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Changing Patterns in the Middle Management of Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Portugal

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Much of the writing on higher education in recent years has tended to assume that the new management push in higher education is both universal and irreversible. This paper, however, presents evidence from Portugal to challenge that assumption. While elements of the new managerialism are clearly evident in the perceptions and attitudes of academics in charge of the basic academic units (departments/schools and faculties) in the country’s universities and polytechnics, academic management remains faced with a complex, contradictory and conflicting set of demands and expectations which is likely to take a considerable time to resolve.

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    Rui Santiago, Teresa Carvalho & Alberto Amaral

  2. Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia

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Santiago, R., Carvalho, T., Amaral, A. et al. Changing Patterns in the Middle Management of Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Portugal. High Educ 52, 215–250 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-004-2747-3

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