Governance of Higher Education System in Iran: The Elongated Road to New Public Management

2018 ◽  
pp. 2875-2880
Author(s):  
Hassan Danaeefard ◽  
Ghasem Salimi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
New Public

Necessary changes, adverse effects? The institutional patterns of adaptation of economics universities to changes prompted by the reform of Poland’s science and higher education system

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Jelonek ◽  
Stanisław Mazur
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Public Economics ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Adaptation Measures ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
New Public ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Mechanisms Of Adaptation

The currently implemented reform of Poland’s science and higher education system extensively draws on the principles of new public management in both curricula and management. It also replicates, at times uncritically, the changes put into effect in European higher education institutions. As early as 2017, the intentions of the decision makers were made clear by the introduction of a new funding algorithm, which completely altered the existing rules of the game. This algorithm particularly affected public economics universities, which were forced to make some adaptations. In this article, we focus on ways in which economics universities adapted to two specific solutions proposed by the legislator, that is, (1) the new funding algorithm and (2) the new career path called ‘teaching professorship’. Based on an in-depth study and using the theories of new institutionalism, we explore the mechanisms of adaptation to the new provisions as they apply to public economics universities. Finally, we identify and discuss four kinds of risks resulting directly from the new public management–based assumptions adopted by the reformers, namely, (1) the invasiveness of the proposed changes, (2) the fragmentary perception of the science and higher education system, (3) the inconsistency of the actions and (4) the ostensible adaptation measures taken by the institutions.

scholarly journals The Neoliberal University in Ireland: Institutional Bullying by Another Name?

Societies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Margaret Hodgins ◽  
Patricia Mannix McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Decent Work ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health And Well Being

New managerialism and the pervasive neoliberalisation of universities is by now a well-established phenomenon. Commentaries explore the political and economic drivers and effects of neoliberal ideology, and critique the impact on higher education and academic work. The impact on the health and well-being of academic staff has had less attention, and it is to that we turn in this paper. Much academic interest in neoliberalism stems from the UK, Australia and the United States. We draw particularly on studies of public Irish universities, where neoliberalism, now well entrenched, but something of a late-comer to the new public management party, is making its presence felt. This conceptual paper explores the concept of neoliberalism in higher education, arguing that the policies and practices of new public management as exercised in universities are a form of bullying; what we term institutional bullying. The authors are researchers of workplace culture, workplace bullying and incivility. Irish universities are increasingly challenged in delivering the International Labour Organisation (ILO) principles of decent work, i.e., dignity, equity, fair income and safe working conditions. They have become exposed in terms of gender imbalance in senior positions, precariat workforce, excessive workload and diminishing levels of control. Irish universities are suffering in terms of both the health and well-being of staff and organisational vibrancy. The authors conclude by cautioning against potential neoliberal intensification as universities grapple with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper reviews neoliberalism in higher education and concludes with insight as to how the current pandemic could act as a necessary catalyst to stem the tide and ‘call out’ bullying at the institutional level.

Higher education for public value: taking the debate beyond New Public Management

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Broucker ◽  
Kurt De Wit ◽  
Jef C. Verhoeven
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Public Value ◽  
New Public

scholarly journals Teaching qualitative research in adverse times

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-66
Author(s):  
Joost Beuving ◽  
Geert de Vries
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Academic Culture ◽  
Culture Wars ◽  
Naturalistic Inquiry ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
New Public ◽  
Science Curricula

This article discusses how the teaching of qualitative research in higher education is threatened by the effects of new public management, by academic culture wars and by a growing belief in big data. The controversy over Alice Goffman’s book On the Run presents one recent example of this. In an effort to counterbalance these developments, this article stresses the importance in social science curricula of ‘naturalistic inquiry’ – the artisanal core of qualitative research. Explicitly acknowledging emic viewpoints, naturalistic inquiry upholds the emancipatory ideal of making society transparent to its members. Teaching naturalistic inquiry as a craft may be the best way to assure ‘qualitative literacy’ among graduates in their various careers as socially responsible professionals.

scholarly journals The changing value of higher education in England and Portugal: Massification, marketization and public good

2020 ◽  
pp. 147490412096757
Author(s):  
Mariana Gaio Alves ◽  
Michael Tomlinson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
New Public ◽  
Global Discourse

This article examines how the value of higher education (HE) is currently being (re)framed in two European countries: England and Portugal. HE has been central to a global discourse on the future of knowledge economy, whilst also being subject to the policy framework of New Public Management. Being so, the changing value of HE is related to the ways in which its missions are understood and must be considered within the context of massification, as well as of a growing importance of employability. Drawing on published research and also considering national policy documents and statistical data produced by international organizations, the analysis demonstrates how HE in these two countries is currently being (re)framed, recognizing differences and similarities that express national specificities, as well as exploring how these have evolved within the wider national and pan-national policy context. Overall, the examination demanded going beyond the marketization approach by complementing it with the idea of public good and leads us to stress the importance of the tension between these two approaches as an analytical framework to better understand the changes occurring in different national contexts, within a transnational framework in which the knowledge economy and the central role of HE seems to be indisputably accepted.

About New Public Management Practices in Russian Universities (on Results of Field Studies)

Upravlenie ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 61-67
Author(s):  
Ломовицкая ◽  
V. Lomovitskaya ◽  
Хватова ◽  
T. Khvatova ◽  
Душина ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
New Public ◽  
Control Department ◽  
And Control ◽  
Russian Universities

New public management practices in prestigious universities are researched in this paper. Based on the field study — higher-education teaching personnel (HETP) interrogation — problem areas related to university managerialism policy have been revealed. It has been shown, that the administrative machine and control department extension, as well as low level of professorship involvement in decision-making destroy the academic autonomy and create a latent conflict between managers and HETP.

WOMEN?S MOVEMENTS AND NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT: HIGHER EDUCATION IN SWEDEN AND ENGLAND

2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
JIM BARRY ◽  
JOHN CHANDLER ◽  
ELISABETH BERG
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
New Public
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