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Originally published in 1995, Reform and Change in Higher Education is composed of 9 essays originally presented at a symposium, "International Perspectives on the Relationship Between Governments and Universities," and a UNESCO Forum of Experts on Strengthening Capacities for Research in Higher Education. Papers explore how government policy affects universities and how universities influence government. This collection presents case studies of educational reform and change in 10 nations, focusing on the changing role of government involvement in higher education. The book deals comparatively with planned change in systems of higher education initiated by central governments and with the character and dynamics of state-university relationships, both collectively and individually.
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List of Tables and Figures Introduction 1. University-State Relations in Britain: Paradigm of Autonomy 2. Changing Conceptions of State-University Relationships: The Israeli Case (1950-1990) 3. Higher Education Policy Reform in Australia: An Expansive Analysis 4. The Reformulation in Korean Private Higher Education: Changing Relationships between the Government and Private Schools 5. State Legislatures and Public Universities: Changing Relationships in the U.S. 6. Higher Education in Turmoil: The Impact of Political Changes in East Germany on the Transformation of Higher Education 7. Equality of Higher Education in Post-Communist Hungary and Poland: Challenges and Prospects 8. Restructuring Higher Education in the Czech and Slovak Republics: An Institutional Perspective 9. Governmental Reforms in Hungarian Higher Education: Historical Traditions and New Actors Contributors Index
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James Mauch, Paula Sabloff
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Originally published in 1995, Reform and Change in Higher Education is composed of 9 essays originally presented at a symposium, "International Perspectives on the Relationship Between Governments and Universities," and a UNESCO Forum of Experts on Strengthening Capacities for Research in Higher Education. Papers explore how government policy affects universities and how universities influence government. This collection presents case studies of educational reform and change in 10 nations, focusing on the changing role of government involvement in higher education. The book deals comparatively with planned change in systems of higher education initiated by central governments and with the character and dynamics of state-university relationships, both collectively and individually.
