Volume 59 No.4 - 2013-12-31

The Transformation of University Governance and the Role of Government: A Case Study on the Dutch Higher Education System

大學治理轉型與政府角色:荷蘭高等教育系統之個案研究

Author:
Chuo-Chun Hsieh / 謝卓君
Keyword:
university governance, education policy, European higher education / 大學治理、教育政策、歐洲高等教育
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Many national higher education systems have undergone substantial shifts in their structures of governance in recent decades, because of the influence of globalization and regionalization. Taiwan is no exception: It has encountered problems in its higher education system in the process of transforming university governance. This article aims to provide suggestions for dealing to deal with with this difficulty, by applying the perspective of policy convergence and Also, the suggestions are based on an empirical study of a successful national case, the Netherlands. By examining public policies, this study analyzed the Dutch developments in higher education governance and the changing role government from 1980 to 2005. The process of the governance shift was divided into three stages. Even with the use of market mechanisms and a steering from a distance strategy are advocated, the evidence shows that the Dutch government continued to govern in the years under investigation, flexibly employing a variety of governance strategies. Finally, this paper offers suggestions, based on the findings, for the government and scholars involved in university governance.