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Reform and Change in Higher Education

Analysing Policy Implementation

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Editors:
  1. Åse Gornitzka

    1. Norwegian Institute for Studies in Research and Higher Education, Oslo, Norway

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  2. Maurice Kogan

    1. Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy and Practice, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK

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  3. Alberto Amaral

    1. University of Porto and CIPES, Portugal

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  • The most comprehensive discussion of the state of the art of Implementation Analysis in Higher Education
  • A review and critical appraisal of current empirical policy research in Higher Education
  • A unique variety of national case studies updating empirical data on implementation of Higher Education policies

Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics (HEDY, volume 8)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Åse Gornitzka, Maurice Kogan, Alberto Amaral
    Pages 1-13

  3. Overview

    1. From Policy Implementation to Policy Change: A Personal Odyssey

      • Paul Sabatier
      Pages 17-34

    2. Implementation Analysis in Higher Education

      • Åse Gornitzka, Svein Kyvik, Bjørn Stensaker
      Pages 35-56

    3. The Implementation Game

      • Maurice Kogan
      Pages 57-65

  4. National Case Studies

    1. The Implementation of the Norwegian College Reform

      • Svein Kyvik
      Pages 69-82

    2. The Legacy of 1981: An Assessment of the Long-Term Implications of the Reductions in Funding Imposed in 1981 on Institutional Management in UK Higher Education

      • John Taylor
      Pages 83-95

    3. From Paper to Practice: Two Reforms and Their Consequences in Dutch Higher Education

      • Harry F. de Boer, Jürgen Enders, Don F. Westerheijden
      Pages 97-116

    4. Implementation of Higher Education Policies: A Portuguese Example

      • Alberto Amaral, António Magalhães
      Pages 117-134

    5. Two Decades of Change in Spanish Universities: Learning the Hard Way

      • JosÉ-Ginüs Mora, Javier Vidal
      Pages 135-152

    6. University Reform in Italy: Fears, Expectations and Contradictions

      • Giunio Luzzatto, Roberto Moscati
      Pages 153-168

    7. Implementing Comprehensive National Higher Education Reforms: The Australian Reforms of Education Minister John Dawkins, 1987–90

      • Grant Harman
      Pages 169-185

    8. The Changing Role of the State in Mexican Higher Education: From the Crisis of Ineffectual Populism to New Forms of System Coordination

      • Rollin Kent
      Pages 187-205

    9. Great Expectations, Mixed Governance Approaches and Unintended Outcomes: The Post-1994 Reform of South African Higher Education

      • Nico Cloete, Peter Maassen, Joe Muller
      Pages 207-226

    10. Equity Policy in Australian Higher Education: A Case of Policy Stasis

      • Richard James, Craig McInnis
      Pages 227-244

    11. Social Dynamics of Higher Education Reforms: The Case of Finland

      • Jussi Välimaa
      Pages 245-267

    12. Backlash or Modernisation? Two Reform Cycles in Austrian Higher Education

      • Hans Pechar
      Pages 269-285

    13. The Push for Accountability: Policy Influences and Actors in American Higher Education

      • Elaine El-Khawas
      Pages 287-303

    14. From Low Income and Minority Access to Middle Income Affordability: A Case Study of the US Federal Role in Providing Access to Higher Education

      • Richard C. Richardson Jr, Alicia D. Hurley
      Pages 305-324

    15. Implementing the Triple Helix: The Academic Response to Changing University-Industry-Government Relations in Sweden

      • Susan Marton
      Pages 325-342
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Starting from the now classical book by Ladislav Cerych and Paul Sabatier (1986), the editors present a critical appreciation of that initial work and a review and critical appraisal of current empirical policy research in higher education.

In the second part, a set of chapters analyses the effective and specific complexities of the implementation of higher education policies in several countries, offering a wide variety of situations both in terms of duration of implementation, legal objectives, adequacy of causal theories underlying the reforms, adequacy of financial resources and degree of commitment of the main actors of the process. Some of these chapters use alternative theoretical frameworks developed since the 1986 Cerych and Sabatier theorization to interpret the empirical results, and some national cases do not fall within the scope of Cerych and Sabatier’s analysis. The national case studies are: Australia (2), Austria, Finland, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, the UK and the USA.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Norwegian Institute for Studies in Research and Higher Education, Oslo, Norway

    Åse Gornitzka

  • Centre for the Evaluation of Public Policy and Practice, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK

    Maurice Kogan

  • University of Porto and CIPES, Portugal

    Alberto Amaral

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