First part: issues of career structure Being based on microdata at the level of individual Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), the European Tertiary Education Register (ETER) allows the fine-grained analysis of the composition of academic personnel by gender and by seniority.…
The European Tertiary Education Register (ETER) is the reference dataset on European Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). ETER provides data on nearly 3,500 HEIs in about 40 European countries, including descriptive information, geographical information, students and graduates (with various breakdowns), revenues…
In 2019 the European UniversitiesInitiative started. Since then, 44 European Universities alliances were created, with 340 participating higher education institutions. This study evaluates the selection procedures and assesses the experiences of the first years. It also drafts three scenarios to…
With the publication of six more Country Reports (Albania, Hungary, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Poland and Slovakia), a total of 32 ETER Country Reports is now available. ETER Country Reports describe the structure of the respective national higher education system, focusing on…
The ERASMUS program is the most extensive cooperation network of European higher education institutions. The network involves 90% of European universities and hundreds of thousands of students. The allocated money and number of travelers in the program are growing yearly.…
The current study aims at providing empirical and theoretical support to the important topic of international student mobility (ISM) in Europe. Specifically, it provides empirical analysis of degree-mobile students in 32 countries: the European Union (EU), the European Free Trade Association…
With the publication of six more ETER Country Reports (Cyprus, Greece, Iceland, Luxembourg, Latvia and Malta), a total of 26 reports is now available. ETER Country Reports describe the structure of the respective national higher education system, focusing on the institutional types as defined by national categories. They build…
With the publication of eight more Country Reports (Belgium French Community, Croatia, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Turkey), a total of 20 ETER Country Reports is now available. ETER Country Reports describe the structure of the respective national higher education system, focusing on the institutional types as defined…
The European Tertiary Education Register (ETER) has established itself as the reference point for any analysis of higher education based on microdata, that is, on data related to individual institutions. ETER covers both university (PhD granting) and non-university institutions (e.g. Fachochschule)…
ETER Country Reports describe the structure of the respective national higher education system, focusing on the institutional types as defined by national categories. They build on the Eurydice report on the national higher education system but complements it with quantitative…
ETER has established itself as a reference register for higher education institutions in Europe. To analysis the availability of student counseling centers and the services provided, Franzoi et al. (2022) used a sample of institutions from the European Tertiary Education…
ETER country reports describe the structure of the respective national higher education system, focusing on the institutional types as defined by national categories. They build on the Eurydice report on the national higher education system but complements it with quantitative…
In this article, we contribute to the scant literature covering quantitative studies on the determinants of the non-academic staff incidence in higher education institutions by analysing how the proportion of non-academic staff is related to key features such as size,…
This study deals with the analysis of regional economic development in Europe. Specifically, it examines the extent to which the performance and characteristics of higher education systems (HESs) influence regional economic development. The analysis employs data at the regional level,…
This paper provides novel evidence on co-evolution patterns of the technological specialization of innovation activities of firms and academic institutions located in the same European region during the years from 2003 to 2014. We exploit a novel and unique dataset…
Unlike the US, where the Carnegie classification provides a clear understanding of the main types of institutions in the system, there is currently no widely accepted classification of European Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The diversity of national terms and labels, such as…
In most European countries, higher education institutions or study programmes are subject to regular external review by a quality assurance agency. The European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) is the official register of such agencies, listing those that work…
