Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom in the Nordic Context--Similarities and Differences

Autor/inn/en	Nokkala, Terhi; Bladh, Agneta
Titel	Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom in the Nordic Context--Similarities and Differences
Quelle	In: Higher Education Policy, 27 (2014) 1, S.1-21 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-8733
DOI	10.1057/hep.2013.8
Schlagwörter	Institutional Autonomy; Foreign Countries; Academic Freedom; Higher Education; Social Systems; Educational Legislation; Comparative Education; Comparative Analysis; Educational Administration; Educational Finance; Government School Relationship; Denmark; Finland; Iceland; Norway; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Institutionelle Autonomie; Ausland; Akademische Freiheit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Social system; Soziales System; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Bildungsfonds; Dänemark; Finnland; Island; Norwegen; Schweden
Abstract	Owing to their common history, similarities in language and culture, long traditions in political collaboration and the shared Nordic societal model, an assumption is often made that the operational and regulatory context of universities is similar in the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. In this article, we examine the relationship between the Nordic higher education institutions and their specific governments. The interpretation of institutional autonomy and academic freedom in the Nordic countries is discussed with support from recently collected empirical data, Nordic university legislation and the topical research literature. We describe the differences in legislation on academic freedom and the status of institutional autonomy, as assessed by a recent study by the European University Association and ask whether the autonomy frameworks of the universities in the Nordic countries are as congruous as their shared history and similar societal contexts suggest. We also ask whether the increase of institutional autonomy in the Nordic countries has contributed to a decline or rearticulation of academic freedom.We conclude that despite the differences between Nordic countries, the level of institutional autonomy is relatively high in comparison with their European counterparts, with most restrictions found in financial autonomy. Concerns about academic freedom are mainly centred on freedom of research, which has been restricted as a consequence of both increased institutional autonomy and new steering mechanisms. (As Provided).
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