Quality Standards as Flexible Instruments of University Governance Andrea Mignone (University of Genoa) The University is currently involved in changes that have a potential for transforming its institutional identity. At stake are the University’s purpose, work processes, organization, system of governance, quality processes and financial basis, as well as its role in the political system, the economy and society at large. These processes link change in the University to change in the environment in which is embedded: in the role of democratic government, in public-private relations, and in the relationship between the local, national, European and international level. There is a reshaping of institutional purposes and the University jeopardizes its legitimacy by losing sight of its identity and constitutive logic, its distinctive features, functions and achievements as an academic institution. Prevailing trends include fundamental change in the autonomy of the University and in the academic freedom of individual faculty members, in the University’s collegial and disciplinary organization, the unity of research and teaching, who controls specific bodies of knowledge and who defines criteria of excellence and social needs, the structure of departments, degree programs and courses, the relations between those who do research and teach and academic and administrative leaders, and in governments’ commitment to funding universities. As often before, a period with a potential for radical change also invites speculations about what kind of organized system the University is and how it works, how the University ought to be organized and governed, what consequences different arrangements are likely to have, and how external demands for radical reform may depend on the University’s capacity for self-governance and adaptation. In: Zakirova G. (ed.), Evaluation Management Models in University Functions and Processes, Almaty, Kauir University Press, 2008, pp. 38.49 (ISBN 9965-734-72-0)

Quality Standards as Flexible Instruments of University Governance

MIGNONE, ANDREA
2008-01-01

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Quality Standards as Flexible Instruments of University Governance Andrea Mignone (University of Genoa) The University is currently involved in changes that have a potential for transforming its institutional identity. At stake are the University’s purpose, work processes, organization, system of governance, quality processes and financial basis, as well as its role in the political system, the economy and society at large. These processes link change in the University to change in the environment in which is embedded: in the role of democratic government, in public-private relations, and in the relationship between the local, national, European and international level. There is a reshaping of institutional purposes and the University jeopardizes its legitimacy by losing sight of its identity and constitutive logic, its distinctive features, functions and achievements as an academic institution. Prevailing trends include fundamental change in the autonomy of the University and in the academic freedom of individual faculty members, in the University’s collegial and disciplinary organization, the unity of research and teaching, who controls specific bodies of knowledge and who defines criteria of excellence and social needs, the structure of departments, degree programs and courses, the relations between those who do research and teach and academic and administrative leaders, and in governments’ commitment to funding universities. As often before, a period with a potential for radical change also invites speculations about what kind of organized system the University is and how it works, how the University ought to be organized and governed, what consequences different arrangements are likely to have, and how external demands for radical reform may depend on the University’s capacity for self-governance and adaptation. In: Zakirova G. (ed.), Evaluation Management Models in University Functions and Processes, Almaty, Kauir University Press, 2008, pp. 38.49 (ISBN 9965-734-72-0)
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