New development: University managers balancing between sense and sensibility

Argento, Daniela; Helden, Jan van

doi:10.1080/09540962.2021.1890923

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“…Tandilashvili and Tandilashvili (2022) describe the shift from the traditional academic logic to the new market-driven logic, which has impacted the academics' professional identity and the common missions of research, teaching, and service to society. New rules introduced by the performance-oriented control systems have come at the cost of traditional values such as democracy, collegiality and freedom (Argento & van Helden, 2021;Grossi et al, 2020).…”

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Introduction to the special issue: “Performance measurement systems in universities: Threats or opportunities for governance?”

2022

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Introduction to the special issue: “Performance measurement systems in universities: Threats or opportunities for governance?”

2022

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“…On the other hand, in research, international competition and the diffusion of the mentality more and more inspired by the "publish or perish" attitude in recruitment, funding, and research evaluation are observable. Recently, concerns about the overemphasis of most of these instruments on research productivity have become more evident and influenced also teaching and knowledge transfer and community engagement missions (e.g., Argento & van Helden, 2021). In effects, the recent reforms in Higher Education Institutions all around Europe, partly inspired to NPM principles, have determined not only some positive effects, but also some negative ones.…”

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“…Currently, National Higher Education Systems are also increasingly influenced by supra-national institutions, such as the OECD and the EU, supporting not only the adoption of transparency and accountability schemes, but also endorsing a strongly evaluative culture, with an emphasis on measuring, assessing, and benchmarking performance (e.g., Argento & van Helden, 2021).…”

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“…In the Netherlands Open Access policies have been implemented since longer time, so, as highlighted in the case study, data and information are a little more easily recoverable for laymen, but the effective transparency matter is still open. According to Argento and van Helden (2021) particularly performance information for HEIs needs reconsideration leaving more space for professionals to focus on core research and teaching activities than on ambitions to be in top rankings.…”

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Transparency and Accountability in Higher Education as a Response to External Stakeholders and Rules: A Comparison Between Three Country-Case Studies

Pattaro

Sá

Kruijf

2022

SIDREA Series in Accounting and Business Administration

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Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have been increasingly under pressure to enhance accountability towards their stakeholders and to disclose relevant, updated, and reliable information about their performance in terms of teaching/education, research, and other activities, often labeled "'third mission."'.Based on an exploratory qualitative research, build through the analysis of literature, of national legislation, and of the information disclosed in different institutional websites, the purpose of this chapter is to offer a general overview of the present accountability requirements and of the instruments or resolutions, rule-driven but also voluntary, adopted in three European countries used as country-case studies --the Netherlands, Portugal, and Italy -. In addition, this contribution aims at proposing a general assessment of the degree of transparency and accountability of public-funded HEIs. 2Findings indicate that there is a quite a strong emphasis on accountability towards public or private funders/sponsors and to actual and future students and their families. It has also been realized that the weakest area in terms of transparency of HEIs' performance is that of transfer and consulting activities, contrasting to the attention paid to the disclosure of teaching and education performance information. Overall, HEIs in the three countries seem to be transparent but especially towards expert stakeholders who know exactly what to look for and where, since performance information is often scattered and available on wide documents, making the access and usability of information relatively low.The current research aims at contributing to the literature on transparency and accountability, particularly on performance information disclosure in the specific environment of public-funded higher education institutions, from an international comparative perspective, while offering to managers and policymakers some hints on how to assess their current transparency practices, as well as some suggestions about possible future amendments and improvements. Clearly, additional investigation is needed to further validate some findings and introduce other transparency dimensions and national contexts.

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“…With help from Durkheim (2001), they argue that there is a tension in professional practice between responsibility and accountability. Acting responsibly is then measured using criteria based on economic and legal rationale and less based on professional and moral assessments (Argento and Van Helden, 2021; Bornemark, 2018a; Buchanan et al, 2022; Hovednak and Wiese, 2017), which are essential in human service professions. With this we refer to professionals with higher education who provide human services, for example, teachers, nurses, and social workers.…”

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Cause for concern? The value of practical knowledge in professional education

Mæhre,

Hvitsten,

Halås

2023

Policy Futures in Education

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The aim of this paper is to explore how practical knowledge can enhance higher education and Bildung for the human service professions. The paper sheds light on how governance reforms such as New Public Management have influenced higher education, where we argue that scientific rationality has weakened the professional’s autonomy and responsibility. The paper is based on the three authors’ experiences as university teachers and researchers from three different fields, namely, nursing, social work, and special education. By using Foucault’s theory of the panoptic gaze, the analysis shows what is at stake in professional practice, education, and research and introduces perspectives from practical knowledge as a more functional understanding, highlighting 1) that subjective experiences are not being legitimized, 2) the inherent knowledge of practice, and 3) evidence and valid knowledge.

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New development: University managers balancing between sense and sensibility

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

Introduction to the special issue: “Performance measurement systems in universities: Threats or opportunities for governance?”

Introduction to the special issue: “Performance measurement systems in universities: Threats or opportunities for governance?”

Transparency and Accountability in Higher Education as a Response to External Stakeholders and Rules: A Comparison Between Three Country-Case Studies

Cause for concern? The value of practical knowledge in professional education

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