The Palgrave International Handbook of Higher Education Policy and Governance

This state-of-the-art reference collection addresses the major themes, theories and key concepts related to higher education policy and governance on an international scale in one accessible volume.


Mapping the field and showcasing current research and theorizations from diverse perspectives and authoritative scholars, this essential guide will assist readers in navigating the myriad concepts and themes involved in higher education policy and governance research and practice. Split into two sections, the first explores a range of policy concepts, theories and methods including governance models, policy instruments, institutionalism and organizational change, new public management and multi-level governance. The second section addresses salient themes suchas institutional governance, funding, quality, employability, accountability, university rankings, widening participation, gender, inequalities, technology, student involvement and the role of higher education in society.


Global in its perspective and definitive in content, this one-stop volume will be an indispensable reference resource for a wide range of academics, students and researchers in the fields of education, education policy, sociology, social and public policy, political science and for leadership.

Jeroen Huisman is Professor of Higher Education, Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Belgium. He is editor of Higher Education Policy and co-editor of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) book series. His main research interests are higher education policy, institutional governance, organizational change and Europeanization.


Harry de Boer is Deputy-Director and Senior Researcher at the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente, the Netherlands. Within the field of higher education, he specialises in government university relationships, steering models, policy analysis, institutional governance, leadership and management, strategic planning and models of decision making.


David D. Dill is Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. His research interests include public policy analysis, the regulation of academic quality, and research policy. He serves as Director of the Research Program on Public Policy for Academic Quality (http://ppaq.web.unc.edu/).


Manuel Souto-Otero is Senior Lecturer in Education Policy at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Education and Work and previously published Evaluating European Education Policy Making. His research interests include policy analysis and evaluation, internationalization in educationand the link between education and the labour market.





Alberto Amaral, University of Porto, PortugalSophie Arkoudis, University of Melbourne, Australia 
Chi Baik, University of Melbourne, Australia  
Elizabeth Balbachevsky, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Fabiana Barros de Barros, University of Melbourne, Australia
Emiko Blalock, Michigan State University, USA 
Harry de Boer, University of Twente, the Netherlands 
Bruno Broucker, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, Belgium  
Penny Jane Burke, University of Newcastle, Australia 
Yuzhuo Cai, University of Tampere, Finland 
Angel Calderon, RMIT University, Australia 
Sónia Cardoso, Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies, Matosinhos, Portugal 
Teresa Carvalho, Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies, Matosinhos, Portugal 
Joakim Caspersen, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, Norway 
Meng-Hsuan Chou, NTU Singapore, Singapore  
Fadia Dakka, University of Bristol, UK  
David D. Dill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA 
Sara Diogo, University of Aveiro, Portugal 
James S. Fairweather, Michigan State University, USA 
Arne Martin Fedvolden, University of Oslo, Norway 
Nicoline Frølich, Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, Norway 
Tatiana Fumasoli, University of Oslo, Norway  
Yuan Gao, University of Melbourne, Australia  
Leo Goedegebuure, University of Melbourne, Australia 
Lee Harvey, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark  
Jeroen Huisman, Ghent University, Belgium  
Ben Jongbloed, University of Twente, the Netherlands 
Roger King, University of Bath, UK  
Fumi Kitagawa, University of Edinburgh Business School, UK
Jussi Kivistö, University of Tampere, Finland 
Manja Klemenčič, Harvard University, USA 
Yu-Ching Kuo, National Applied Research Laboratories, Taiwan
Benedetto Lepori, University of Lugano, Switzerland 
Amy Li, University of Washington, USA 
António Magalhães, University of Porto, Portugal 
Cheryl Matherly, University of Tulsa, USA  
Lynn Meek, University of Melbourne, Australia 
Pat o'Connor, University of Limerick, Ireland 
Alan Pettigrew, University of Melbourne, Australia  
Thomas Pfeffer, Danube University Krems, Austria Rómulo Pinheiro, University of Agder, Norway  
Emilia Primeri, Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth of the National Research Council, Italy 
Pauline Ravinet, University of Lille, France  
Emanuela Reale, Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth of the National Research Council, Italy 
Robin Shields, University of Bath, UK 
Manuel Souto-Otero, University of Bath, UK 
Rudolf Stichweh, University of Lucerne, Switzerland 
Malcolm Tight, Lancaster University, UK 
Martin Tillman, Global Career Compass, UK  
Cathrine Edelhard Tømte, The Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, Norway 
Agnete Vabø, The Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, Norway
Amélia Veiga, Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies, Portugal 
Frans van Vught, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium  
Anne C. van Wageningen, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands  
Gerald Wangenge-Ouma, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Karen L. Webber, University of Georgia, USA 
Don Westerheijden, University of Twente, the Netherlands
James Williams, Birmingham City University, UK 
Kurt De Wit, University of Leuven, Belgium 
Inga Zalyevska, Danube University Krems, Austria 
William Zumeta, University of Washington, USA