Patterns of University Governance: Insights Based on an Analysis of Doctoral Education’s Management Reform

Baschung, Lukas

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-7028-7_7

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“…Another indication that scientific disciplines have differences in culture and practices (Becher and Trowler, 2001). According to Baschung (2014), fragmentation is an unavoidable fact in the setup of universities, making it hard to execute actions that are used in business like the entrepreneurial university model:…”

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Framing the entrepreneurial university: the case of the National University of Singapore

Reyes

2016

JEEE

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore issues and situations affecting the entrepreneurial university via frame analysis to determine how institutional members frame the National University of Singapore (NUS) as an entrepreneurial university and provide key insights on how it has been manifested in reality. Design/methodology/approach Interviews of 18 institutional members from the NUS will be the focus of this paper. Categories of frames were adopted from environmental conflict research. Official documents were also analysed to support the frames found in this study. Findings Based on the NUS case, the entrepreneurial university was perceived in an apparently ambiguous setup. Interviewees’ framing features the reality affecting the entrepreneurial university in relation to disciplinary identities, institutional configuration, power of important actors and risk perceptions attached to entrepreneurial activities. Issues presented by the case are considered intractable because institutional members have interpretative differences in motivations and interests in pursuing entrepreneurial activities. Research limitations/implications Future research can draw upon the factors that contribute to the institutionalisation of the entrepreneurial university model. Practical Implications The results may assist universities in refining certain approaches in carrying out entrepreneurial activities. Using methods such as frame analysis can enable identification of problems and ways to resolve the issues concerning reforms or policy frameworks introduced to universities. Originality/value At the time of this writing, analysing the entrepreneurial university model through the application of frame analysis is novel and yet to be explored in the field of higher education.

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Section: Disciplinary Identities: Interpretations On the "Spirit Of Enterprise"mentioning

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Framing the entrepreneurial university: the case of the National University of Singapore

Reyes

2016

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“…Studies such as those carried out by Becher and Trowler () show that academic practices may greatly vary according to scientific field. In addition, it can be argued that other variables such as national university governance and size and type of HEIs may also have an impact on academic practices (Baschung, ). Therefore the study on which this article is built on was mainly carried out by means of case studies , chosen on the basis of four variables, namely the national variable, consisting in the opposition between federal and centralised political systems, the disciplinary profile of higher education institutions (HEIs) (specialist vs .…”

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Identifying, Characterising and Assessing New Practices in Doctoral Education

Baschung¹

2016

Euro J of Education

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Traditionally, European doctoral education has principally taken place within the binary relationship of professors and their doctoral students according to the apprenticeship model. However, in the last one to two decades, this model has been questioned. Governments and higher education institutions (HEIs) reform doctoral education by establishing and running structured doctoral programmes or Doctoral Schools. Inspired by American Graduate Schools, various forms of Doctoral Schools have been increasingly emerging in many European HEIs. This article identifies, characterises and critically assesses the principal changes in doctoral education practices introduced through Doctoral Schools on the basis of eight case studies carried out in Swiss and Norwegian HEIs. The empirical analysis results in the identification of six types of changes which concern doctoral students’ recruitment, curricular component, supervision, scientific exchange, tracking and their career. These changes lead to four kind of trends – which vary according to the case study – consisting of a structuring, standardisation and opening of doctoral education, whereas its academic character is maintained. If greater competitiveness, better scientific quality and higher graduating rates may be achieved, problems in terms of ‘brain drain’, workload, supervision, innovation and careers may even be reinforced or at least not completely solved.

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Patterns of University Governance: Insights Based on an Analysis of Doctoral Education’s Management Reform

Cited by 2 publications

References 12 publications

Framing the entrepreneurial university: the case of the National University of Singapore

Framing the entrepreneurial university: the case of the National University of Singapore

Identifying, Characterising and Assessing New Practices in Doctoral Education

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