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Peer reviewedFisher, Glen – Higher Education Policy, 1998
Postapartheid reforms in South Africa's higher education system pose difficult issues of power, authority and consensus, resource allocation, monitoring, and evaluation that directly affect institutional and sectoral interests and the interests of civil society and government. Despite strengths and capacities of the system, deep-seated tensions…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Apartheid, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Peer reviewedBlackwell, Edward A.; Cistone, Peter J. – Higher Education Policy, 1999
A study of leading state-level policy actors in Florida's higher education identified a hierarchy of power and influence. Policy elites were legislators and key legislative staff consultants, the university system chancellor, and the state board of regents. Least influential in policy formation were faculty and student interest groups and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Presidents, College Students, Consultants
Peer reviewedLeitner, Erich – Higher Education Policy, 1999
Describes the higher education reform discussion in Austria which led to major system reorganization in 1993. It is noted that a previous academic oligarchy played a central role because a high proportion of university faculty also served in the parliament. Research on higher education played little part in reform because few studies were…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty, Educational Administration
