This state-of-the-art reference collection addresses the major themes, theories and key concepts related to higher education policy and governance on an international scale in one accessible volume.

Table of Contents

• List of Figures and Tables
• Preface
• Notes on Contributors
• Part I Concepts, Theories and Methods
• Higher Education: The Nature of the Beast - James S. Fairweather and Emiko Blalock
• Approaches to Policy and Governance in Higher Education - Emanuela Reale and Emilia Primeri
• Governance Models and Policy Instruments - Frans van Vught and Harry de Boer
• New Public Management in Higher Education - Bruno Broucker and Kurt De Wit
• Multi-level Governance in Higher Education Research - Tatiana Fumasoli
• The Legal Constitution of Higher Education Policy and Governance of the European Union - Anne C. van Wageningen
• Institutionalism and Organizational Change - Sara Diogo, Teresa Carvalho and Alberto Amaral
• Agency Theory as a Framework for Higher Education Governance - Jussi Kivistö and Inga Zalyevska
• Systems Theoretical Perspectives on Higher Education Policy and Governance - Thomas Pfeffer and Rudolf Stichweh
• Research on Higher Education Policy and Institutional Management - Malcolm Tight
• Institutional Research and Planning: Its Role in Higher Education Decision Support and Policy Development - Karen L. Webber and Angel J. Colder on
• Operationalizing Network Analysis for Higher Education Research - Robin Shields
• Part II Themes
• A. Higher Education, Society and the Economy
• The Role of Higher Education in Society and the Changing Institutionalized Features in Higher Education - Rómulo Pinheiro, Gerald Wangenge-Ouma, Elizabeth Balbachevsky and Yuzhuo Cai
• Research, Development and Innovation: International, National and Regional Perspectives - Fumi Kitagawa
• Institutional Governance, Leadership and Management of Research for Innovation and Development - Fabiana Barros de Barros, Leo Goedegebuure, V. Lynn Meek and Alan Pettigrew
• Higher Education and the Employability Agenda - Cheryl A. Matherly and Martin J. Tillman
• Internationalization of Higher Education - Yuan Gao, Chi Baik and Sophia Arkoudis
• B. Organizing Higher Education
• Differentiation without Diversity: The Political Economy of Higher Education Transformation - Fadia Dakka
• How Information and Communication Technology Is Shaping Higher Education - Arne M. Fevolden and Cathrine E. Tómte
• C. Governing Higher Education
• The Rise of ‘Higher Education Regionalism’: An Agenda for Higher Education Research - Meng-Hsuan Chou and Pauline Ravinet
• Institutional Governance Structures - Nicoline Frølich and Joakim Caspersen
• From Collegial Governance to Boardism: Reconfiguring Governance in Higher Education - Amelia Veiga, Antonio Magalhaes and Alberto Amaral
• Global University Rankings, an Alternative and Their Impacts - Don F. Westerheijden
• D. Funding Higher Education
• The Funding of Research in Higher Education: Mixed Models and Mixed Results - Ben Jongbloed and Benedetto Lepori
• State Support for Higher Education - Amy Y. Li and William Zumeta
• E. Accountability and Quality
• Institutional Autonomy and Accountability - Roger King
• Quality Assurance in Higher Education - James Williams and Lee Harvey
• Student Involvement in University Quality Enhancement - Manja Klemenčič
• F. Inequalities in Higher Education
• Widening Participation in Higher Education: Policy Regimes and Globalizing Discourses - Penny Jane Burke and Yu-Ching Kuo
• Gender in Higher Education: A Critical Review - Pat O'Connor, Teresa Carvalho, Agnete Vabø and Sónia Cardoso