Reconfiguring university management in Portugal education

Authors

  • Amélia CIPES – Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, Universidade do Porto (Matosinhos/Portugal) e Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior (A3ES) (Lisboa/Portugal)
  • António M. Magalhães CIPES – Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, Universidade do Porto (Matosinhos/Portugal) e Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto (Porto/Portugal)
  • Sofia Sousa CIPES – Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, Universidade do Porto (Matosinhos/Portugal)
  • Filipa M. Ribeiro CIPES – Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, Universidade do Porto (Matosinhos/Portugal)
  • Alberto Amaral CIPES – Centro de Investigação de Políticas do Ensino Superior, Universidade do Porto (Matosinhos/Portugal) e Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior (A3ES) (Lisboa/Portugal)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34626/esc.vi41.289

Keywords:

governance, New Public Management, New Governance, collegial governance, meta-governance

Abstract

In Portugal, the development of the reform of higher education institutions governance in
Portugal was made under the influence of the narrative of the New Public Management and the
weakening of collegial governance. In other European countries, the institutional responses to these reforms have mitigated the effects of New Public Management, counterbalancing its most extreme consequences. In this article we analyse the implementation of the Legal Regime of Higher Education Institutions in Portugal. Based on documentary analysis, covering the period 2007-2011, we aim at identifying the extent to which elements of the New Governance narrative emerged in tension with the New Public Management. It became apparent that the characteristics of the New Governance assume some importance, particularly in what concerns the development of enablement skills to deal with the challenges arising from meta-governance.

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Published

2014-04-01

How to Cite

Amélia, Magalhães, A. M., Sousa, S. ., Ribeiro, F. M., & Amaral, A. (2014). Reconfiguring university management in Portugal education. Educação, Sociedade & Culturas, (41), 7–23. https://doi.org/10.34626/esc.vi41.289

Issue

No. 41 (2014): Thinking education in the XXI century: contributions

Section

ARTICLES | Open call

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