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A Managerial Revolution?

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The Higher Education Managerial Revolution?

Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics ((HEDY,volume 3))

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In the early days of higher educatión, the university was in general “a guild organisation of masters or students or of masters and students combined, having a high degree of juridical autonomy, the right to elect its own officers, statutory making powers, and a communal seal” (Cobban 1975: 32). This formed the origin of their characteristic governance system based on collégial decision making.1

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  1. Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, Matosinhos, Portugal

    Alberto Amaral

  2. University of New England, Armidale, Australia

    V. Lynn Meek

  3. Norwegian Institute for Studies in Research in Higher Education, Oslo, Norway

    Ingvild M. Larsen

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Amaral, A., Fulton, O., Larsen, I.M. (2003). A Managerial Revolution?. In: Amaral, A., Meek, V.L., Larsen, I.M. (eds) The Higher Education Managerial Revolution?. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0072-7_13

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