TY - JOUR
T1 - Excellence programmes in higher education
T2 - selection of students, effects on students, and the broader impact on higher education institutions
AU - Huijts, Tim
AU - Kolster, Renze
N1 - Funding Information:
The research presented in this article was funded by the Netherlands Initiative for Education Research (NRO) [grant number 405-15-601].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - In this introductory article, the guest editors introduce the special issue by providing some background information on excellence programmes in higher education in the Netherlands. This article also describes the current state of knowledge on excellence programmes in the Netherlands, especially in terms of the effects of these programmes on students and on higher education institutions, and they identify how this special issue fills some of the most prominent remaining gaps in the literature on this topic. In the remainder of the introductory article, the authors briefly summarize the other articles in the special issue, and synthesize the main conclusions from these studies to shed further light on the key contributions of this special issue to the literature, and on recommendations for policy makers, institutions, and teaching staff in higher education.
AB - In this introductory article, the guest editors introduce the special issue by providing some background information on excellence programmes in higher education in the Netherlands. This article also describes the current state of knowledge on excellence programmes in the Netherlands, especially in terms of the effects of these programmes on students and on higher education institutions, and they identify how this special issue fills some of the most prominent remaining gaps in the literature on this topic. In the remainder of the introductory article, the authors briefly summarize the other articles in the special issue, and synthesize the main conclusions from these studies to shed further light on the key contributions of this special issue to the literature, and on recommendations for policy makers, institutions, and teaching staff in higher education.
KW - Diffusion effects
KW - Excellence programmes
KW - Higher education
KW - Skills
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097015670&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/21568235.2020.1850313
DO - 10.1080/21568235.2020.1850313
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097015670
VL - 11
SP - 4
EP - 12
JO - European journal of higher education
JF - European journal of higher education
SN - 2156-8235
IS - 1
ER -