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Date	Content type	Title
04 July 2007	Article English	PDF READ Policies and Networks in the Construction of the European Higher Education Area Kostas A. Lavdas, Nikos E. Papadakis, Marrianna Gidarakou, Pages: 121–131 in Higher Education Management and Policy Within the European Union, issues of comparability and compatibility regarding higher education policy are defined by new challenges, while interest politics increasingly affect the actions and the discursive practices that constitute both the new ...
04 July 2007	Article English	PDF READ Higher Education and the Spectre of Variable Fees: Public Policy and Institutional Responses in the United States and the United Kingdom David Ward, John Aubrey Douglass, Pages: 1–28 in Higher Education Management and Policy As part of a larger effort to fund public universities, variable fees at the graduate and undergraduate levels are a topic of discussion in the United States and increasingly throughout the European Union. This essay describes the relatively new ...
04 July 2007	Article English	PDF READ The Internationalisation of Portuguese Higher Education: How are Higher Education Institutions Facing this New Challenge? Amélia Veiga, Maria João Rosa, Alberto Amaral, Pages: 105–120 in Higher Education Management and Policy Portuguese internationalisation policies essentially intend to promote an attitude favouring participation in internationalisation activities. However, as higher education institutions are autonomous, those policies aim at creating opportunities for ...
04 July 2007	Article English	PDF READ Performance Funding of Swiss Universities - Success or Failure?: An ex-Post Analysis Andrea Schenker-Wicki, Mark Hurlimann, Pages: 45–61 in Higher Education Management and Policy In the past decade, based on a change in paradigms in university policy, performance funding on a cantonal and central state level has been introduced in Switzerland: the universities have been granted higher autonomy, combined with global budgets ...
04 July 2007	Article English	PDF READ Trade Liberalisation, Regional Agreements and Implications for Higher Education Angel J. Calderon, J. Tangas, Pages: 79–104 in Higher Education Management and Policy According to the OECD, the value of global annual trade in 1999 in higher education has been estimated at USD 30 billion. Australia is a major participant in international education: it is the third-largest international student destination in the ...
04 July 2007	Article English	PDF READ Broken Down by Sex and Age: Australian University Staffing Patterns 1994-2003 Ian Dobson, Pages: 63–77 in Higher Education Management and Policy This article examines trends in Australian university staffing through an analysis of ten years’ staff statistics, 1994-2003. An introduction which considers definitions, methodological issues, and overall changes in patterns of casualisation, sex ...
04 July 2007	Article English	PDF READ Monetary Rewards and Competences of Young European Graduates José-Ginés Mora, Adela Garcia-Aracil, José-Miguel Carot, Luis E. Vila, Pages: 29–43 in Higher Education Management and Policy We use data from a sample of European higher education graduates at early stages of their working careers to provide evidence on the determinants of the human capital competences (talents, skills and capabilities) acquired by young graduates in ...
02 Jan 2007	Article English	PDF READ Mozambique: Better Budget Machinery: First Focus of Reforms José Sulemane, Pages: 1–13 in OECD Journal on Budgeting Mozambique is undergoing a number of major reforms in the public sector including reform of the public finance management system. This article describes the environment before the budget reforms, highlighting the weaknesses in budget planning and ...
02 Jan 2007	Article English	PDF READ Economic Reforms in Angola in the General Context of Africa Adriano Neto, Ilda Jamba, Pages: 1–12 in OECD Journal on Budgeting This article addresses the political, social and broader economic context of public finance reforms in Angola, drawing upon historical perspectives of economic development in Africa and the country’s own experience. The article highlights changes in ...
02 Jan 2007	Article English	PDF READ African Experience with Budget Reform: Introduction Alta Fölscher, Pages: 1–16 in OECD Journal on Budgeting The nine countries represented in the 2004 post-seminar resource book are at the forefront of the African budget reform experience. This introductory article draws on these case studies to view the milestones achieved and some of the lessons learnt ...
02 Jan 2007	Article English	PDF READ A Balancing Act: Fiscal Responsibility, Accountability and the Power of the Purse Alta Fölscher, Pages: 1–20 in OECD Journal on Budgeting In recent years a greater demand for strengthening the role of the legislature in the budget process has become evident worldwide: more than a quarter of countries have revised their constitutions over the last 15 years to give Parliament more ...
02 Jan 2007	Article English	PDF READ Aspects of the New Public Finance Andrew R. Donaldson, Pages: 1–7 in OECD Journal on Budgeting This article considers the context of the emerging developing country public finance and identifies two particular driving forces behind its increased complexity: the policy space between public and private within countries, and the policy space ...
02 Jan 2007	Article English	PDF READ Malawi: Lessons Learnt from First Reforms Lead to New Approach Chauncy Simwaka, Pages: 1–22 in OECD Journal on Budgeting Malawi provides valuable experience on the advantages of a holistic approach when attempting reforms, and on how to manage longer reform programmes. Since 1995, the budget process has been based on the principles of the Medium-term Expenditure ...
02 Jan 2007	Article English	PDF READ Uganda: A Decade of Budget Reform and Poverty Reduction Florence Kuteesa, Ishmael Magona, Maris Wanyera, James Wokadala, Pages: 1–25 in OECD Journal on Budgeting Uganda’s economy has undergone major fluctuations from a vibrant economy in the 1960s, to suffering severe macroeconomic imbalances in the 1970s and 1980s, to enjoying an economic revival since the late 1980s. A key focus of recent public financial ...
02 Jan 2007	Article English	PDF READ South Africa: Transition to Democracy Offers Opportunity for Whole System Reform Alta Fölscher, Neil Cole, Pages: 1–37 in OECD Journal on Budgeting This case study considers the substantial reforms to the South African public expenditure management system undertaken since the mid-1990s. The key aspects of the reform process have been: establishing the institutional framework for budget reforms ...
22 Dec 2006	Working/Policy Paper English	PDF READ Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies in Canada Valérie Paris, Elizabeth Docteur, Pages: 91 in OECD Health Working Papers This paper describes and assesses pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement policies in Canada, considering them in the context of the broader policy and market environment in which they operate, and investigating their role in contributing to Canada’s achievements in meeting a range of...
21 Dec 2006	Working/Policy Paper English	PDF READ Publicly-provided Services and the Distribution of Resources François Marical, Marco Mira d'Ercole, Maria Vaalavuo, Gerlinde Verbist, Pages: 60 in OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers This report looks at the effects on the distribution of household income of those government-provided services that confer a personal benefit to users. While most of the comparative evidence of the size and evolution of income inequalities in OECD countries relies on the concept of household...
19 Dec 2006	Article English	PDF READ Twelve Propositions on Diversity in Higher Education Andrew Codling, Lynn V. Meek, Pages: 1–24 in Higher Education Management and Policy This paper explores the relationship between the diversity within a higher education system and five key factors, namely: the environment, policy intervention, funding, competition and co-operation, and ranking. The exploration is based on the ...
19 Dec 2006	Article English	PDF READ British and German Education Students in a Shifting Scenario Rosalind M. O. Pritchard, Pages: 1–23 in Higher Education Management and Policy An empirical study was undertaken of students in the United Kingdom and Germany in order to investigate whether their attitudes were moving away from traditional patterns towards those that might be expected in more marketised higher education ...
19 Dec 2006	Article English	PDF READ E-learning: A fresh Look Michael Connolly, Norah Jones, David Turner, Pages: 1–12 in Higher Education Management and Policy In this paper the authors describe the outline of an analysis of disruptive technologies presented by Christensen in his book, The Innovator’s Dilemma. They go on to argue that the analysis can be applied to the practice of e-learning as it has been ...

Within the European Union, issues of comparability and compatibility regarding higher education policy are defined by new challenges, while interest politics increasingly affect the actions and the discursive practices that constitute both the new ...

As part of a larger effort to fund public universities, variable fees at the graduate and undergraduate levels are a topic of discussion in the United States and increasingly throughout the European Union. This essay describes the relatively new ...

Portuguese internationalisation policies essentially intend to promote an attitude favouring participation in internationalisation activities. However, as higher education institutions are autonomous, those policies aim at creating opportunities for ...

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