The Palgrave International Handbook of Higher Education Policy and Governance

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Higher Education: The Nature of the Beast....Pages 3-19
Approaches to Policy and Governance in Higher Education....Pages 20-37
Governance Models and Policy Instruments....Pages 38-56
New Public Management in Higher Education....Pages 57-75
Multi-level Governance in Higher Education Research....Pages 76-94
The Legal Constitution of Higher Education Policy and Governance of the European Union....Pages 95-113
Institutionalism and Organizational Change....Pages 114-131
Agency Theory as a Framework for Higher Education Governance....Pages 132-151
Systems Theoretical Perspectives on Higher Education Policy and Governance....Pages 152-175
Research on Higher Education Policy and Institutional Management....Pages 176-191
Institutional Research and Planning: Its Role in Higher Education Decision Support and Policy Development....Pages 192-208
Operationalizing Network Analysis for Higher Education Research....Pages 209-222
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
The Role of Higher Education in Society and the Changing Institutionalized Features in Higher Education....Pages 225-242
Research, Development and Innovation: International, National and Regional Perspectives....Pages 243-260
Institutional Governance, Leadership and Management of Research for Innovation and Development....Pages 261-280
Higher Education and the Employability Agenda....Pages 281-299
Internationalization of Higher Education....Pages 300-320
Differentiation without Diversity: The Political Economy of Higher Education Transformation....Pages 323-341
How Information and Communication Technology Is Shaping Higher Education....Pages 342-358
The Rise of ‘Higher Education Regionalism’: An Agenda for Higher Education Research....Pages 361-378
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Institutional Governance Structures....Pages 379-397
From Collegial Governance to Boardism: Reconfiguring Governance in Higher Education....Pages 398-416
Global University Rankings, an Alternative and Their Impacts....Pages 417-436
The Funding of Research in Higher Education: Mixed Models and Mixed Results....Pages 439-462
State Support for Higher Education....Pages 463-482
Institutional Autonomy and Accountability....Pages 485-505
Quality Assurance in Higher Education....Pages 506-525
Student Involvement in University Quality Enhancement....Pages 526-543
Widening Participation in Higher Education: Policy Regimes and Globalizing Discourses....Pages 547-568
Gender in Higher Education: A Critical Review....Pages 569-584
Back Matter....Pages 585-604