Talent Development in European Higher Education

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.... Mehr