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ERIC Number: EJ572059
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0141-8211
Justifying the Evaluative State: New Public Management Ideals in Higher Education.
Bleiklie, Ivar
European Journal of Education, v33 n3 p299-316 Sep 1998
Suggests that the introduction of corporate management ideals signals profound changes in the way public authorities understand academic activity and discusses the impact of these changes on institutional autonomy and academic freedom. Examines these changes from the perspective of a Norwegian university, focusing particularly on normative ideals surrounding university activity and organizational ideals related to university governance. (CH)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Administrative Organization, Change Agents, Educational Administration, Foreign Countries, Governance, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, Institutional Evaluation, Management Systems, Self Evaluation (Groups)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: New Public Management Model; Norway
Note: Theme Issue, "The Evaluative State Revisited."