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University Dynamics and European IntegrationAn Instrument for National Political Agendas: The Hierarchical Vision

University Dynamics and European Integration: An Instrument for National Political Agendas: The... CHAPTER 4 AN INSTRUMENT FOR NATIONAL POLITICAL AGENDAS: THE HIERARCHICAL VISION Åse Gornitzka and Peter Maassen INTRODUCTION The vision of a University as an instrument for shifting national political agendas represents a specific kind of instrumentality, that is, the University as used by demo- cratically elected governments. As such it differs from the instrumentality identified by the “University as a representative democracy” and the “University as a service enterprise” visions. It sheds light on the complexity of the government-University relationship by linking the university’s mission, aims, and direction of growth through a government hierarchy to shifting political priorities and funds. While there is great inter-country diversity in the recent adaptations of the national governance approaches with respect to higher education, the common feature in con- tinental European countries is the move away from the government hierarchy model with respect to the University. In the vision underlying this model the government is responsible for the funding and regulation of the University’s operations, which limits the level of institutional autonomy in procedural as well as substantive matters, and allows the supervisory authorities, especially governments, to steer the universities in a hierarchical way in technical-administrative as well as professional-academic matters. As such http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

University Dynamics and European IntegrationAn Instrument for National Political Agendas: The Hierarchical Vision

Part of the Higher Education Dynamics Book Series (volume 19)
Editors: Maassen, Peter; Olsen, Johan P.
Gornitzka, Åse; Maassen, Peter
University Dynamics and European Integration — Jan 1, 2007
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Springer Netherlands
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© Springer 2007
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978-1-4020-5970-4
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81 –98
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10.1007/978-1-4020-5971-1_4
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CHAPTER 4 AN INSTRUMENT FOR NATIONAL POLITICAL AGENDAS: THE HIERARCHICAL VISION Åse Gornitzka and Peter Maassen INTRODUCTION The vision of a University as an instrument for shifting national political agendas represents a specific kind of instrumentality, that is, the University as used by demo- cratically elected governments. As such it differs from the instrumentality identified by the “University as a representative democracy” and the “University as a service enterprise” visions. It sheds light on the complexity of the government-University relationship by linking the university’s mission, aims, and direction of growth through a government hierarchy to shifting political priorities and funds. While there is great inter-country diversity in the recent adaptations of the national governance approaches with respect to higher education, the common feature in con- tinental European countries is the move away from the government hierarchy model with respect to the University. In the vision underlying this model the government is responsible for the funding and regulation of the University’s operations, which limits the level of institutional autonomy in procedural as well as substantive matters, and allows the supervisory authorities, especially governments, to steer the universities in a hierarchical way in technical-administrative as well as professional-academic matters. As such

Published: Jan 1, 2007

Keywords: High Education; High Education System; National Agenda; Governance Approach; Organizational Autonomy

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