Institutional logic in a higher education system under reform. Evidence from Polish public universities

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Piotr Urbanek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Institutional Logic ◽  
Higher Education System

scholarly journals Approximation to a model of governance in public Universities of the province of Pichincha of Ecuador

2019 ◽  
pp. 122-137
Author(s):  
Betzabé del Rosario Maldonado Mera ◽  
José Javier Buenaño Cabrera ◽  
Karla Viviana Benavides Espinosa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Education System ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Internal Governance ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Higher Education Organizations ◽  
Institutional Representation

In the last decade, Ecuador's higher education system observes substantial changes, whose dynamics has stressed marked transformations within universities. This work follows the research from the perspective of internal governance, to make an approach to the prevailing models in universities involved in the study. The analysis considers a systemic approach, where the term governance is associated with the government's ability to define the work of higher education institutions and forms of internal organization to fulfill the role granted. The study is documentary type eminently qualitative, based on sources of information obtained from official websites of universities and various higher education organizations. In a complementary manner, a questionnaire was applied through a survey to advisers from the same institutions to confirm or contrast the conclusions generated. The principles of governance considered in the study are autonomy, academic freedom, accountability, participation and institutional representation. The results show that the control mechanisms implemented by the State influence within universities and shape differences in models exercised governance.

scholarly journals Different histories, similar opinions? Perspectives of presidents of public and private universities on Argentina’s higher education system

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
María Fernanda Arias
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Education System ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article analyzes the opinions about the system of higher education in Argentina of presidents of private and public universities. The sample consisted of sixteen in-depth interviews with presidents of public and private universities. In the 1990s Argentina, similarly to other Latin American and European countries, initiated profound reforms of its university system The analysis of the interviews shows, that although Argentina's higher education system was traditionally organized around the ethos of public universities and only recently a new but increasingly influential private sector was developed, the opinions of the presidents of both types of universities is rather similar..  We concluded that the type of governance, public or private, is not the most influential dynamic in the opinions of the presidents of these universities, but the particular history and institutional traditions are better explanatory variables. 

Re-Thinking Inclusive Higher Education for Students With Disabilities

2021 ◽  
pp. 235-250
Author(s):  
Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Education System ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Disadvantaged Groups ◽  
Epistemic Access ◽  
Physical Access ◽  
Depth Interviews

Several studies address the notion of inclusive higher education from the perspective of access questioning who participates, where, and how in the sense of equity, raising issues of enrolment of disadvantaged groups. This chapter approaches the concept of inclusion in the Ethiopian higher education system from an epistemic access perspective. The argument is that discussions on access to higher education for disadvantaged groups should go beyond mere physical access and should be conceptualized in a manner that reflects educational outcomes and post-enrollment experiences. This chapter aims at exploring the notion of inclusive higher education and epistemic access to students with disabilities in Ethiopian public universities. The study is based on in-depth interviews of 25 students with disabilities from five Ethiopian public universities. The chapter argues that the higher education system in Ethiopia should re-approach the notion of access and take a proactive measure to ensure epistemic access to students with disabilities.

Risks in Implementing EU-Funded Projects in Romanian Public Higher Education System

2016 ◽  
pp. 413-441
Author(s):  
Paul Rinderu ◽  
Catalin I. Voiculescu ◽  
Demetra Lupu Visanescu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Organizational Structure ◽  
Education System ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Public Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Systemic Risks

The current study, after shortly introducing the manner in which the National Strategic Reference Framework has being conceived for meeting the EU Regional and Cohesion objectives, presents in a concise manner the architecture of the Operational Programmes in Romania for the financing exercises 2007-2013 and 2014-2020. The first financing exercise has been critically analysed and a list of systemic risks is presented, in connection to the lessons learned for the new financing exercise. Further on, the paper presents the main directions under which the public higher education institutions accessed EU funds via various projects and identifies the main institutional risks for their implementation. The authors consider defining risk institutional profiles for a significant lot of public universities by introducing “soft” and “hard” sets of indicators. After assessing these profiles, recommendations for adapting the organizational structure will be depicted in order to help a softer implementation of the accessed projects.

The Use of Systems Dynamics in the Analysis of Facilities Management Affecting the Quality of Higher Education in Egypt

2021 ◽  
pp. 111-133
Author(s):  
Reem A. ElHarakany ◽  
Alfredo Moscardini ◽  
Nermine M. Khalifa ◽  
Marwa M. Abd Elghany ◽  
Mona M. Abd Elghany
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Facilities Management ◽  
Systems Dynamics ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Causal Diagrams ◽  
Private And Public

In every nation, it is important that the higher education system fulfils the community expectation for perceived quality. One aspect of improving quality is to adopt a better funding strategy for the facilities that are provided by a university. This chapter focuses on the funding strategy for Egyptian universities. The chapter provides the background to the problem distinguishing between private and public universities thenceforward describes the process, employing the causal diagrams, to prioritise the six most important facility services. The budgeting for these services are individually modelled (using both the qualitative and quantitative system dynamics) and then incorporated into a combined stock and flow model. The models allow a facility service administrator to optimise spending in a particular area and also to rank the spending between the six facilities. The models for private and public universities have the same structure but differ with the data. Results of the analysis are discussed in detail.

The Influence of Western Qur'anic Scholarship in Turkey

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-44
Author(s):  
Mehmet Akif Koç
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Turkish Higher Education ◽  
Tremendous Importance ◽  
Cultural World

After first surveying the development of academic studies of Islam within the modern Turkish higher education system, this essay provides an inventory of material that has been translated from Western languages into Turkish. It is inevitable that orientalist studies will have a place of tremendous importance in this analysis. However, approaches to the Qur'an and its exegesis which have been developed under the influence of the Western scientific and cultural world encompass a larger range of literature that includes not only the orientalist studies themselves but also the criticisms directed against these studies. Particular attention is paid to the work of Fazlur Rahman and Arab scholars influenced by Western methods, and an assessment of the various issues related to the critique of orientalist works is provided.

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