without external funding
Transforming Universities in Europe (TRUE) (TRUE)
Project Details
Project duration: 2009–2012
Website: http://www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtungen/de/incher/forschung/governance-und-organisation/true-transforming-universities.html
Abstract
The aim of TRUE was to clarify how steering and governance have affected organisational characteristics of higher education institutions and how this has affected the differentiation of the European higher education landscape. The transformation was analysed by means of three perspective: universalism assumes that universities are specific organisations; instrumentalism assumes that universities are just like any kind of organisation; and institutionalism assumes that the crucial question is the fit between the norms and values of universities and reformers. TRUE focused on three interrelated themes: governance and steering, organisational change and the higher education landscape. The German project conducted at INCHER-Kassel will focus on the international comparative analysis of the roles, tasks and self-understanding of university councils, taking into account the different institutional types and their strategic positioning in the organizational field.
