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Changes in the Case Study Academic Boards Over Time

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Part II of this book presents detailed case study research conducted on academic boards within three Australian universities, which concluded in 2012. This chapter draws not only on interview data from the case study academic boards, the principal academic governance body within these universities, but also on extensive historical records from the older two universities in the sample to trace changes in academic board role and function since establishment. The data show substantial shifts, not only in how academic boards are comprised and for how long they meet, but also in the nature of the matters considered and the ways in which that consideration takes place. They are indicative of the significant diminution in academic board role and function that has taken place within Australian universities during this time. However, they also report a very powerful and ongoing symbolic role for academic boards. At the conclusion of the chapter, the Australian data are compared with data and literature reporting changes in academic board equivalent bodies within the UK and the US.

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Rowlands, J. (2017). Changes in the Case Study Academic Boards Over Time. In: Academic Governance in the Contemporary University. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2688-1_7

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