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- Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
- Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Theorizing Governance in Higher Education
- Part II Systems, Processes, and Dynamics of Governance in Higher Education
- 2 The Regulatory State and the Labour Process
- 3 Systemic Governance
- 4 Institutional Governance
- 5 Capture and Drift in Emerging International Governance Arrangements
- 6 Understanding Convergence and Divergence in the Internationalization of Higher Education from a World Society Perspective
- 7 Convergence through Research Performance Measurement?
- 8 Accountability and Governance in European Higher Education
- 9 Towards New Models of Decision Making within University Governance in Anglophone Nations
- 10 Governance in Public and Private Higher Education in Europe: Patterns, Divergences, and Convergences
- Part III Geographies of Governance
- Index
- References
10 - Governance in Public and Private Higher Education in Europe: Patterns, Divergences, and Convergences
from Part II - Systems, Processes, and Dynamics of Governance in Higher Education
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 November 2020
- Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Public Policy
- Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Theorizing Governance in Higher Education
- Part II Systems, Processes, and Dynamics of Governance in Higher Education
- 2 The Regulatory State and the Labour Process
- 3 Systemic Governance
- 4 Institutional Governance
- 5 Capture and Drift in Emerging International Governance Arrangements
- 6 Understanding Convergence and Divergence in the Internationalization of Higher Education from a World Society Perspective
- 7 Convergence through Research Performance Measurement?
- 8 Accountability and Governance in European Higher Education
- 9 Towards New Models of Decision Making within University Governance in Anglophone Nations
- 10 Governance in Public and Private Higher Education in Europe: Patterns, Divergences, and Convergences
- Part III Geographies of Governance
- Index
- References
Summary
Governance in higher education has been described as ambiguous, elusive, and abstract. Both the concept and the practice of governance are recognized as contested, given tensions between different levels of authority and constituency interests: lay or state, academic or institutional, faculty or students. We focus on developments in public and private higher education to illuminate potentially contradictory trends of convergence and divergence in emerging governance arrangements. The chapter draws on a range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives for interpreting current governance arrangements in the field of higher education and to highlight gaps in our understanding. The first section addresses the changing landscape of higher education and public–private distinctions in particular. The second focuses on governance arrangements in the arenas of public and private higher education and at the levels of system and institutional governance. The third section discusses theories of governance and their application to public and private higher education domains. The conclusion draws the analyses together, noting gaps and pointing to directions for further research.
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- Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher EducationComparative Perspectives, pp. 268 - 298Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020