This article is a response to Anna Danielsonn, Maria Berge, and Malena Lidar's paper, "Knowledge and power in the technology classroom: a framework for studying teachers and students in action," and an appeal to science educators of all epistemological orientations to (re)consider the work of Michel Foucault for research in science…

In 1986 (first published 1983) Clark's triangle of coordination compared national higher education systems according to the dimensions of state authority, market and academic oligarchy. The picture was of a particular time, one in which those three factors could be ably used to illustrate major differences in how coordination took place.…

Controversies over higher education governance are in the news these days. The most recent occurred this summer when several members of the board of the University of Virginia asked the president, Teresa A. Sullivan, to resign, only to be forced to reinstate her after protests from students, faculty, donors, alumni, and others. That situation…

This essay examines control discourse in and out of educational settings, arguing that illusions of control are among the means by which governance is accomplished in domains far from schools. The tactical productivity of such illusions in non-school settings "necessitates" and explicates their prevalence in education. The first installment of…

In this paper I employ Foucault's notion of governmentality to reflect on a debate that occurred in the pages of this journal some 10 years ago. I argue that their exchanges indicate ways in which various positions are engaged in a struggle for dominance in this field, and how particular strategies are used to legitimate and maintain these…

The marketization of education cannot serve as the guiding principle in constructing the modern school system, nor can it be directly transplanted from modern enterprise system. Because the modern school system is a kind of "educational institution" rather than an "economical institution", what it should focus on is not the…

It is argued that there must be some ideal of university governance toward which British institutions have been moving, but that the literature does not reveal any rationale for this ideal and only generates doubt. Points that would have to be addressed in defining a rationale for the current system are discussed. (MSE)

This paper draws on four perspectives on power and its exercise in organizations to analyze the practice of governing colleges and universities. The exploration uses political theories (particularly those assessing the legitimacy and effectiveness of stable political entities), leadership studies, analyses of how formal and informal organizations…

In this article, the author claims that the steady corporatization of American higher education has threatened to relegate faculty governance, never strong, to the historical archive. In public institutions, faculty disempowerment has been codified by law--legislatures, the governor or county executive or their staff, or state boards of higher…

This paper argues that Foucault's conception of "governmentality" provides a powerful tool for understanding learning and education and links the organisation of learning to both politics and economics in developed Western societies. What is offered by Foucault's conception, I will argue, is a new version of superstructural sociology, which…

Discusses the rise of the concept of teacher autonomy between 1925 and 1980 in England and Wales. Shows how such autonomy was associated with certain government actions aimed at moving from a system of direct control to a system of indirect control more akin to the benign rule of a colonial government. (JDH)

Explores the relationship between libraries and archives, given that archives frequently are located administratively and physically in libraries. The reasons for this organizational cohabitation, and the need to recognize archives as a unit distinct from the library, are discussed. (CLB)

Examined are the concept and results of collegiality in university governance. Problems are pinpointed that suggest a need for significant changes in the decision-making process. Modifications are proposed that would make university decision making more efficient and effective. (MSE)

Administrative responsibility and structure in higher education are discussed in terms of the conflict between the bureaucratic and professional lines of authority. Recommendations for increased communication, flexibility, and delegation of authority are offered. (JMF)

School boards can be oriented toward narrow interests or broader constituencies, bureaucratic or informal in organization, and private or public in their deliberations. Various board styles may be more or less suited to given electorates. Corruption appears more closely associated with secrecy in deliberations than with tendencies toward…