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Public Management, New Governance Models and Changing Environments in Portuguese Higher Education

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Public Vices, Private Virtues?

Part of the book series: Issues in Higher Education ((CHER,volume 2))

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This paper argues that the undergoing changes in higher education political steering and governance are part of a broader recomposition of the governing models in Western societies. These changes also represent a political alternative to the previous rationalities and governing technologies (social programs, central planning, etc.) coming from the welfare perspective. When translated into higher education governing policies, these changes brought the attribution and enhancement of institutional autonomy, have induced institutional self-regulation, have created conditions for the shift from public to private funding, and a move from ex ante control to ex post evaluation. Some higher education researchers have argued (Neave and Van Vught, 1991) that higher education has played a frontrunner role in the development of this governing model. In this chapter we argue that this frontrunner role is to be questioned. We follow Dale when he challenges what he designates ‘higher educationism’ and makes the case for re-focusing the object of analysis from the diversification of higher education organizations to the differentiation of higher education itself as a sector (Dale, 2007: 14–15).

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    António M. Magalhães

  2. University of Aveiro and Cipes, Aveiro, Portugal

    Rui Santiago

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Magalhães, A.M., Santiago, R. (2011). Public Management, New Governance Models and Changing Environments in Portuguese Higher Education. In: Teixeira, P.N., Dill, D.D. (eds) Public Vices, Private Virtues?. Issues in Higher Education, vol 2. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-466-9_9

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