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Governance and trust in higher education
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Governance and trust in higher education

L. Vidovich and J. Currie
Studies in Higher Education, Vol.36(1), pp.43-56
2011
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03075070903469580
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Abstract

The adoption of more corporate models of governance is a contemporary trend in higher education. In the early 2000s, the Australian Government legislated national governance protocols for universities, using the policy lever of financial sanctions. These more corporate-style governance protocols followed similar changes in the UK, consistent with a historical pattern of Australia borrowing policy 'on trust' from its former colonial ruler. However, the Australian approach represented much tighter government regulation than in the UK. This article employs a conceptual lens of trust to analyse changing policy on governance in Australian higher education. Analysis reveals that national governance protocols contributed to a culture of mistrust across the sector, although the dynamics of trust-mistrust relationships were complex and included apparent trust 'settlements' between particular stakeholder groups. This analysis offers another step in nascent investigations into trust and the governance of higher education.

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6 Social Sciences
6.3 Management
6.3.343 Organizational Theory
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