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9 - Towards New Models of Decision Making within University Governance in Anglophone Nations

from Part II - Systems, Processes, and Dynamics of Governance in Higher Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2020

By
Julie Rowlands
Edited by
Giliberto Capano  and
Darryl S. L. Jarvis
Giliberto Capano
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi, Bologna, Italy
Darryl S. L. Jarvis
Affiliation:
The University of Hong Kong
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Summary

This chapter reports data from a comparative study of academic governance within England, the USA, and Australia showing that, overall, opportunities for academics to contribute to decision making about matters that affect teaching and research have declined. The chapter highlights the reduced opportunities for student participation in university decision making and substantial gaps between those who support students and staff, and those who make decisions about the provision of support services and their mode of delivery. The chapter address the current dimensions of university decision making within the context of institutional level academic governance before analyzing the ways in which university decision making has changed in recent years and the forces causing such changes. The chapter also highlights the potential impact of these changes on the effectiveness of university decision making, addressing four specific consequences and unanticipated risks. The final section briefly explores two alternative models of university decision making and considers the extent to which these models demonstrate some capacity to respond to consequences and unanticipated risks.

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higher educationgovernancedecision-making in universitiesAustraliaUnited Kingdomuniversity governanceuniversity managementmanagerial governance
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Convergence and Diversity in the Governance of Higher Education
Comparative Perspectives
 , pp. 246 - 267
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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