How Does Variation in the State’s Choice Over Higher Education Governance Affect University Restructuring? A Time-Series-Cross-Sectional Analysis

This study examined the effects of governance in higher education on the changing structures of universities, focusing on three major aspects: the marketization of higher education, new circuits of academic capitalist knowledge, and the quality of higher education. To do so, the study employed time-...

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Published inEducation and urban society Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 92 - 116
Main Author Song, Sue-Yeon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2020
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Academic achievement
Circuits
Collaboration
Colleges & universities
Commercialization
Cross cultural studies
Cross-sectional studies
Data Analysis
Educational Finance
Educational Quality
Governance
Higher Education
International comparisons
Knowledge
Markets
Public Support
Qualitative research
R&D
Random effects
Research & development
School Business Relationship
School Organization
Subsidies
Universities
time-series-cross-sectional data analysis
random effects models
marketization of higher education
quality of higher education
higher education governance
university restructuring
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Summary:This study examined the effects of governance in higher education on the changing structures of universities, focusing on three major aspects: the marketization of higher education, new circuits of academic capitalist knowledge, and the quality of higher education. To do so, the study employed time-series-cross-sectional (TSCS) data analysis with random effects models. The primary focus was to conduct empirical research utilizing comparative indicators and analytical tools for cross-national analysis, and to complement existing qualitative studies on the changing nature of universities. The results suggest the following: First, reductions in public subsidies for higher education may encourage higher education institutions to enter into market activities. Second, the results provide evidence that new circuits of knowledge, namely, academic capitalist knowledge regimes, are more highly associated with market activities such as university–industry collaboration and R&D performance compared to public good knowledge regime. Third, the results suggest that quality of higher education institutions is positively correlated with both public subsidies in higher education and university-industry collaboration.
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ISSN:0013-1245
1552-3535
DOI:10.1177/0013124519861948