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Shifting Governance Patterns in Taiwanese Higher Education: A Recentralized Future?

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Book cover The Search for New Governance of Higher Education in Asia

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A successful university is generally believed to be heavily dependent upon a well-designed governing structure that is able to facilitate decision making and tackle problems faced by higher education institutions (HEIs). However, based on the experience of universities around the world, it is not clear whether or not this is true (Birnbaum 2004). It is possible to detect the major differences between university and nonuniversity HEIs by looking at how they are governed and the different regulatory procedures they adopt. In general, nonuniversity institutions tend to fall under tighter scrutiny by external regulations compared to their counterparts in the university sector, which usually enjoy the protection of “academic freedom” with less external intervention (Teichler 2008). This major variation highlights the fact that a common adopted governance pattern cannot be found among higher education institutions.

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Chan, SJ. (2010). Shifting Governance Patterns in Taiwanese Higher Education: A Recentralized Future?. In: Ka-Ho, M. (eds) The Search for New Governance of Higher Education in Asia. International and Development Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230111554_9

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