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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
- Part III Geographies of Governance
- 11 Higher Education Governance in North America
- 12 Governance Trends in European Higher Education
- 13 Governance and Corruption in East and Southeast Asian Higher Education
- 14 Fixing the System?
- 15 Neoliberals versus Post-Neoliberals in the Formation of Governance Regimes in Latin America’s Higher Education
- Index
- References
12 - Governance Trends in European Higher Education
from Part III - Geographies of Governance
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
- Part III Geographies of Governance
- 11 Higher Education Governance in North America
- 12 Governance Trends in European Higher Education
- 13 Governance and Corruption in East and Southeast Asian Higher Education
- 14 Fixing the System?
- 15 Neoliberals versus Post-Neoliberals in the Formation of Governance Regimes in Latin America’s Higher Education
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter focuses on developments in governance in European higher education, with a focus on Western Europe. It presents an overview of the literature on this topic, including the various modes of governance as well as the changes in European higher education in recent decades. The chapter starts by describing different conceptual models used to address and analyse higher education governance. Next, it portrays general tendencies with regard to governance and shows that states have been delegating some of their powers to other levels in the higher education system in four directions: an upward shift to the supranational level, a horizontal shift to ‘independent’ agencies, a downward shift to the institutions (‘autonomy’), and an outward shift (‘privatization, contracting’). As a result of these shifts, often cited as a move from government to governance, the modes of system steering and coordination have become more complex and dynamic, including more stakeholders at different policy levels. The chapter then considers that governance configurations in European higher education not only have similarities, but also differ in various ways.
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- Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher EducationComparative Perspectives, pp. 333 - 354Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020