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University governance has dramatically changed in East Asia during the past couple of decades. These reforms are driven by a neoliberal ideology that emphasizes institutional autonomy, marketization, and competition between universities. However, governance reforms differ across countries depending on institutional and higher education contexts. The different policy approaches across countries might be explained from the perspective of historical institutionalism and the growing similarities across countries by the sociological institutionalism perspective. These two theoretical perspectives provide a lens to interpret and understand institutional changes under the neoliberal reforms. Based on the policy discourses and case studies, this chapter overviews the governance changes in the five selected systems covered in this book, and discusses their similarities and differences to highlight where there is convergence and divergence.
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This work was supported by ‘Overseas Training Expenses for Humanities & Social Sciences’ through Seoul National University (SNU) in 2017.
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Shin, J.C. (2018). Conclusion: The Transformation of Higher Education Governance in East Asia. In: Shin, J. (eds) Higher Education Governance in East Asia. Higher Education in Asia: Quality, Excellence and Governance. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2469-7_16
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