Backlash or modernisation?: two reform cycles in Austrian higher education
This national case study is part of a book that provides analyses of the implementation of higher education policies in several countries. The case studies discuss a broad range of situations in terms of duration of implementation, legal objectives, theories underlying the reforms, financial resourcing, and commitment from key participants in the process. Austria underwent a series of higher education reforms between 1960 and 2002 and these fall within two reform cycles differentiated by their underlying policy paradigms. In this chapter, the author characterises these two cycles in general te... Show more
Authors: Pechar, Hans
Published: Dordrecht, Netherlands, Springer, 2007
Resource type: Book chapter
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