University Governance and Reform

Part I. Premises and Problems

1. University Governance Reform: The Drivers and the Driven
Hans G. Schuetze

2. Reconsidering University Autonomy and Governance: From Academic Freedom to Institutional Autonomy
Pavel Zgaga

Part II. North America

3. The Provost Office as Key Decision-Maker in the Contemporary US University: Toward a Theory of Institutional Change
Nelly P. Stromquist

4. Professors in Their Places: Governance in Canadian Higher Education
William Bruneau

5. University Governance and Institutional Culture: A Canadian President’s Perspective
Ross Paul

6. The Politics of Policy Making in Postsecondary Education in Canada and in the Province of Ontario: Implications for Governance
Paul Axelrod, Theresa Shanahan, Richard Wellen, Roopa Desai-Trilokekar

7. Liberality and Collaborative Governance in a New Private University: The Experience of Quest University Canada
James Cohn

Part III. Latin America

8. International Forces Shaping Latin American Higher Education Governance
Alma Maldonado-Maldonado

9. Reforms of University Governance in Mexico: Inducements for or Impediments to Change?
Wietse Vries, Germán Álvarez-Mendiola

10. Federal Policies and Governance of Universities in Mexico, 1990–2010
Adrián Acosta Silva

11. Higher Education Reform in Ecuador and Its Effect on University Governance
F. Mauricio Saavedra

Part IV. East Asia and Australia

12. Incorporation of National Universities in Japan: An Evaluation Six Years On
Motohisa Kaneko

13. Current Challenges Facing Japanese Universities and Future Perspectives
Masao Homma

14. Intellectuals, Academic Freedom, and University Autonomy in China
Qiang Zha

15. Higher Education Reform in Indonesia: University Governance and Autonomy
W. James Jacob, Yuanyuan Wang, Tracy Lynn Pelkowski, Ravik Karsidi, Agus D. Priyanto

16. “Transforming Australia’s Higher Education System”: New Accountability Policies for a Global Era?
Lesley Vidovich

Avainsanat: Education, Educational Policy and Politics, International and Comparative Education, Higher Education, Education Policy