Title: Institutional Financial Autonomy in Practice: A Departmental Perspective
Abstract: During the last decade, the higher education sector in Denmark went through substantial changes aimed at improving the dynamics and productivity of the academic sector, in particular in accessing European Union (EU) funds, and at increasing the market relevance of teaching and research. The 2003 University Act extended university autonomy and changed the governance structures. The new legislation established executive management structures with appointed rectors, deans, and heads of departments. At the same time, the links with society have been strengthened by introducing central university boards, which have a majority of external members, as the highest authority of autonomous institutions and with responsibilities for decision-making in strategic planning, general educational and research policy, and overall development. In 2007, the reform was followed by a merger operation of 12 universities and 13 national research institutes into 8 universities and 3 national research institutes.KeywordsEuropean UnionExternal FundingHigh Education SystemFunding BodyProject PortfolioThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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