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Richardson, Geoffrey; Fielden, John – 1997
This study assesses how much control governments of the Commonwealth of Nations (formerly the British Commonwealth) are exercising over their universities. The study encompassed a review of the relevant literature, an examination of the acts and statutes which control universities, and a questionnaire sent to 70 university vice chancellors, which…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administration, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
Marburger, Carl L. – 1985
This book is an introduction and guide to school-based management, a decentralized form of organization in which decisions that have traditionally been made by a superintendent or school board are made by the local school. Chapter 1 provides an overview of decision-making in public school systems starting with a brief history of the trend toward…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Advisory Committees, Community Control, Decentralization
The Uneasy Public Policy Triangle in Higher Education: Quality, Diversity, and Budgetary Efficiency.
Finifter, David H., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book presents essays inspired by an October, 1988, conference on recent changes in the relationship between public policy and higher education. The essays appear in five sections, the first of which, titled "Looking Backward: The Historical Context of Public Policy and Higher Education," serves as a retrospective and prospective examination…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities
