Governing by Numbers : Audit Culture and Contemporary Tales of Universities' Accountability. by Argento, Daniela, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- The disillusion of calculative practices in academia -- Mergers and acquisitions: the latest university fashion? -- Failed promises -- performance measurement ambiguities in hybrid universities -- Actors' reflexivity and engagement in the formation of new accounting tools during university hybridization -- From professional bureaucracy to competitive bureaucracy -- redefining universities'organization principles, performance measurement criteria, and reason for being -- Academic logics in changing performance measurement systems…”
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Higher education in market-oriented socialist Vietnam : new players, discourses, and practices / by SpringerLink (Online service)

Table of Contents: “…The Emergence of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Private Higher Education Sector in Vietnam10. …”
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Higher education and disaster capitalism in the age of COVID-19 / by Vujnovic, Marina, 1975-, Foster, Johanna E., SpringerLink (Online service)

Table of Contents: “…Consultocracy and a Millennial Army of Zuckerbergers -- COVID "Growth Opportunities" for Higher Education -- ReKoching in COVID -- Getting Mega: Managing and Mandating COVID Mergers and Acquisitions -- Growth of Entanglements: A Snapshot of C2i -- Chapter 5: Laundering Coercion: Restart Planning, "Pandemic Task Forces," and the Dismantling of Shared Governance -- Shared Governance Revisited: The Fritz Doctrine -- The Role of Pandemic Task Forces on Campuses: Things Are Not What they Seem -- Restart Planning and Invisible Hands: State and Local Limits and Opportunities…”
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100 inspiring Rafflesians, 1823-2003 / by Tan, Guan Heng, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Jayakumar: judicious Deputy Prime Minister -- Hijjas Kasturi: the architect in nation building -- Khoo Kay Chai: the student's principal -- Khoo Tee Chuan: from Bukom to Lumut -- Kiang Ai Kim: of chemistry and longevity -- Kirpa Ram Vij: Chief of Armed Forces -- Koh Chai Hong: the sky's the limit -- Stella Kon: international playwright -- Kwan Sai Kheong: the westernised oriental gentleman -- Kwek Siew Jin: Chief of the Navy -- Lee Kuan Yew: founding father -- Lee Siow Mong: the Chinese Mandarin -- Lee Suet Fern: of mergers and acquisitions -- Leong Cheng Chit: paper wizard -- Lim Boon Keng: rags to riches -- Lim Bo Seng: nationalist and patriot -- Carmee Lim: the chatek queen -- Lim Chin Beng: reach for the sky -- Lim Hng Kiang: a nuts and bolts Minister -- Lim Hsiu Mei: the girl who guides -- Lim Kim Choon: have wings, will fly -- Lim Kok Ann: of medicine and chess -- Lim Neo Chian: an extraordinary soldier -- Lim Pin: descending the ivory tower -- Lim Soo Hoon: first woman Permanent Secretary -- Lim Yew Hock: from clerk to Chief Minister -- Low Boon Chye: NCAR astrophysicist -- David Marshall: first Chief Minister -- Ernest Steven Monteiro: pioneer in preventive medicine -- Mohamed Javad Namazie: a Persian in Malacca Street -- Noel Evelyn Norris: veteran educator -- George Oehlers: Mr Speaker -- Mae Noleen Oehlers: a true blue Rafflesian -- Mohamed Taib bin Osman: pioneer of Pantai Valley -- Indra Padmanathan: World Bank specialist -- Pang Eng Fong: enigmatic academic and diplomat -- Phay Seng Whatt: guardian of the civil service -- Judith Prakash: the lady is a judge -- A.P. …”
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