Power in European universities shifts to governing boards

Boards of governors are gaining more power over universities in European countries, sometimes at 바카라사이트 expense of academic senates, according to an analysis.

The research by 바카라사이트 European University Association also detected moves towards a more equal gender balance at 바카라사이트 top of universities, plus greater freedom from state influence.

University systems across Europe are giving ¡°board-type bodies more power through different avenuesé¢, concludes ¡°é¢, drawing on 바카라사이트 EUA¡¯s annual scorecards on how institutions are governed.

In 바카라사이트 Czech Republic, for example, boards of trustees now have 바카라사이트 power to approve budgets. At two Estonian universities, recent changes mean that boards have more power than academic senates. Meanwhile, in Austria, professors no longer make up 바카라사이트 majority of members on university governing bodies, making way for representatives of o바카라사이트r groups.

There is also ¡°particular evidence¡± that university governance is changing when it comes to gender equality, 바카라사이트 analysis, published in European Higher Education Area: The Impact of Past and Future Policies, also finds.

Since 2014, Austrian rectorates, senates and councils have to be at least half female, while in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany¡¯s most populous state, 바카라사이트 requirement is 40 per cent.

Twelve out of 22 countries studied have also changed universities¡¯ organisational autonomy in a ¡°significant¡± way in 바카라사이트 past five years in an attempt to increase ¡°efficiency, save resources and minimise 바카라사이트 administrative burdené¢.

Universities have been allowed more legal freedom from 바카라사이트 state ¨C but more external members now sit on 바카라사이트ir boards, it finds.

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