<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sofia Bruckmann</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Teresa Carvalho</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The reform process of Portuguese higher education institutions: From collegial to managerial governance</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tertiary Education and Management</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">193-206</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Portuguese public higher education institutions have been undergoing a major reform process&lt;br /&gt;
since 2007. The most noticeable changes were introduced by Law 62/2007, which gave higher&lt;br /&gt;
education institutions the option to choose between two different institutional models (foundational&lt;br /&gt;
and public institute), and allowed the implementation of new government and management&lt;br /&gt;
structures. We know, from the institutionalism theoretical perspective, that in a process of change&lt;br /&gt;
institutions tend to be more similar than diverse. This study aims to analyse how Portuguese higher&lt;br /&gt;
education institutions reacted to external pressures and reorganised their internal government and&lt;br /&gt;
management structures. The main question it tries to answer is to what extent were institutions&lt;br /&gt;
able to introduce more diversity in their organisational models? In order to find clues to answer this&lt;br /&gt;
question, the study compares higher education institutions’ internal structures by developing a&lt;br /&gt;
qualitative study based on content analysis of internal legal documents from six universities (three&lt;br /&gt;
that remain public institutes and three that have a foundational model).&lt;/p&gt;
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