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Governing Higher Education: National Perspectives on Institutional Governance

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Editors:
  1. Alberto Amaral

    1. Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, Matosinhos, Portugal

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  2. Glen A. Jones

    1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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  3. Berit Karseth

    1. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics (HEDY, volume 2)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. The Emergent Role of External Stakeholders in European Higher Education Governance

    • Alberto Amaral, António Magalhães
    Pages 1-21

  3. Organisational Strategies and Governance Structures in Dutch Universities

    • Peter Maassen
    Pages 23-41

  4. Trust, The Essence of Governance?

    • Harry de Boer
    Pages 43-61

  5. The Recent Evolution of French Universities

    • Christine Musselin, Stéphanie Mignot-Gérard
    Pages 63-85

  6. University Governance and Finance: The Impact of Changes in Resource Allocation on Decision Making Structures

    • Thierry Chevaillier
    Pages 87-98

  7. Between Control, Rituals and Politics: The Governing Board in Higher Education Institutions in Norway

    • Ingvild Marheim Larsen
    Pages 99-119

  8. The Construction of Curricula in a New Educational Context

    • Berit Karseth
    Pages 121-140

  9. Interdepartmental Functional Integration and Decentralisation of Decision Making in the Merged Colleges of Higher Education in Flanders, Belgium

    • Jef C. Verhoeven, Geert Devos
    Pages 141-162

  10. New Managerialism, Professional Power and Organisational Governance in UK Universities: A Review and Assessment

    • Michael I. Reed
    Pages 163-185

  11. Higher Education Governance in the UK: Change and Continuity

    • Oliver Fulton
    Pages 187-211

  12. The Structure of University Governance in Canada: A Policy Network Approach

    • Glen A. Jones
    Pages 213-234

  13. On the Road to Mediocrity? Governance and Management of Australian Higher Education in the Market Place

    • V. Lynn Meek
    Pages 235-260

  14. Governance in US Universities

    • Elaine El-Khawas
    Pages 261-278

  15. Governing Higher Education: Comparing National Perspectives

    • Alberto Amaral, Glen A. Jones, Berit Karseth
    Pages 279-298

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 299-299
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About this book

Over the last decades higher education has gone through an unprecedented growth period, and as a result the average university or college has now more students and a larger output than ever before. At the same time, the socio-economic and political demands with respect to higher education have grown dramatically. These developments have taken place without a proportional increase of the budgets and facilities of the higher education institutions. This has created an imbalance between the expectations with respect to higher education and the institutional capacities in the sector. One of the underlying trends is that the traditional pact between higher education and society has become problematic. Society no longer accepts the rather special and protected position that universities have had for a very long time in our societies. The knowledge-based social and cultural missions of higher education institutions are no longer taken for granted as the main legitimacy bases for public investments in higher education. Universities and colleges are at present expected to function efficiently, to contribute to sustainable economic growth at various levels, and to add to national and even supranational trade balances. On top of this they have to prove that they maintain a high level of quality in their primary activities, i. e. teaching, research and services, while adapting and responding to the expectations expressed so vehemently in their environments, and to a decreasing per capita funding basis.

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From the reviews:

"... there are some pearls of new knowledge, especially from papers based on empirical studies rather than high-level policy analysis. [...] This collection of papers provides a useful reference for anyone interested in international trends in governance and management. The volume highlights how historial and cultural factors remain an important influence in the way that systems and institutions respond differently to common global, social and economic trends."
(Maddy McMaster, University of Melbourne, Australia in Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, (26:1)

"This book addresses from a multinational perspective the vital role of institutional governance in its myriad dimensions. … Contributors to this volume represent nine countries. … The main strengths of this volume rest in its intellectual integrity and international scope. … This book serves as a valuable reference for the higher education governance scholar. … This volume provides an excellent representative look at strategic issues surrounding higher education governance from a multinational perspective. This book will serve well the strategic planner and policy maker." (James S. Taylor, Planning for Higher Education, Vol. 33 (2), 2005)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, Matosinhos, Portugal

    Alberto Amaral

  • University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Glen A. Jones

  • University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Berit Karseth

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Governing Higher Education: National Perspectives on Institutional Governance

  • Editors: Alberto Amaral, Glen A. Jones, Berit Karseth

  • Series Title: Higher Education Dynamics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9946-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-1078-1Published: 31 December 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-6200-0Published: 05 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9946-7Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1571-0378

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1923

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 299

  • Topics: Higher Education, Political Science, Management, Sociology, general, Administration, Organization and Leadership

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