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From Governance to Identity pp 81–94Cite as

Transforming Higher Education

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Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics ((HEDY,volume 24))

At least in Europe and until the last decades of the 20th century it was generally accepted that academics were particularly gifted to manage their own affairs (Amaral et al. 2003a). The idea of the Humboldtian university relied strongly on individual academic freedom, an idea echoed by Karl Jaspers, as cited by Kenneth Wilson:

The university is a community of scholars and students engaged in the task of seeking truth. It derives its autonomy from the idea of academic freedom, a privilege granted to it by state and society which entails the obligation to teach truth in defiance of all internal and external attempts to curtail it. (Wilson 1989: 38)

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  1. Universidade do Porto CIPES, Rua 1 de Dezembro 399, Matosinhos, 4450, Portugal

    Alberto Amaral

  2. Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Christiesgate, Bergen, 5007, Norway

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  3. Centre de Sociologie des Organisations Sciences Po et CNRS, 19 rue Amélie, Paris, 75007, France

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Amaral, A. (2008). Transforming Higher Education. In: Amaral, A., Bleiklie, I., Musselin, C. (eds) From Governance to Identity. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8994-7_7

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