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Governing Higher Education: National Perspectives on Institutional Governance pp 261–278Cite as

Governance in US Universities

Aligning Internal Dynamics with Today’s Needs

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Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics ((HEDY,volume 2))

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In the United States, as in most countries, universities confronted increasing social demands throughout the twentieth century. As higher education expanded, universities and colleges repeatedly took steps to serve a more diverse clientele, to deepen their research engagements, and to extend their public service and outreach activities. By the early 1980s, the term ‘multi-university’ came into use in order to describe the multiple roles and wide range of activities of major US universities (Kerr 1982). By that time, many universities enrolled 25,000 and more students, offered degrees in 40 or more subject areas, and supported research efforts that accounted for hundreds of millions in annual expenditures (Glenny 1980; National Center for Education Statistics 1989). Today, size and complexity have reached further dimensions, as more than 4,000 institutions of higher education enrol almost 15 million students (The Chronicle of Higher Education 2001: 7, 9).

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

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  2. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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El-Khawas, E. (2002). Governance in US Universities. In: Amaral, A., Jones, G.A., Karseth, B. (eds) Governing Higher Education: National Perspectives on Institutional Governance. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9946-7_13

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