1. From democracy to managerialism: foundation universities as the embodiment of Finnish university policies.
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Poutanen, Mikko, Tomperi, Tuukka, Kuusela, Hanna, Kaleva, Veera, and Tervasmäki, Tuomas
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MANAGERIALISM , *UNIVERSITIES & colleges , *HIGHER education , *COLLEGE students , *EDUCATION policy - Abstract
The administrative systems of universities attest to a shift towards more managerial forms of leadership. This article outlines how strategic management was introduced in Finland in the 2000s and how this led to a significant de-democratisation of the university organisations, despite academic communities' resistance and explicit preference for democratic self-governance. The article illustrates how strategic management informed the reconceptualization of Finnish higher education in legislation (nationally), to de-democratise and to structurally reform the HE field, and in practice (locally), to drive through desired administrative reconfigurations. This anti-democratic transformation is embodied in a new institutional model: foundation universities, which have been presented as the flagships of Finnish higher education policy, are also vehicles of de-democratisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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