Reforming higher education
Examining the relationship between higher education policy and the state, this book focuses on the ways in which the changing concepts of the nature of the state and its role have had an impact on the development of higher education policy in the last thirty years.
272 p. : gráf. ; 24 cm.
9781853027154, 1853027154
851298240
Preface. Part 1. Themes, Methods and Theories. 1. Our Main Themes and Methods. 2. Our Project and Theoretical Position. Part 2. Changing Nature of Higher Education: Main Policy Movements. 3. The Reform Movement: Contexts and Massification. 4. The Reform Movement: Objectives and Policies. 5. The Ending of the Binary System. 6. The Changing State Apparatus. 7. The Impact of Policy Changes on Institutional Government. Part 3. Theoretical Perspectives, the Exercise of Influence and the Role of the State. 8. The Exercise of Influence. 9. Reflections and Some Emerging Conclusions. Glossary. Bibliography. Subject Index. Author Index.