The Influence of Governance Regimes on the Quality of University Degrees: An Exploratory Study from Chile
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https://doi.org/10.21664/2238-8869.2020v9i3.p182-196Keywords:
University Governance, Faculties, Quality, Case Study, Exploratory StudyAbstract
Higher education institutions, at their different levels, must respond to the growing demands of the environment and, in turn, to the requirements of the internal members of the university community. Under this view, the aim of this article is to explore the possible links between the dominant types of governance at the level of schools and the quality of their undergraduate degrees. To this end, a case study is carried out in a Chilean university; where through semi-structured interviews to faculty and management team from four schools it will be possible to know the perspective they have in relation to the governance of their own units, while quality will be measured by the proportion of programs accredited by them. Findings suggest that in the case analyzed, the bureaucratic governance regime at the level of Schools is associated with better results in the quality of the degrees, while the collegiate governance regime and even the stakeholder governance regime have lower levels of accreditation in their degrees; It is therefore suggested that the focus on ministerial demands and the requirements of quality agencies contribute to a better response to these demands and allow for greater alignment, which is rewarded with better accreditation.
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Nørreklit, Lennart, Lisa Jack, and Hanne Nørreklit. 2019. “Moving towards Digital Governance of University Scholars: Instigating a Post-Truth University Culture.” Journal of Management and Governance 23 (4): 869–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-019-09489-7.
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———. 2009. “El Rol de Las Universidades En La Sociedad Del Conocimiento y En La Era de La Globalización: Evidencia Desde Chile.” INCI 34 (11): 824–29.
Rodríguez-Ponce, Emilio, and Juan Rodríguez-Ponce. 2019. “Gobernanza Universitaria: Un Estudio de Caso Desde Una Facultad de Educación En Chile.” Utopía y Praxis Latinoamericana 24 (Esp. 4): 36–46.
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Shattock, Michael. 2017. “University Governance in Flux. The Impact of External and Internal Pressures on the Distribution of Authority within British Universities: A Synoptic View.” Higher Education Quarterly 71 (4): 384–95. https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12132.
Silva, Adrián Acosta. 2012. “Políticas de Educación Superior En México: Un Diálogo y Sus Perspectivas.” https://www.uv.mx/mie/files/2012/10/1politicasdeeducacionsuperiorenmexico.pdf.
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Virgili Lillo, Mariol, Francisco Aníbal Ganga-Contreras, and Katherine Figueroa Aillañir. 2015. “Gobernanza Universitaria o Cogobierno: El Caso de La Universidad de Concepción de Chile.” Ultima Década 23 (42): 187–216. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-22362015000100009.
Yin, Robert K. 2014. Case Study Research: Design and Methods. California: Sage.
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RODRIGUEZ-PONCE, Emilio; PEDRAJA-REJAS, Liliana; RODRIGUEZ-PONCE, Juan. The Influence of Governance Regimes on the Quality of University Degrees: An Exploratory Study from Chile. Fronteiras - Journal of Social, Technological and Environmental Science, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 3, p. 182–196, 2020. DOI: 10.21664/2238-8869.2020v9i3.p182-196. Disponível em: https://revistas2.unievangelica.edu.br/index.php/fronteiras/article/view/3970. Acesso em: 4 dec. 2024.
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