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Reform of Higher Education and the Return of 'Heroic' Leadership: The Case of Denmark**
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Management Revue
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April 1, 2007
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- Carney, Stephen
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Copyright informationCopyright Rainer Hampp Verlag 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Denmark is experiencing a comprehensive package of educational reform aimed at enabling that country to recalibrate itself to the demands of the so-called 'global knowledge economy'. In relation to the higher education sector, a new system of university governance is being implemented where boards are appointed (ultimately) by the State and comprised of a majority of members external to the institution. To further shape (if not direct) the work of universities, the new University Law requires that institutions prepare a 'development contract' with the Ministry, and that this is used as a framework within which universities direct their activities. To facilitate this process a new conception ...
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