The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education Systems and University Management

Gordon Redding, Senior Advisor, HEAD Foundation,Antony Drew, Assistant Dean, University of Newcastle, Australia,Stephen Crump, Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne

Gordon Redding is a British professor, academic, author, editor, and consultant. Currently Senior Advisor to the HEAD Foundation (Human Capital and Education for Asian Development) in Singapore, he is a specialist on China and the regional ethnic Chinese, and also works on the comparison of different systems of capitalism, and on the role of education in societal development. Previously Director of the Euro-Asia Centre of INSEAD in France and founder and director of the HKU Business School (now the Faculty of Business and Economics) at the University of Hong Kong, he now holds a Visiting Professorial Fellowship at the Institute of Education, University College London.

Antony Drew is Assistant Dean International at The University of Newcastle, Australia, representing its work in global alliances, inbound and outbound student mobility, and international research collaboration. His research focus is in institutional theory, economic sociology, and international business, and in developing a theoretical framework for better analysing how informal business institutions evolve over time in different polities.


Stephen Crump is an Honorary Professorial Fellow at The University of Melbourne and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania. His previous positions include inaugural Head of School of Professional Studies and Director for the Centre for Regional Studies at the University of Sydney, and Pro Vice-Chancellor - External Relations at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has also done extensive consultancy work and international visiting positions in the USA, UK, Netherlands, and Sweden.

Part I: Education and Societal Evolution
1. The Description and Comparison of Societal Systems of Higher Education and University Management, Gordon Redding, Antony Drew, and Stephen Crump
2. Criticality, Academic Autonomy, and Societal Progress, Gordon Redding
3. Socializing Human Capital for 21st Century Educational Goals: Suggestive Empirical Findings from Multi-National Research, Michael H. Bond and Yiming Jing
4. Changing the Nature and Role of Universities: The Effects of Funding and Governance Reforms on Universities as Accountable Actors, Richard Whitley
Part II: Strategic Autonomy and the Main University Types
5. Recent Trends in East and West University Governance: Two Kinds of Hollowness, Gabriel Donleavy and K. C. Chen
6. Cycles of Evolution of Ideal Types of Universities: Causes and Consequences for the University Mission - The Case of Poland, Svetlana Gudkova, Anna Pikos, and Valentyna Guminska
7. The Implications of a Diversifying Workforce for Institutional Governance and Management in Higher Education, Celia Whitchurch
8. The Collegial Tradition in English Higher Education: What Is It, What Sustains It, and How Viable Is Its Future?, David Palfreyman and Ted Tapper
9. Managing a University in Turbulent Times, Gordon Redding
Part III: Large Scale Changes and Their Implications
10. Critical Factors and Forces Influencing Higher Education in the 21st Century, Antony Drew, Gordon Redding, and Trevor Harley
11. A New World of Communications in Higher Education and Its Implications, Liam Phelan, Antony Drew and Andrew Yardy
12. Leading in Higher Education, Maurits van Rooijen
13. Policy and Practice in University-Business Relations, Ewart Keep
14. Macro Changes and the Implications For Equality, Social, and Gender Justice in Higher Education, Miriam David, Penny Jane Burke, and Marie-Pierre Moreau
15. Macro Changes and the Implications for Higher Education Research: A Case Study in the Health Sector and Graduate Practice, Tracy Robinson, Kylie Twyford, Helena Teede, and Stephen Crump
16. Canada in a Global System of Higher Education: The Role of Community Engagement, Brent Epperson, Britta Baron, and Carl G. Amrhein
17. Developing and Maintaining Transnational Research Collaborations: A Case Study of Australian Universities, Fazal Rizvi and Ranjit Gajendra
18. Scholarship in the University: An Ecological Perspective, Ronald Barnett
19. Higher Education Finance: Global Realities, Policy Options, and Common Misunderstandings, Bruce Johnstone
20. Educating for the Cooperative Society: The Role of Government in Building Human and Social Capital, Ken Mayhew
Part IV: Fostering Societal Cooperativeness and Innovativeness in the New Conditions
21. Educating for the Cooperative Society: The Role Of Industry in Building Human and Social Capital, Suzanna Tomassi
22. Educating for the Cooperative Society: The Role Of Universities, Research, and the Academic Professions in Fostering Good Citizenship, Murat Erguvan, Nikoloz Parjanadze, and Kevin Hirschi
23. Governments Need To, and Do, Trust Universities, Mike Calford
24. Education and Technological Unemployment in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Michael Peters and Petar Jandric
25. Educating For the Innovative Society: The Role of Indian Institutes of Technology in India, V. V. Krishna and Nimesh Chandra
26. Policy Implications for Equity, Gender, and Widening Participation in Higher Education, Penny Jane Burke, Miriam David and Marie-Pierre Moreau
Part V: Societal Implications of a Changing HE World
27. Reactions, Reflections, and Renewal: The Significance of Higher Education for Intellectual, Social, and Personal Advancement, Stephen Crump
28. Maintaining the Contribution of Higher Education to Societal Progress, Gordon Redding, Stephen Crump, and Antony Drew