X-ray of Spanish universities: management, structure, educational programmes and budgets (Radiografía de las universidades españolas: gestión, estructura, programas formativos y presupuestos)

Abstract

This empirical study analyses the current status of Spanish universities from three vantage points: legal, economic and academic management. We use the content analysis technique to analyse all the universities that belong to CRUE (

Intergenerational climate at higher education: validity of the Spanish version of the workplace intergenerational climate scale

“…These results only highlight the differential nature of the type of relationships that are maintained when temporarily occupying management positions in Spanish universities. The Spanish university system, unlike other university systems that opt for a professionalization of management (Croucher and Woelert, 2021), promotes the involvement of university professors in management tasks in coordination with administration and services personnel (Sierra-Sánchez et al, 2020;Ley Orgánica, 2023). The management activities are very broad, not very homogeneous (e.g., rector of the university, member of the government team, positions in deanships, and department heads or study heads, among others) and imply temporary professional relationships between academics and administrators with those who do not usually perform teaching and research functions.…”

Perceptions on Regulation and Asymmetry of Information as Critical Factors in University Governance in Latin America

“…It is a process of direction and management of the provisions that public and private actors have to solve the problems of society; it also allows for taking advantage of social opportunities, articulating interests for collective goals, which means answering considerations relating to what, when, and who decides in the organization (Aguilar, 2007;De Boer & File, 2009;Li et al, 2019). University governance is understood as the processes and structures through which decisions are made and executed, as consequences of the interactions occurring between different stakeholders (Capano, 2011;Sierra-Sanchez et al, 2020).…”

“…In public institutions, they will be the stakeholders represented in the board of directors, which elect the unipersonal authorities in various ways. While in private or non-public institutions, these are governed by their owners (shareholders, foundations, or religious orders) who delegate governance to the authorities they designate (Sierra-Sanchez et al, 2020). Olsen (2007) classifies European universities in four categories with regard to their organization and governance: a university visualized as a community of scholars; as an instrument for applying public policies; a representative democracy; or, as a service company integrated into competitive markets.…”