Excellence of Universities versus Autonomy, Funding and Accountability

Bibliographic Data

ID12418266
AuthorsFrancisco Michavila (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, corresponding author), Jorge Manuel Ayala Martínez (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Jorge M Martinez
Year2018
Volume26
IssueS1
PagesS48-S56
Publication date2018-01-23
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1062798717000539
OpenAlexW2790087455
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Universities see a need for major changes in their organisational structures and functioning to be able to respond adequately to current social expectations. A greater provision of funds and an increase of university autonomy are priorities of today’s university policy. This article presents the results of relating excellence and autonomy through data from the Academic Ranking of World Universities of the University of Shanghai and the indicators developed by the European University Association for four types of university autonomy: organisational, academic, staffing and financial

Accountability · Autonomy · Business · Excellence · Political science · Public relations · Ranking (information retrieval · Sociology · Staffing · Higher Education Governance and Development · Public Administration · Accounting

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