Governance and trust in higher education

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ID4096480
AutoresLesley Vidovich (The University of Western Australia, autor correspondente), Jan Currie (Murdoch University)
Ano2011
Volume36
Fascículo1
Páginas43-56
Data de publicação2011-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoStudies in Higher Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03075070903469580
OpenAlexW2091549163
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas12

The adoption of more corporate models of governance is a contemporary trend in higher education. In the early 2000s, the Australian Government legislated national governance protocols for universities, using the policy lever of financial sanctions. These more corporate‐style governance protocols followed similar changes in the UK, consistent with a historical pattern of Australia borrowing policy ‘on trust’ from its former colonial ruler. However, the Australian approach represented much tighter government regulation than in the UK. This article employs a conceptual lens of trust to analyse changing policy on governance in Australian higher education. Analysis reveals that national governance protocols contributed to a culture of mistrust across the sector, although the dynamics of trust–mistrust relationships were complex and included apparent trust ‘settlements’ between particular stakeholder groups. This analysis offers another step in nascent investigations into trust and the governance of higher education

Corporate governance · Economics · Higher education · Legitimacy · Management · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sanctions · Stakeholder · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Learning Practices · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Law · Public Administration · Accounting