Higher Education governance and policy in Spain
The knowledge society of the 21st century is undergoing important changes in the field of information, communication, and globalization, which has led Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to play a leading role in its sustainable development, based on three fundamental pillars: social, economic, and...
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Universitat Politècnica de València
2023-10-01
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| author | Francisco Rubio Carlos Llopis-Albert Shouzhen Zeng Dayanis García-Hurtado |
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| description | The knowledge society of the 21st century is undergoing important changes in the field of information, communication, and globalization, which has led Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to play a leading role in its sustainable development, based on three fundamental pillars: social, economic, and environmental, which go beyond its traditional role based on training students to obtain a professional degree.
The need to address these significant changes and improve the quality and efficiency of HEIs has led to a reassessment of their governance structures, which require a more agile governance system that includes professionalized management. The most recent analyses on governance agree that the current mechanisms and systems of participation and decision making must be modified to guarantee greater effectiveness, and an improvement in transparency and accountability with the aim of contributing to promoting the role of the university in society, highlighting its contribution to innovation, research, generation and transmission of knowledge, and fostering collaboration with the business environment to promote the socioeconomic development of the surrounding area. This article analyses the role of the governing bodies in Spanish universities, highlighting the challenges and threats, and providing critical insights that result in improved self-governance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-93ca16f01fd440ea8deced99619e41bb2025-08-20T02:58:30ZengUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaMultidisciplinary Journal for Education, Social and Technological Sciences2341-25932023-10-01102597610.4995/muse.2023.2018119374Higher Education governance and policy in SpainFrancisco Rubio0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4981-6740Carlos Llopis-Albert1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1349-2716Shouzhen Zeng2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3604-0843Dayanis García-Hurtado3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8363-3898Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaUniversitat Politècnica de València Ningbo UniversityUniversity of Ciego de Ávila The knowledge society of the 21st century is undergoing important changes in the field of information, communication, and globalization, which has led Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to play a leading role in its sustainable development, based on three fundamental pillars: social, economic, and environmental, which go beyond its traditional role based on training students to obtain a professional degree. The need to address these significant changes and improve the quality and efficiency of HEIs has led to a reassessment of their governance structures, which require a more agile governance system that includes professionalized management. The most recent analyses on governance agree that the current mechanisms and systems of participation and decision making must be modified to guarantee greater effectiveness, and an improvement in transparency and accountability with the aim of contributing to promoting the role of the university in society, highlighting its contribution to innovation, research, generation and transmission of knowledge, and fostering collaboration with the business environment to promote the socioeconomic development of the surrounding area. This article analyses the role of the governing bodies in Spanish universities, highlighting the challenges and threats, and providing critical insights that result in improved self-governance.https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/MUSE/article/view/20181higher education institutionsuniversity governanceeducational policiesuniversity senategoverning councilsocial councilgovernance policies |
| spellingShingle | Francisco Rubio Carlos Llopis-Albert Shouzhen Zeng Dayanis García-Hurtado Higher Education governance and policy in Spain Multidisciplinary Journal for Education, Social and Technological Sciences higher education institutions university governance educational policies university senate governing council social council governance policies |
| title | Higher Education governance and policy in Spain |
| title_full | Higher Education governance and policy in Spain |
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| title_short | Higher Education governance and policy in Spain |
| title_sort | higher education governance and policy in spain |
| topic | higher education institutions university governance educational policies university senate governing council social council governance policies |
| url | https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/MUSE/article/view/20181 |
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