The Palgrave International Handbook of Higher Education Policy and Governance

This state-of-the-art reference collection addresses the major themes, theories and key concepts related to higher education policy and governance on an international scale in one accessible volume. Mapping the field and showcasing current research and theorizations from diverse perspectives and authoritative scholars, this essential guide will assist readers in navigating the myriad concepts and themes involved in higher education policy and governance research and practice. Split into two sections, the first explores a range of policy concepts, theories and methods including governance models, policy instruments, institutionalism and organizational change, new public management and multi-level governance. The second section addresses salient themes such as institutional governance, funding, quality, employability, accountability, university rankings, widening participation, gender, inequalities, technology, student involvement and the role of higher education in society. Global in its perspective and definitive in content, this one-stop volume will be an indispensable reference resource for a wide range of academics, students and researchers in the fields of education, education policy, sociology, social and public policy, political science and for leadership.

Auteur
Jeroen Huisman is Professor of Higher Education, Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Belgium. He is editor of Higher Education Policy and co-editor of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) book series. His main research interests are higher education policy, institutional governance, organizational change and Europeanization.
Harry de Boer is Deputy-Director and Senior Researcher at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente, the Netherlands. Within the field of higher education, he specialises in government university relationships, steering models, policy analysis, institutional governance, leadership and management, strategic planning and models of decision making.
David D. Dill is Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. His research interests include public policy analysis, the regulation of academic quality, and research policy. He serves as Director of the Research Program on Public Policy for Academic Quality (http://ppaq.web.unc.edu/).
Manuel Souto-Otero is Senior Lecturer in Education Policy at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Education and Work and previously published Evaluating European Education Policy Making. His research interests include policy analysis and evaluation, internationalization in educationand the link between education and the labour market.

Alberto Amaral, University of Porto, PortugalSophie Arkoudis, University of Melbourne, Australia Chi Baik, University of Melbourne, Australia Elizabeth Balbachevsky, University of São Paulo, BrazilFabiana Barros de Barros, University of Melbourne, AustraliaEmiko Blalock, Michigan State University, USA Harry de Boer, University of Twente, the Netherlands Bruno Broucker, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, Belgium Penny Jane Burke, University of Newcastle, Australia Yuzhuo Cai, University of Tampere, Finland Angel Calderon, RMIT University, Australia Sónia Cardoso, Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies, Matosinhos, Portugal Teresa Carvalho, Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies, Matosinhos, Portugal Joakim Caspersen, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, Norway Meng-Hsuan Chou, NTU Singapore, Singapore Fadia Dakka, University of Bristol, UK David D. Dill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Sara Diogo, University of Aveiro, Portugal James S. Fairweather, Michigan State University, USA Arne Martin Fedvolden, University of Oslo, Norway Nicoline Frølich, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, Norway Tatiana Fumasoli, University of Oslo, Norway Yuan Gao, University of Melbourne, Australia Leo Goedegebuure, University of Melbourne, Australia Lee Harvey, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Jeroen Huisman, Ghent University, Belgium Ben Jongbloed, University of Twente, the Netherlands Roger King, University of Bath, UK Fumi Kitagawa, University of Edinburgh Business School, UKJussi Kivistö, University of Tampere, Finland Manja Klemeni, Harvard University, USA Yu-Ching Kuo, National Applied Research Laboratories, TaiwanBenedetto Lepori, University of Lugano, Switzerland Amy Li, University of Washington, USA António Magalhães, University of Porto, Portugal Cheryl Matherly, University of Tulsa, USA Lynn Meek, University of Melbourne, Australia Pat o'Connor, University of Limerick, Ireland Alan Pettigrew, University of Melbourne, Australia </div...