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Managing Learning Outcomes

Leadership Practices and Old Modes of New Governance in Higher Education

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The Transformation of University Institutional and Organizational Boundaries

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It is probably uncontroversial to say that the last few decades have witnessed an increasing interest in leadership in higher education. The interest has been spurn by policy changes in higher education and public administration in general that have changed higher education governance profoundly. The general observation is that leadership in higher education has shifted from old modes of leadership based in academic and collegial values to new modes of governance increasingly based in social responsibleness and managerialism (consult for example Bleiklie, 2005; Shattock, 2002).

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  1. Research and Education, NIFU – Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Oslo, Norway

    Joakim Caspersen

  2. Research and Education, NIFU – Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Oslo, Norway

    Nicoline Frølich (Research Professor)

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  1. IRCrES, Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth of National Research Council, Rome, Italy

    Emanuela Reale

  2. IRCrES, Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth of National Research Council, Rome, Italy

    Emilia Primeri

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Caspersen, J., Frølich, N. (2015). Managing Learning Outcomes. In: Reale, E., Primeri, E. (eds) The Transformation of University Institutional and Organizational Boundaries. Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-178-6_9

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