This open-access volume critically examines the evolution and future of technical universities as independent, single-faculty institutions. Tracing their origins from polytechnical schools established during the industrial era, the book explores how these institutions have adapted to shifts in national higher education structures, academic disciplines, and governance models.
This open-access volume delves into peer review within academia and the scientific community. While peer review has a long-standing history, recent shifts in higher education’s evaluative culture have diversified its functions, formats, and purposes. The contributors provide both conceptual and empirical analyses of varied peer review practices relevant to scholars and institutions worldwide.