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Abstract
This paper explores two new perspectives for the research on higher education. Building on the case of Europe with a special focus on France, it first addresses the trend toward more competition and more differentiation that can be observed in countries that traditionally were more egalitarian and the strong implication of European states in reshaping their higher education and research systems. It also questions the social role of higher education while knowledge economies are engaged in a competitive race. Finally, it looks at the capacity of higher education studies to address such issues and critically questions how should this domain further develop.
Notes
1. Champenois showed that projects that did not succeed nevertheless did as well as those who obtain public funding because the relationships developed during the preparation of the project between actors who were not used to interact remained solid and made them able to find venture capital to support their projects.
2. As observed by Sabatier (Citation2012), French academics in management science who were very research active but failed the highly selective exam to become a professor in this discipline are discouraged by this failure and often stop publishing after they failed.