Brave New World: Higher Education Reform in Finland

Autor/inn/en	Aarrevaara, Timo; Dobson, Ian R.; Elander, Camilla
Titel	Brave New World: Higher Education Reform in Finland
Quelle	In: Higher Education Management and Policy, 21 (2009) 2, S.87-104 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1682-3451
DOI	10.1787/hemp-21-5ksj0twnffvl
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; College Role; College Environment; Politics of Education; Institutional Autonomy; Government Role; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Educational Change; College Faculty; College Administration; Administrative Organization; Government School Relationship; Educational Innovation; Legislation; International Education; Public Policy; Employer Employee Relationship; Faculty College Relationship; Governance; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hochschulumwelt; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Institutionelle Autonomie; Politics of education; Politikfeldanalyse; Bildungsreform; Fakultät; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Gesetzgebungslehre; Internationale Erziehung; Öffentliche Ordnung; Education; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Finnland
Abstract	Finnish universities are about to enter a period of radical change. This paper considers the reforms expected of a new Universities Act currently before parliament and a set of institutional mergers. When passed, the new act will provide universities with independent legal status, change their relationship with the government in several ways, affect university governance arrangements, and alter the relationship between staff and their university employers. Although these reforms will be radical for the university sector itself, many of the changes will be all but invisible to those outside the sector. The change that will be noticed is the creation of the new Aalto University through a merger between three existing institutions. The new university will be highly visible to all as it tries to meet the government's aspirations for it to become a world-class university. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10