the first time, solidly legitimate arguments on which to base strategic decisions. Next to use, other effects can be discerned within universities, pointing to a growing dependency of researchers on managers, necessitating amongst others ever more consciously strategic publication behaviour. Whether quality of research improves in this way, cannot be answered here, but certainly it is more difficult for academics not to engage in research. [VSNU = Association of Universities in the Netherlands] (DIPF/abstract übernommen)
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	1998_(CD)