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The Changing Dynamics of Higher Education Middle Management

Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics ((HEDY,volume 33))

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This chapter provides a theoretical framework for the comparative analysis of changes to the middle management of higher education. The chapter reviews the literature on the deanship as an object of scholarly analysis and the rise of New Public Management and managerialism in higher education. This discussion is set within the broader context of the higher education reform agenda that is taking place across all OECD nations. The chapter poses a number of broad heuristic questions that are addressed by the country-specific studies.

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  1. LH Martin Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Management, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

    V. Lynn Meek & Leo Goedegebuure

  2. University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

    Rui Santiago & Teresa Carvalho

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  1. LH Martin Institute for Higher Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Victoria, Australia

    V. Lynn Meek

  2. LH Martin Institute for Higher Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Victoria, Australia

    Leo Goedegebuure

  3. Ensino Superior (CIPES), Centro de Investigação de Politicas do, Rua 1 de Dezembro 399, Matosinhos, 4450, Portugal

    Rui Santiago

  4. Ensino Superior (CIPES), Centro de Investigação de Politicas do, Rua 1 de Dezembro 399, Matosinhos, 4450, Portugal

    Teresa Carvalho

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Meek, V.L., Goedegebuure, L., Santiago, R., Carvalho, T. (2010). Introduction. In: Meek, V., Goedegebuure, L., Santiago, R., Carvalho, T. (eds) The Changing Dynamics of Higher Education Middle Management. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9163-5_1

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