Restructuring Higher Education. A Comparative Analysis between Australia and The Netherlands

It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful to success, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who profit by the new order, this lukewarmnes...

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Published in:Comparative education 1991-01, Vol.27 (1), p.7-22
Main Authors: Goedegebuure, Leo C. J., Meek, V. Lynn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative change
Administrative science
Administrative structures
Australia
Change Agents
Colleges
Comparative Education
Education
Educational administration
Educational Change
Educational institutions
Educational Policy
Educational Reform
Educational research
Educational sciences
Environmental policy
Foreign Countries
Funding
Government
Government School Relationship
Higher Education
Institutional Autonomy
Institutional Environment
Mergers
Netherlands
Public Policy
Reform
School restructuring
Steering
Universities
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Summary:It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful to success, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who profit by the new order, this lukewarmness arising partly from fear of their adversaries, who have the laws in their favour; and partly from the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have actual experience of it. (Machiavelli) *A preliminary version of this article was presented at the 11th European AIR Forum in Trier, August 1989. We want to thank Peter Maassen and Frans van Vught for their helpful comments and suggestions.
ISSN:0305-0068
1360-0486
DOI:10.1080/0305006910270103