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Rowlands, Julie – Quality in Higher Education, 2012
This article undertakes a review of Australian and international literature and higher education policy in response to the changing nature of university academic boards (also known as academic senates or faculty senates). It shows that governance has become an issue for both the state and for universities and that within this context risk…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Governance, Academic Standards, Quality Control
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McCormick, John; Barnett, Kerry; Alavi, Seyyed Babak; Newcombe, Geoffrey – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: This paper develops a theoretical framework to guide future inquiry into board governance of independent schools. Design/methodology/approach: The authors' approach is to integrate literatures related to corporate and educational boards, motivation, leadership and group processes that are appropriate for conceptualizing independent school…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Investigations, Institutional Role, Educational Administration
Kogan, Maurice – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1988
A discussion of the changing relationship between the state and higher education in nine industrialized countries looks at conflicting requirements for institutional accountability, different models for the relationship; politics and governance; the developing role of central intermediary agencies; changing perspectives of student protest; and the…
Descriptors: Activism, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries