Reform and Change in Higher Education

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 From Policy Implementation to Policy Change: A Personal Odyssey

Chapter 3 Implementation Analysis in Higher Education

Chapter 4 The Implementation Game

Chapter 5 The Implementation of the Norwegian College Reform

Chapter 6 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

Chapter 7 From Paper to Practice: Two Reforms and Their Consequences in Dutch Higher Education

Chapter 8 Implementation of Higher Education Policies: A Portuguese Example

Chapter 9 Two Decades of Change in Spanish Universities: Learning the Hard Way

Chapter 10 University Reform in Italy: Fears, Expectations and Contradictions

Chapter 11 Implementing Comprehensive National Higher Education Reforms: The Australian Reforms of Education Minister John Dawkins, 1987–90

Chapter 12 The Changing Role of the State in Mexican Higher Education: From the Crisis of Ineffectual Populism to New Forms of System Coordination

Chapter 13 Great Expectations, Mixed Governance Approaches and Unintended Outcomes: The Post-1994 Reform of South African Higher Education

Chapter 14 Equity Policy in Australian Higher Education: A Case of Policy Stasis

Chapter 15 Social Dynamics of Higher Education Reforms: The Case of Finland

Chapter 16 Backlash or Modernisation? Two Reform Cycles in Austrian Higher Education

Chapter 17 The Push for Accountability: Policy Influences and Actors in American Higher Education

Chapter 18 From Low Income and Minority Access to Middle Income Affordability: A Case Study of the US Federal Role in Providing Access to Higher Education

Chapter 19 Implementing the Triple Helix: The Academic Response to Changing University-Industry-Government Relations in Sweden

Chapter 20 Profiling Comprehensiveness? Strategy Formulation and Effects of Strategic Programmes at Traditional Universities