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Gergely Kováts; József Golovics – Higher Education Quarterly, 2025
This paper explores the evolution of autonomy in Hungarian model-changing institutions, focusing on how reforms have altered governance dynamics. By examining both the university's distance from the state and the degree of self-governance of the academic community, the study employs property rights theory to analyse how governance rights are…
Descriptors: Institutional Autonomy, Universities, Foreign Countries, Models
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Cropper, Paul; Cowton, Christopher J. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2021
Financial scenario modelling appears to offer the potential to help universities cope with an uncertain funding environment. By means of a questionnaire survey of UK universities, supported by interviews with members of finance departments, this paper explores the prevalence and construction of financial models used for scenario analysis.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Educational Finance, Budgeting
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Lagstedt, Altti; Lindstedt, Juha P.; Kauppinen, Raine – Education and Information Technologies, 2020
Digitalization challenges the way in which business processes are seen. The potential for enhancement is even recognized in business areas that traditionally have little to do with IT. Even though universities have long-standing traditions of how work is organized, they have not been eager to adopt digitalized processes. Because core university…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Universities, Information Technology, College Administration
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Muftahu, Muhammad – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2023
The purpose of this article was to critically explore the experiences and lessons of governance in higher education systems in the Commonwealth of Asia, and most importantly how these experiences and good practices can be applied to the governance and management of higher education in Commonwealth nations, especially in the Commonwealth of Africa.…
Descriptors: Governance, College Administration, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Polónyi, István; Kozma, Tamás – Hungarian Educational Research Journal, 2022
The authors analyze the development of the Hungarian higher education system after the political transition of 1989/90. Higher education in Hungary as well as in all post-socialist countries has made a special path. It followed the development of higher education in other parts of Europe, though in a delayed and transformed, not infrequently…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Development, Social Systems
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Kemp, Nicola; Scoffham, Stephen – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: The growing awareness of climate change, biodiversity loss and the wider global environmental emergency has led to calls for decisive and immediate action from all sections of society. This paper aims to consider the question of how universities should respond and what role they might best adopt in current circumstances.…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Climate, Higher Education, Universities
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Salahudin; Nurmandi, Achmad; Fajar, Mukti; Mutiarin, Dyah; Siregar, Baldric; Sulistyaningsih, Tri; Jainuri; Agusta, Rendra; Karinda, Kisman – International Journal of Higher Education, 2019
This paper aims to explain and design a model for university governance with integrity that is focused on the core and business processes of university organizations. NVivo application had been used in this research. This study revealed that universities have not shown governance with integrity. The colleges have not established the values of…
Descriptors: Governance, Models, Foreign Countries, Universities
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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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Vallaeys, François; Oliveira, M. L. S.; Crissien, Tito; Solano, David; Suarez, Andres – International Journal of Educational Management, 2022
Purpose: This paper aims to provide information about the state of the art of University Social Responsibility (USR) from a regional perspective, based on a theoretical and practical development proposed by a wide net of Latin-American higher education institutions (HEIs): the USR Union of Latin America (URSULA). Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Universities, Models, Social Responsibility, Higher Education
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Mohamed Hashim, Mohamed Ashmel; Tlemsani, Issam; Matthews, Robin – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Digital transformation in the global higher education industry determines the future roadmap to a sustainable education management strategy. This research paper aims to develop a qualitative model that advocates how digital transformation as a propelling force could be used to build competitive advantages for universities. Building competitive…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Universities, Strategic Planning
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Fedorov, Aleksandr A.; Sedykh, Ekaterina P.; Mialkina, Elena V. – European Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The article analyzes the evolution of pedagogical systems and the practice of universities in the world. The work reveals the essence and main structural components of the university education, as a special institution of higher education, designed to become a systemic solution to the problem of management and development of teacher education. The…
Descriptors: Universities, College Administration, Educational Practices, Educational Development
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Williams, Densil A. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2021
Purpose: Executives who are engaged in strategic planning for higher education generally complain about the process and the lack of clear outcomes from the strategic plan. They generally argue that the process is complex and sometimes confusing and the end result does not justify the time spent in preparing the plan. The extant literature on…
Descriptors: Models, Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Action Research
Massy, William F. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
Resources in higher education steer colleges and universities both strategically and tactically. They drive incentives and accountability for faculty and staff while providing academics with the infrastructure they need in order to perform effectively. But while American colleges and universities remain the gold standard for worldwide higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Universities, Resource Allocation
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Leiviskä, Anniina – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2021
Recent controversies concerning freedom of expression on university campuses have raised the question of how the limits of free speech can be determined in a justified way in a pluralistic public space such as the campus. The article addresses this question from the viewpoint of two complementary theoretical perspectives: Rainer Forst's respect…
Descriptors: Freedom of Speech, Models, Educational Philosophy, Campuses
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González Gómez, Sara – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2019
The transformation of the model of university organization, with the passage of the traditional system of chairs to departmental, began in Spain in the mid-sixties. The educational policy of the regime, taking as reference foreign models such as the German or Anglo-Saxon, introduces via regulations, which are not real and operative, the bases of…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Foreign Countries, Administrative Organization, Universities
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