Transforming Universities
Changing Patterns of Governance, Structure and Learning in Swedish Higher Education
Published on 15. April 1999
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-1-85302-674-4 (ISBN)
Description
This text examines the implications of reforms for a higher education system on three levels - the state, the institution and the individual. The authors develop the link between policy formation at state level and conditions for learning at individual level, and argue that higher education policy makers need to focus on improving knowledge formation. A comparative volume of this and similar studies in Norway and England is also due to be published by Jessica Kingsley during 1999.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85302-674-4 (9781853026744)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part 1 A study of Swedish Higher Education Reform - setting the stage: five periods of higher education policies and system characteristics; research issues, conceptual framework and method. Part 2 The state and higher education policy: the 1993 reform - shift in purpose and governance with "freedom for quality"; the policy network changes -elites, interest groups and political interaction; summing up. Part 3 The higher education institutions and leaders in a context of policy and system changes: professional identity of institutional leaders; new structures for old - a period of rapid expansion and renewal; developed authority and a move towards self-regulative institutions; summing up. Part 4 The academe in a context of policy and system changes: academic identity and values; impact of system and policy changes on academic work, values and professional roles; summing up. Part 5 The state, higher education and knowledge formation: the state, higher education and knowledge formation; summing up and conclusions; the university of politics or the university of learning?