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Academic Perception of Governance and Management

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Academic community views; Higher education institution reforms; Steering higher education

Definition

Governance refers to the institutional arrangements higher education institutions (HEIs) apply to “govern” organizational and staff behaviors. Management is associated with the processes and instruments HEIs use to accomplish their objectives in an efficient way. In different HEIs the governance and management models have been changing, and the effects are differently perceived by academics.

Changes in Governance and Management

Changes in HEIs’ governance and management have been identified worldwide both at the system level, usually referred to as changes in the steering model, and at the institutional level (Deem et al. 2007; Krüger et al. 2018).

At the system level, there has been a tendency for the reduction of state direct control over HEIs by giving them more autonomy. This tendency is referred to in the literature as the shift from a “regulatory” to a “facilitatory”...

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This work is funded by National Funds through the FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology under the project UID/CED/00757/2013.

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    Teresa Carvalho

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    Gaële Goastellec

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Carvalho, T. (2018). Academic Perception of Governance and Management. In: Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9553-1_309-1

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