Governance in Higher Education: A Systematic Review
Subject Areas : Educational management
Fatemeh Ghaneie
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mehdi kalantari
2
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رشید ذوالفقاری زعفرانی
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1 - دانشجوی دکتری گروه مدیریت آموزش عالی، واحد رودهن، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، رودهن. ایران
2 - Assistant Professor, Educational Sciences Department, Rudhen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rudhen, Iran
3 - استادیار، گروه علوم تربیتی، واحد رودهن، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، رودهن، ایران
Keywords: Shared governance, Inclusive governance, Higher education transformation, Justice groups, Indigenous governance, Confluence,
Abstract :
Governance in Higher Education: A Systematic Review. The aim of this article was to examine governance in higher education through a systematic review. It used the Joanna Briggs Institute Guidelines for Conducting Systematic Reviews, a pre-defined protocol to guide the research process, and the PRISMA guidelines for reporting systematic reviews. A review of 48 empirical articles published in peer-reviewed journals identified five main areas of focus in the field of shared governance in higher education: stakeholders and potential interest groups, characteristics of governance leaders, principles and values governing shared governance, shared governance processes, and shared governance models. In addition, gaps in the shared governance literature were identified: including the underrepresentation of communities (indigenous and non-indigenous), the lack of attention to diverse epistemological practices including indigenous knowledge, and the lack of attention to diverse identities among stakeholder groups. Inclusive governance was also suggested as a more appropriate term than “shared governance.”
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