KOHA2 Higher Education Systems - Steering and Coordination Mechanisms, 8 ECTS

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KOHA2 Higher Education Systems - Steering and Coordination Mechanisms 8 ECTS

Organised by

Administrative Science, Higher Education Managem.

Person in charge

Professor

Planned organizing times

Period(s)	I	II	III	IV
2007–2008		X
2008–2009	X	X
2009–2010	X	X

Preceding studies

Compulsory:

KOHA1 Introduction to Research on Higher Education

Belongs to following study modules

Teaching

Learning outcomes

Acquainting the students with theories and viewpoints explaining the operation and steering of higher education systems.

Introduction into comparative research of higher education systems.
Theories of higher education steering - steering by government, the market, and by academic profession.
The international dimension of higher education policy and steering.
The Finnish system of higher education administration and steering in an international frame of reference.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Lectures	12 h	0 h
Seminar	6 h	0 h

Each student shall write an essay on the basis of the lectures and the literature.

Teaching language

Finnish

Modes of study

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

1) Clark, B.R., The Higher Education System: Academic Organization in Cross-National Perspective. University of California Press 1983.

2) Becher, T. & Trowler, P.R., Academic Tribes and Territories: intellectual Enquiry and the Cultures of Discipline. SHRE & Open University Press 2001.

3) A collection of articles to be announced later.