Deconstruction and Reconstruction of the Phases of the Higher Education System Governance in Germany

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  In Roundtable Session: Changing Higher Education Within an International Context

Abstract

This paper argues that there is a need for higher education studies to go beyond macro-level actor-centered structure focus in the higher education system governance. It addresses this gap by deconstructing and reconstructing the system governance shifts using Germany as a case study. As one of the higher education systems which has grown in the Continental European mode of higher education governance and has been influential on the issue of governance, we use the governance shifts within this particular system as a case to explore the connectivity of higher education system governance to power dynamics beyond the established academic structures.

Authors

• Meltem Akbulut Yildirmis, Technical University of Munich

• Stefan Wurster, Technical University of Munich