This paper examines a contemporary case of postsecondary restructuring using the central elements of Burton Clark’s “triangle of coordination,” a prevalent model of authority relations in higher education. The paper reviews research and scholarship on authority relations and on the three main elements of Clark’s triangle, the State, the market and the academic oligarchy. The paper presents data from a case of postsecondary restructuring in Virginia and the factors shaping that case in the period 1995-2005. The analysis of the case suggests that the State, the market and the institutional estate remain quite influential in contemporary contests over postsecondary authority, with the State more influential than some previous research would suggest. The paper concludes that authority relations can be more fully understood by building on Clark’s triangle through attention to the contemporary complexity of the dynamic relationship between the State, the market and the institutional estate.
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Pusser, B. (2008). The State, the Market and the Institutional Estate: Revisiting Contemporary Authority Relations in Higher Education. In: Smart, J.C. (eds) Higher Education. Handbook of Theory and Research, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6959-8_4
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