Shifting Fundaments of European Higher Education Governance: Competition, Ranking, Autonomy and Accountability

Autor/inn/en	Erkkilä, Tero; Piironen, Ossi
Titel	Shifting Fundaments of European Higher Education Governance: Competition, Ranking, Autonomy and Accountability
Quelle	In: Comparative Education, 50 (2014) 2, S.177-191 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068
DOI	10.1080/03050068.2013.807643
Schlagwörter	Governance; Higher Education; Institutional Autonomy; Reputation; Competition; Accountability; Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; Universities; Educational Policy; Educational Trends; Trend Analysis; Policy Formation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Institutionelle Autonomie; Wettkampf; Verantwortung; Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; University; Universität; Politics of education; Bildungsentwicklung; Trendanalyse; Politische Betätigung
Abstract	In the present study we provide an interpretation of a general narrative of transnational governance of higher education. All the elements of the narrative--competition, ranking autonomy and accountability--are visibly present in contemporary higher education policy agenda. We examine these not as separate ideas and practices but as an interlinked whole, bringing an amount of coherence to transnational governance of higher education in Europe. All the elements, as they are currently represented in policy statements by the European higher education establishment, are premised on social atomist ontology and ideology of competition. Consequently, drawing on textual evidence we argue that the recent trend for increasing universities' institutional autonomy and accountability has been justified by reference to competitive logic, which, in turn, has been strengthened by the practice of comparative ranking. The article contributes to diagnosing potential misconceptions that frame the current higher education policy-making in Europe. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10