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In both higher education and other policy sectors, agencies have become a popular instrument adopted by governments to regulate the behavior of universities from a distance. This paper addresses this apparently common trend by proposing a typology of these agencies that assumes that evaluation agenc...

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Published in:Higher education policy 2017-06, Vol.30 (2), p.225-243
Main Authors: Capano, Giliberto, Turri, Matteo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Comparative analysis
Education policy
England
France
Government agencies
Higher education
Italy
Regulation
United Kingdom
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Summary:In both higher education and other policy sectors, agencies have become a popular instrument adopted by governments to regulate the behavior of universities from a distance. This paper addresses this apparently common trend by proposing a typology of these agencies that assumes that evaluation agencies' autonomy is dependent upon not only legal powers but also the government's capacity to behave as a principal and to design, over time, coherent systemic governance modes. This typology is assessed through a comparative analysis of the roles and functions of evaluative agencies within the field of higher education in the UK, France, and Italy. Reprinted by permission of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
ISSN:0952-8733
DOI:10.1057/s41307-016-0018-4