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I am not sure how best to describe the reforms that took place in higher education in the 1980s and 1990s. One version of the story is that there was a global movement, driven by liberal ideology, that promoted the introduction of performance related funding for universities, a shift of the financial burden towards individuals, and a ‘new managerialism’ that emphasized transparency, accountability and moves to make the institutions of higher education responsive to market pressure.
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Turner, D.A. (2011). Performance Indicators and Benchmarking. In: Turner, D.A. (eds) Quality in Higher Education. Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices, vol 10. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-684-7_4
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