Governance of Higher Education

The new edition of Governance of Higher Education explores the work of traditional and contemporary higher education scholarship, providing readers with an understanding of the assumptions, historical traditions, and paradigms that have shaped the scholarship on governance worldwide.

Autorentext

Ian Austin is Dean of the Centre for Business at George Brown College, Canada.

Glen A. Jones is Ontario Research Chair in Postsecondary Education Policy and Measurement, and Professor of Higher Education at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Klappentext

The new edition of Governance of Higher Education explores the work of traditional and contemporary higher education scholarship, providing readers with an understanding of the assumptions, historical traditions, and paradigms that have shaped the scholarship on governance worldwide.

Inhalt

1. Conceptualizing Governance in Higher Education 2. Theories of Governance: Institutions, Agency, and External Influences 3. Theories of Governance: Structure, Culture, and Internal Dynamics 4. State-University Governance: Concepts, Perspectives, and Shifting Tides 5. State-University Governance in Selected Countries 6. Academic Self-Governance: Concepts, Theories, and Practices 7. Governance as Politics and Processes 8. Governing the Managed Enterprise 9. New Issues and Challenges in Governance 10. Concluding Observations and Reflections