Reform and change in higher education : analysing policy implementation

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Reform and change in higher education : analysing policy implementation

edited by Åse Gornitzka, Maurice Kogan and Alberto Amaral

(Higher education dynamics / series editor, Peter Maassen, v. 8)

Springer, c2007

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Description

This volume offers a comprehensive discussion of implementation analysis in higher education and an extensive review of relevant recent literature. Coverage analyzes the effective and specific complexities of the implementation of higher education policies in several countries, including: Australia, Austria, Finland, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Table of Contents

List of contributors. Preface. Introduction. Overview. 1: From Policy Implementation to Policy Change: A Personal Odyssey, P. Sabatier. 2: Implementation Analysis in Higher Education, A. Gornitzka, S. Kyvik and B. Stensaker. 3: The Implementation Game, M. Kogan. National Case Studies. 4: The Implementation of the Norwegian College Reform, S. Kyvik. 5: The Legacy of 1981: An Assessment of the Long-term Implications of the Reductions in Funding Imposed in 1981 on Institutional Management in UK Higher Education, J. Taylor. 6: From Paper to Practice: Two Reforms and their Consequences in Dutch Higher Education, H.F. de Boer, J. Enders and D.F. Westerheijden. 7: Implementation of Higher Education Policies: A Portuguese Example, A. Amaral and A. Magalhaes. 8: Two Decades of Change in Spanish Universities: Learning the Hard Way, J-G. Mora and J. Vidal. 9: University Reform in Italy: Fears, Expectations and Contradictions, G. Luzzatto and R. Moscati. 10: Implementing Comprehensive National Higher Education Reforms: The Australian Reforms of Education Minister John Dawkins, 1987-90, G. Harman. 11: The Changing Role of the State in Mexican Higher Education: From the Crisis of Ineffectual Populism to New Forms of System Coordination, R. Kent. 12: Great Expectations, Mixed Governance Approaches and Unintended Outcomes: The Post-1994 Reform of South African Higher Education, N. Cloete, P. Maassen and J. Muller. 13: Equity Policy in Australian Higher Education: A Case of Policy Stasis, R. James and C. McInnis. 14: Social Dynamics of Higher Education Reforms: The Case of Finland, J. Valimaa. 15: Backlash or Modernisation? Two Reform Cycles in Austrian Higher Education, H. Pechar. 16: The Push for Accountability: Policy Influences and Actors in American Higher Education, E. El-Khawas. 17: From Low Income and Minority Access to Middle Income Affordability: A Case Study of the US Federal Role inProviding Access to Higher Education, R.C. Richardson Jr. and A.D. Hurley. 18: Implementing the Triple Helix: The Academic Response to Changing University-Industry-Government Relations in Sweden, S. Marton. 19: Profiling Comprehensiveness? Strategy Formulations and Effects of Strategic Programmes at Traditional Universities, I.M. Larsen and L. Langfeldt.

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  • NCID
    BA81649958
  • ISBN
    • 9781402055362
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Dordrecht
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvi, 361 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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