University Governance and Reform Policy, Fads, and Experience in International Perspective

by Schuetze, Hans G.; Bruneau, William; Grosjean, Garnet

• ISBN13: 9780230340121
• ISBN10: 0230340121
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-07-03
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The new fascination with products and the commercial value of research, coupled with the rise of neo-liberal "new public management" in the public sector more generally, has led to the rise of a managerial class in the university. This collection of essays focuses on the rise of this "new management" and the widespread use of business models and market principles since the late 1970s that have undermined the autonomy of the professoriate.

Author Biography

Hans G. Schuetze is a professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia (UBC), a former director of and fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies in Higher Education and Training at UBC, and a Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, UK. William Bruneau is a professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia. He has published widely on the history of the university, but is also past president of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, and of the University of British Columbia Faculty Association. Garnet Grosjean is a lecturer in the Department of Educational Studies and an academic coordinator for the Doctor of Educational Leadership and Policy program at the University of British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Preface	p. vii
Foreword	p. xi
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. xiii
Premises and Problems
University Governance Reform: The Drivers and the Driven	p. 3
Reconsidering University Autonomy and Governance: From Academic Freedom to Institutional Autonomy	p. 11
North America
The Provost Office as Key Decision-Maker in the Contemporary US University: Toward a Theory of Institutional Change	p. 25
Professors in Their Places: Governance in Canadian Higher Education	p. 47
University Governance and Institutional Culture: Canadian President's Perspective	p. 63
The Politics of Policy Making in Postsecondary Education in Canada and in the Province of Ontario: Implications for Governance	p. 77
Liberality and Collaborative Governance in a New Private University: The Experience of Quest University Canada	p. 95
Latin America
International Forces Shaping Latin American Higher Education Governance	p. 109
Reforms of University Governance in Mexico: Inducements for or Impediments to Change?	p. 125
Federal Policies and Governance of Universities in Mexico, 1990-2010	p. 147
Higher Education Reform in Ecuador and Its Effect on University Governance	p. 161
East Asia and Australia
Incorporation of National Universities in Japan: An Evaluation Six Years On	p. 179
Current Challenges Facing Japanese Universities and Future Perspectives	p. 197
Intellectuals, Academic Freedom, and University Autonomy in China	p. 209
Higher Education Reform in Indonesia: University Governance and Autonomy	p. 225
"Transforming Australia s Higher Education System": New Accountability Policies for a Global Era?	p. 241
Contributors	p. 257
Index	p. 261
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