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• PART I: CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND METHODS Concepts 1. Higher Education: The Nature Of The Beast
• Jim Fairweather And Emiko Blalock 2. Approaches To Policy And Governance In Higher Education
• Emanuela Reale And Emilia Primeri 3. Governance Models And Policy Instruments
• Frans Van Vught And Harry De Boer 4. New Public Management In Higher Education
• Bruno Broucker And Kurt De Wit 5. Multi-Level Governance In Higher Education Research
• Tatiana Fumasoli 6. The Legal Constitution Of Higher Education Policy And Governance Of The European Union
• Anne Van Wageningen Theoretical Approaches 7. Institutionalism And Organisational Change
• Sara Diogo, Teresa Carvalho And Alberto Amaral 8. Agency Theory As A Framework For Higher Education Governance
• Jussi Kivisto And Inga Zalyevska 9. Systems Theoretical Perspectives On Higher Education Policy And Governance
• Rudolf Stichweh And Thomas Pfeffer Methods 10. Research On Higher Education Policy And Institutional Management
• Malcolm Tight 11. Institutional Research And Planning: Its Role In Higher Education Decision Support And Policy Development
• Karen L. Webber And Angel J. Calderon 12. Operationalizing Network Analysis For Higher Education Research
• Robin Shields PART II: THEMES Higher Education, Society And The Economy 13. The Role Of Higher Education In Society And The Changing Institutionalized Features In Higher Education
• Romulo Pinheiro, Gerald Wengenge-Ouma, Elizabeth Balbachevsky And Yuzhuo Cai 14. Research, Development And Innovation: International, National And Regional Perspectives
• Fumi Kitagawa 15. Research, Development And Innovation: The Organizational Level
• Fabiana Barros De Barros, Leo Goedegebuure, V. Lynn Meek And Alan Pettigrew 16. Higher Education And The Employability Agenda
• Cheryl A. Matherly And Martin J. Tillman 17. Internationalisation Of Higher Education
• Yuan Gao, Chi Baik And Sophia Arkoudis Organising Higher Education 18. Differentiation Without Diversity. The Political Economy Of Higher Education Transformation
• Fadia Dakka 19. How Information And Communication Technology Is Shaping Higher Education
• Arne M. Fevolden And Cathrine E. Tomte Governing Higher Education 20. The Rise Of 'Higher Education Regionalism': An Agenda For Higher Education Research
• Meng-Hsuan Chou And Pauline Ravinet 21. Institutional Governance Structures
• Nicoline Frolich And Joakim Caspersen 22. From Collegial Governance To Boardism: Reconfiguring Governance In Higher Education
• Amelia Veiga, Antonio Magalhaes And Alberto Amaral 23. Global University Rankings, An Alternative And Their Impacts
• Don F. Westerheijden Funding Higher Education 24. Funding Of Research, Ben Jongbloed And Benedetto Lepori 25. State Support For Higher Education
• Amy Y. Li And William Zumeta Accountability And Quality 26. Institutional Autonomy And Accountability
• Roger King 27. Quality Assurance In Higher Education
• James Williams And Lee Harvey 28. Student Involvement In University Quality Enhancement
• Manja Klemencic Inequalities In Higher Education 29. Widening Participation In Higher Education: Policy Regimes And Globalizing Discourses
• Penny Jane Burke And Yu Ching Kuo 30. Gender In Higher Education: A Critical Review
• Pat O'Connor, Teresa Carvalho, Agnete Vabo, And Sonia Cardoso 31. Outlook
• Jeroen Huisman, Harry De Boer, David Dill And Manuel Souto-Otero.
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Kivistö, J., Zalyevska, I. (2015). Agency Theory as a Framework for Higher Education Governance. In: Huisman, J., de Boer, H., Dill, D.D., Souto-Otero, M. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Higher Education Policy and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-45617-5_8

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