In both higher education and other policy sectors, agencies have become a popular instrument adopted by governments to regulate the behavior of universities from a distance. This paper addresses this apparently common trend by proposing a typology of these agencies that assumes that evaluation agencies' autonomy is dependent upon not only legal powers but also the government's capacity to behave as a principal and to design, over time, coherent systemic governance modes. This typology is assessed through a comparative analysis of the roles and functions of evaluative agencies within the field of higher education in the UK, France, and Italy.
Capano, G., Turri, M. (2017). Same Governance Template but Different Agencies. HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY, 30(2), 225-243 [10.1057/s41307-016-0018-4].
Same Governance Template but Different Agencies
CAPANO, GILIBERTO;TURRI, MATTEO
2017
Abstract
In both higher education and other policy sectors, agencies have become a popular instrument adopted by governments to regulate the behavior of universities from a distance. This paper addresses this apparently common trend by proposing a typology of these agencies that assumes that evaluation agencies' autonomy is dependent upon not only legal powers but also the government's capacity to behave as a principal and to design, over time, coherent systemic governance modes. This typology is assessed through a comparative analysis of the roles and functions of evaluative agencies within the field of higher education in the UK, France, and Italy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
