Reform and Change in Higher Education

Challenges and Innovations

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

AvAlberto Amaral,Orlanda Tavares,Cristina Sin

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This insightful book explores the complexities and opportunities of implementing reform in higher education systems. Chapters analyse the diverse factors taken into account at the system level, the institutional level and the individual grass-root level, outlining potential causes of resistance from the academic community and highlighting innovative avenues for change.Leading global scholars delve into the critical challenges of policy implementation in higher education, from academic inbreeding and the need to preserve diversity to the impact of low birth rates and changing population dynamics. They investigate emerging ecological approaches and evaluate the success of the foundational university model, drawing on detailed case studies to examine differences in university autonomy and governance between Europe and the US. Shedding light on theories such as new public management, new managerialism and networked governance, the book ultimately underlines key strategies for effecting change against a backdrop of globalisation, massification and marketisation.Reform and Change in Higher Education is an invaluable resource for students and researchers in education, higher education and public policy. Its insights into the practical difficulties of higher education reform will also greatly benefit university and government professionals and policymakers.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-07-22
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781035347056

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Contents1 Introduction to reform and change in hiigher education:challenges and innovations 1PART I MACRO LEVEL: SYSTEM LEVEL POLICIES2 Reshaping tertiary systems for the 21st century: valuing andstrengthening differentiation of missions and diversity ofopportunity 143 Shaping a higher education system: diversity, hierarchy,vitality – an ecological approach 354 Dual and unitary higher education systems: the UK as a casestudy 585 Landscape change in higher education in Ireland: creatingTechnological Universities 806 The RJIES and the reform of governance and management ofhigher education in Portugal 1007 Demographic evolution in Portugal and its impact on highereducation 116PART II MESO LEVEL: INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL POLICIES8 The Autonomy and governance of higher educationinstitutions in Portugal: the US case and the Europeanimitation 1449 New public management, managerialism, networkedgovernance and autonomy: the case of RJIES (2007) 16510 University governing boards: resilience and renewal 18411 The role of students in higher education governance: insightsfor legislative higher education reforms 19912 The case of university foundations in Finland: evaluatingsuccess 21813 Foundations in Portuguese higher education 244PART III MICRO LEVEL: ACADEMIC STAFF14 Globalisation, cultures and higher education: betweenhegemonic and counter-hegemonic possibilities 26415 Academics in a new working environment: the effect of NewPublic Management on working conditions 28316 Academic inbreeding in Portugal 30117 Conclusion: key tensions in policy implementation incontemporary higher education 320

‘This book represents a much-needed critical reflection on the changes under way in higher education systems. Difficulties in introducing the New Public Management model into different systems emerge through the resistances of the academic world in accepting external controls and limits on autonomy. This crucial collection suggests stimulating hybrid models at macro and meso levels, preserving traditional academic values while responding to social needs, balancing autonomy and accountability.’