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Brave new world

Brave new world ISSN 1682-3451 Higher Education Management and Policy Volume 21/2 © OECD 2009 Brave New World: Higher Education Reform in Finland by Timo Aarrevaara, Ian R. Dobson and Camilla Elander University of Helsinki, Finland, and Educational Policy Institute and Monash University, Australia Finnish universities are about to enter a period of radical change. This paper considers the reforms expected of a new Universities Act currently before parliament and a set of institutional mergers. When passed, the new act will provide universities with independent legal status, change their relationship with the government in several ways, affect university governance arrangements, and alter the relationship between staff and their university employers. Although these reforms will be radical for the university sector itself, many of the changes will be all but invisible to those outside the sector. The change that will be noticed is the creation of the new Aalto University through a merger between three existing institutions. The new university will be highly visible to all as it tries to meet the government's aspirations for it to become a world-class university. ISSN 1682-3451 Higher Education Management and Policy Volume 21/2 © OECD 2009 Le meilleur des mondes : réforme du système de http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Higher Education Management and Policy The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Brave new world

Aarrevaara, Timo; Dobson, Ian; Elander, Camilla
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) — Sep 21, 2009
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ISSN 1682-3451 Higher Education Management and Policy Volume 21/2 © OECD 2009 Brave New World: Higher Education Reform in Finland by Timo Aarrevaara, Ian R. Dobson and Camilla Elander University of Helsinki, Finland, and Educational Policy Institute and Monash University, Australia Finnish universities are about to enter a period of radical change. This paper considers the reforms expected of a new Universities Act currently before parliament and a set of institutional mergers. When passed, the new act will provide universities with independent legal status, change their relationship with the government in several ways, affect university governance arrangements, and alter the relationship between staff and their university employers. Although these reforms will be radical for the university sector itself, many of the changes will be all but invisible to those outside the sector. The change that will be noticed is the creation of the new Aalto University through a merger between three existing institutions. The new university will be highly visible to all as it tries to meet the government's aspirations for it to become a world-class university. ISSN 1682-3451 Higher Education Management and Policy Volume 21/2 © OECD 2009 Le meilleur des mondes : réforme du système de

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Published: Sep 21, 2009

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