Higher Education Reforms in Europe: A Comparative Perspective of New Legal Frameworks in Europe

Higher Education in the BRICS Countries

“…The need to massify the HE system is still a national question, no doubt, but the rules of engagement have changed; with HE following the worldwide trend of wanting to become a 'modern' system (Amaral et al 2012;Garrod and MacFarlane 2009). The need to massify the HE system is still a national question, no doubt, but the rules of engagement have changed; with HE following the worldwide trend of wanting to become a 'modern' system (Amaral et al 2012;Garrod and MacFarlane 2009).…”

Compliance and Creativity: Dilemmas for University Governance

“…But the intention has been to allow universities greater freedom to determine their own futures, at any rate in terms of their operational management. 10 It is not a coincidence, of course, that this devolution of administrative responsibilities has gone hand-in-hand with the growth of 'compliance'. Universities, like many other (public) institutions, have found that the so-called regulatory state can be just as intrusive, and controlling, as the welfare state.…”

“…Often it has been accompanied by new funding regimes under which public funding is allocated by contracts according to performance (and, perhaps coincidentally because of post-2008 ‘austerity’ policies pursued by most Governments, by budget cuts). But the intention has been to allow universities greater freedom to determine their own futures, at any rate in terms of their operational management 10 . It is not a coincidence, of course, that this devolution of administrative responsibilities has gone hand-in-hand with the growth of ‘compliance’.…”

O campo universitário português: transformações e disputas entre 1988 e 2015

“…O objeto que nos concentra é parte disso mas com uma perspetiva distinta. Parto do enquadramento histórico (Rubião, 2013;Dréze e Debele, 1983;Neto, 1999), da legislação (Amaral, Tavares e Santos, 2012;Magalhães e Amaral, 2007;Amaral, 2003;Barrias, 2013), das transformações organizacionais (Oliveira, Peixoto e Silva, 2014;1 As reflexões a que este texto dá corpo têm origem numa pesquisa desenvolvida entre setembro de 2014 e junho de 2015 sobre as transformações e disputas nas universidades portuguesas entre 1988 e 2015. Barrias, 2013) e das práticas políticas (Santos e Filho, 2008;Drago, 2005; Cabrito e Jacob, 2011) para desenvolver um quadro interpretativo da universidade enquanto campo, isto é, enquanto subconjunto relacional do espaço social, estruturado através de posições e disposições, onde os agentes lutam pela posse e o reconhecimento de um ou mais capitais, e que, tendo características próprias e uma autonomia relativa, funciona como um terreno de jogo, que se interseta com campos distintos, e onde os agentes disputam posições, significados e poder (Bourdieu, 1984a;1984b;1989;1992;2001;.…”