Managing Reform in Universities

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: How Is Change in Higher Education Managed?

   1. Introduction: How Is Change in Higher Education Managed?

      • Bjørn Stensaker, Mary Henkel, Jussi Välimaa, Cláudia S. Sarrico

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3. How to Make Sense of Change

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Change, Leverage, Suasion and Intent: An Historical Excursion Across Three Decades of Change in Higher Education in Western Europe

      • Guy Neave

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   3. Change as an Intellectual Device and as an Object of Research

      • Taina Saarinen, Jussi Valimaa

      Pages 41-60

4. The Dynamics Between Reform and Culture

   1. Front Matter

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   2. University Strategizing: The Role of Evaluation as a Sensemaking Tool

      • Nicoline Frølich, Bjørn Stensaker

      Pages 63-80

   3. Let the Devil Choose: Frustration or Anxiety in the Wake of Performance Measurement in Universities

      • Cláudia S. Sarrico, Ana I. Melo

      Pages 81-97

   4. The Changing Culture of Academic Research: From Organizations to Networks

      • Amy Scott Metcalfe

      Pages 98-113

   5. Is There a Bridge Between Quality and Quality Assurance?

      • Maria J. Rosa, Alberto Amaral

      Pages 114-134

   6. Students' Perceptions of Quality Assessment: Is There an Option Besides Treating Them as Consumers?

      • Sónia Cardoso

      Pages 135-155

   7. Exploring New Academic Identities in Turbulent Times

      • Mary Henkel

      Pages 156-176

5. Maintaining Identity Through Organizational Change

   1. Front Matter

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   2. 'That's Dangerous': Autonomous Development Work as a Source of Renewal in Academia

      • Keijo Räsänen

      Pages 179-197

   3. The Interplay of Organizing Models in Higher Education: What Room Is There for Collegiality in Universities Characterized by Bounded Autonomy?

      • Kerstin Sahlin

      Pages 198-221

   4. The Management of Academic Culture Revisited: Integrating Universities in an Entrepreneurial Age

      • David D. Dill

      Pages 222-237

   5. Conclusion

      • Jussi Välimaa, Bjørn Stensaker, Cláudia S. Sarrico

      Pages 238-245

6. Back Matter

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This collection, now in paperback, explores how universities are coping with the range of reforms and changes taking place across higher education today. Analyzing areas such as leadership, quality management, strategic thinking, collegiality and academic work, and from the perspective of different agents within higher education including students, academics and management, this book examines the various differences between reform attempts and the actual changes happening in universities.

• culture
• education
• evaluation
• higher education
• identity
• organization
• quality
• quality assurance
• university

• University of Oslo, Norway

  Bjørn Stensaker

• University of Jyväskylä, Finland

  Jussi Välimaa

• ISEG – School of Economics and Management, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

  Cláudia S. Sarrico

ALBERTO AMARAL Professor at the University of Porto, Portugal SONIA CARDOSO Researcher at the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies, Portugal DAVID D. DILL Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, Department of Public Policy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA NICOLINE FROLICH Research Professor at NIFU, Norway MARY HENKEL former Professor in the Department of Government, Brunel University, UK ANA I. MELO Assistant Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal AMY SCOTT METCALFE Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia, USA GUY NEAVE Emeritus Professor at CIPES, Portugal KEIJO RASANEN Professor in the field of Organization and Management at the Aalto University School of Economics, Finland MARIA J. ROSA Assistant Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal KERSTIN SAHLIN Professor in the Department of Business Studies, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uppsala, Sweden TAINA SAARINEN Researcher at the Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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