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Rymarzak, Malgorzata; den Heijer, Alexandra; Curvelo Magdaniel, Flavia; Arkesteijn, Monique – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
The purpose of this article is to describe the effects of university governance on campus management based on the examples of the Netherlands and Poland. The study connected theory on campus management with a concept of five dimensions of university governance (autonomy, management, participation, accountability and transparency) into an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, College Administration, Universities
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Neeleman, Annemarie – Journal of Educational Change, 2019
In many countries, education systems are moving towards a combination of increased school autonomy and intensified accountability. In the wake of that shift, decision-making at the school level has become paramount, and the role of the school leader has gained in importance. Despite these trends, surprisingly little is known about how schools and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Classification, Institutional Autonomy, Accountability
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Magalhães, António; Veiga, Amélia; Amaral, Alberto – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Recent shifts in university governance have relied on increased autonomy. Within this context, the enhanced role attributed to governance boards at the expense of academic bodies and the role of external stakeholders has gained momentum. With the aim of understanding the extent of the influence of external stakeholders at the institutional level,…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Governance, Universities, Foreign Countries
Amelsvoort, H. W. C. H. van; And Others – 1995
Education in European countries has been characterized by a tendency toward decentralization and deregulation. The Dutch Ministry of Education commissioned the University of Twente to perform a comparative study of actual and future shifts in tasks, responsibilities, and authority in education in several European countries. This book presents…
Descriptors: Centralization, Decentralization, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Dijkman, Frank G.; Savenije, Bas S. – 1983
Conditions and management procedures used in Dutch universities are discussed. Attention is directed to: (1) the structure of higher education in the Netherlands -- especially the University of Utrecht, its administrative procedures, and decision-making process; (2) the nature of the problems the university faced and the ineffective way in which…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Budgeting, College Administration
Frackmann, Edgar; Maassen, Peter A. M. – 1987
The role of institutional self-evaluation is considered in the context of transition from central regulation to self-regulation in various higher education systems in Europe. A distinction is made between external steering, where regulations and decisions are made by a central state authority, to self-steering, where decisions and regulations are…
Descriptors: Centralization, College Administration, Decentralization, Decision Making