Making Policy in Turbulent Times: Challenges and Prospects for Higher Education

Making Policy in Turbulent Times: Challenges and Prospects for Higher Education

Making Policy in Turbulent Times: Challenges and Prospects for Higher Education

Making Policy in Turbulent Times: Challenges and Prospects for Higher Education

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Overview

How is policy made in higher education, particularly in the wake of recent economic turbulence? Has policy development converged internationally, and if so, what impact has this had on academic life and institutions? What role does policy-oriented research play in shaping the direction of higher education? Are universities grappling in common ways with issues of access and equity? Making Policy in Turbulent Times provides a historically informed and nuanced response to these and other questions. Distinguished scholars and administrators from across the globe identify economic challenges and pressures facing universities, compare policy developments in numerous jurisdictions, and demonstrate the ways in which networks and lobbyists achieve results. Cogently argued, Making Policy in Turbulent Times contributes significantly to new research, and will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781553393368
Publisher: McGill-Queens University Press
Publication date: 09/01/2013
Series: Queen's Policy Studies Series , #180
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Paul Axelrod is professor and former dean of the Faculty of Education at York University.

Roopa Desai Trilokekar is associate professor in the Faculty of Education at York University.

Theresa Shanahan is associate professor and former associate dean in the Faculty of Education at York University and is a member of York’s graduate program in Public Policy, Administration, and Law.

Richard Wellen is associate professor in the Department of Social Science at York University.


Roopa Desai Trilokekar is associate professor at York University and co-editor of Making Policy in Turbulent Times: Challenge and Prospects for Higher Education.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction Paul Axelrod 1

I Policy-Making: The Nature of the Process

1 Politics, Money, Economic Advantage, and Last, but Perhaps Not Least, University Autonomy: Assessing the Policy Drivers in British Higher Education Michael Shattock 9

2 Making Post-secondary Education Policy: Toward a Conceptual Framework Roopa Desai Trilokekar Theresa Shanahan Paul Axelrod Richard Wellen 33

3 The Role of Evidence and Expertise in Research Funding Agencies Creso M. Sá Merli Tamtik Andrew Kretz 59

II Agenda-Setting: The Role of Policy Actors

4 How Do Governments Really Make Higher Education Policy, and How Can Universities Influence the Policies Governments Make? An Experience-Based Analysis Harvey P. Weingarten 85

5 Lineation and Lobbying: Policy Networks and Higher Education Policy in Ontario Glen A. Jones 99

6 Setting Strategic Direction from the Presidential Suite: Hurdles and Successes Judith Woodsworth 117

III Policy Issues: Access, Quality, and Affordability

7 Higher Education and Student Financial Support in England: All Change or No Change? Claire Callender 139

8 Balancing Quality and Equity in Higher Education Policy Agendas? Global to Local Tensions Lesley Vidovich 167

9 Research and Reluctance in Improving Canadian Higher Education Ian D. Clark Ken Norrie 189

IV The Policy-Making Context: Global Dimensions

10 Globalization and "Policyscapes": Ruptures and Continuities in Higher Education Nelly P. Stromquist 221

11 Translating Globalization into Practice: University Networks - Toward a New Stratification of Higher Education? Bjørn Stensaker 249

12 Cross-National Education Policy Change in Quality Assurance: Convergence or Divergence? Chuo-Chun Hsieh Jeroen Huisman 269

13 Designing Higher Education Policy in the Age of Globalization: Imperfect Information and the Pursuit of the Public Good David D. Dill 295

V Public Policy and Higher Education: International Perspectives

14 Oscillations and Persistence in Chinese Higher Education Policy: A Path Dependence Analysis Qiang Zha Fengqiao Yan 317

15 The Europe of Knowledge: An Analysis of the EU's Innovation Strategy Harry de Boer Frans van Vught 339

16 Institutional Alliances: Passing Policy Fad or New Organizational Model? Maria Slowey 359

17 The Building of International Alliances: A Case Study of Canada-India Collaborations in Post-secondary Education Sheila Embleton 381

Afterword

18 Conducting Policy Analysis in Higher Education: Issues and Prospects Jane Gaskell 407

List of Acronyms 417

About the Contributors 425

Index 429

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