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University Governance Within an International Context

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This chapter introduces corporate and academic governance within universities before setting out a synthesis of historical changes in university governance within each of the UK, the US and Australia. It concludes with a discussion of general trends in higher education governance highlighting a consolidation of power and an expansion of scope within the office of the vice-chancellor (also known as the principal or president) and his or her executive team. The chapter concludes by noting concern that strong central control risks removing authority over academic matters from those currently practising teaching and research. This is a key challenge for academic governance that is evident across Anglophone nations.

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Rowlands, J. (2017). University Governance Within an International Context. In: Academic Governance in the Contemporary University. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2688-1_2

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