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Gornitzka, Åse; Maassen, Peter; de Boer, Harry – Higher Education Quarterly, 2017
This article discusses changes with respect to university governance structures in six comprehensive universities in Europe. We present an analytical framework on the basis of which we conduct a comparative analysis of the university governance structures along four different dimensions: (a) the internal democratic nature of the governance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Governance, Comparative Analysis
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Sasaoka, Yuichi; Nishimura, Mikiko – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
This article critically reflects upon the "divides" among actors within two currently popular education policies in low-income countries: decentralisation and Universal Primary Education (UPE). Current literatures suggest that the existing decentralisation framework tends to overlook the "divides" among actors that often impede…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Governance, Foreign Countries, Accountability
Beare, H., Ed.; Boyd, W. Lowe, Ed. – 1993
The decade 1980-90 saw a spate of educational reconstruction occurring simultaneously in many countries. This book argues that the school restructuring of the past 10 years has been called the "education-reform movement," but that term is somewhat misleading. The current reform efforts seem to aim primarily at the control and governance of both…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Decentralization, Educational Change
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Alaska State Commission on Postsecondary Education, Juneau. – 1977
This report presents the findings and conclusions of a study conducted to determine whether the ten Alaska community colleges should remain as part of the University of Alaska governance structure or should be constituted as an independent system with their own administrative structure and governing board. To investigate this question the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
DiBiasio, Daniel A. – 1986
Recommendations of six state reports that addressed issues confronting state governments and public higher education in the last 2 decades, as well as some new issues, are considered using content analysis. The reports were prepared by formal study commissions in the following states: Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, and New York. In…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Blue Ribbon Commissions, Centralization, Change Strategies
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Ward, Kelly – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 1996
A study examined how five colleges and universities with stated commitments to public service incorporate volunteerism and service-learning into organizational structures. Results suggest that institutions that make centralized decisions and share governance are more apt to institutionalize service-learning than are more loosely coupled systems.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, Centralization, College Administration