1st Edition

Governing Higher Education Today International Perspectives

Edited By Tony Strike, Jonathan Nicholls, Rushforth John Copyright 2019
    296 Pages
    by Routledge

    296 Pages
    by Routledge

    International growth in higher education, the introduction of new providers and increased public and state interest in university structures, levels of fees and funding models have made governance in higher education a vital and sometimes controversial topic.

    Governing Higher Education Today provides challenging perspectives on the longer-term dynamics and policy trends in a world market for higher education. Through international perspectives and case studies, it considers:

    • The emerging national responses, which are likely to shape institutional governance in the next decade.
    • An analysis of the trends and strategic directions in governance and policy in higher education.
    • Insights from practising thought leaders on the future of higher education governance and policy.
    • Traditions and values within higher education governance.
    • Lessons and trends in the interaction of institutions and government.

    Whether you sit on a governing body, work in a university leadership role or in a governance or policy team, teach or study higher education, Governing Higher Education Today provides a thoughtful yet practical guide to the future of university governance with international applicability.

    Editors

    List of Contributors

    Acknowledgements

    Abbreviations

    Introduction: Located Voices

    Part I:

    Different Voices

    Chapter 1: The role and perspective of a UK Chair of the Governing Body

    Chris Sayers

    Chapter 2: The University Secretary: at the heart of governance

    Tony Strike

    Chapter 3: Higher Education Governance and Policy on trial

    Jonathan W. Nicholls

    Part II:

    Global Perspectives

    Chapter 4: Changing Governance Models in North American Higher Education

    Robert A. Scott

    Chapter 5: Shaping European Universities: A perspective from the Netherlands

    Stephan van Galen

    Chapter 6: Diverging Governance Models in a devolved system: case studies from Scotland and Wales

    Rebecca Davies and Gerald Webber

    Chapter 7: Changing University Governance in South Africa

    David J. Hornsby and Ruksana Osman

    Chapter 8: Changing Governance Models in Australian Universities

    Giconda di Lorenzo and Julie Wells

    Chapter 9: Can there be a universal framework of Good Governance

    Nina Atwal, Mark Butler, Divia Mattoo and Michael Wood

    Part III:

    The English Experiment

    Chapter 10: How current trends in UK Corporate Governance might influence future higher education governance and policy

    Lorraine Young

    Chapter 11: The legal framework for University governance in England: how to understand, comply and build on it

    Smita Jamdar

    Chapter 12: The development and purpose of Corporate Governance Codes

    John Rushforth

    Chapter 13: Regulating Higher Education markets: the English policy experiment as a case study

    David Palfreyman

    Part IV:

    Elements of Governance

    Chapter 14: Public Good(s), Public Benefit and the Public Interest: A Critical Examination of Three Public Purposes of English Universities

    Adam Dawkins

    Chapter 15: Effectiveness and Effectiveness Reviews

    Andy Shenstone

    Chapter 16: Assurance of academic standards and quality by and beyond the academy

    John Rushforth

    Chapter 17: A focus on Performance and Risk: the light and shade of trust and accountability

    Tony Strike

     

    Index

    Biography

    Tony Strike is University Secretary at the University of Sheffield, UK and a member of the executive boards of the European Higher Education Society (EAIR) and the UK Higher Education Strategic Planners Association (HESPA).

    Jonathan Nicholls is University Secretary at the Open University and was successively the Registrar of the University of Warwick, the University of Birmingham and the Registrary of the University of Cambridge. He was Chair of the UK’s Association of Heads of University Administration (AHUA).

    John Rushforth is Executive Secretary of the Committee for University Chairs (CUC) and until 2014 was Deputy Vice Chancellor and Clerk to the Board of Governors at the University of the West of England.