TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wolfensberger,DrMarca V.C
TI  - Talent Development in European Higher Education: Honors programs in the Benelux, Nordic and German-speaking countries 
SN  - 9783319129198
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing
KW  - Education
KW  - International education
KW  - Comparative education
KW  - Educational policy
KW  - ducation and state
KW  - Higher education
N1  - Foreword -- Preface -- Lists of abbreviations and terms -- Part I: Introducing Talent Development and Honors in European Higher Education -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Developing honors education in specific national contexts -- 3. Methods and limitations -- Part II: The Benelux -- 4. The Netherlands: focus on excellence, honors programs all around -- 5. Belgium: complex system, differentiated development -- 6.  Luxembourg: small, multilingual and international -- Part III: The Nordic Countries -- 7. Denmark: strong focus on talent development -- 8. Norway: slow shift towards differentiation -- 9. Sweden: incentives to move towards more differentiation -- 10. Finland: excellent basics, selective continuation -- 11. Iceland: getting back on track -- Part IV: The German-speaking Countries -- 12. Germany: foundations supporting talents -- 13. Austria: a rapidly expanding higher education sector -- 14. Switzerland: a patchwork, not (yet) including honors -- Part V: Talent Development and Honors in European Higher Education: a comparative perspective -- 15. A comparative perspective -- 16. Perspectives on talent development in European higher education -- 17. Breaking the academic lock step -- Appendix 1: List of all universities in Germany -- Appendix 2: Key links -- Appendix 3: Contact details honors programs -- Appendix 4: Interviews with key informants -- Appendix 5: Lists of tables, figures, maps and boxed texts -- Appendix 6: Eurypedia figures -- Appendix 7: Acknowledgements and thanks.  ; Open Access
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12919-8
ER  -