Hybridization and higher education governance in Hong Kong

Hybridization and higher education governance in Hong Kong

• Lo, Yat Wai The Education University of Hong Kong

Journal of Asian Public Policy, 2017

Routledge

2017

• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RC Educational Planning & Decision Making Process, Educational Administration
• R Educational Policy & Administration
  • RF School Supervision, Accountability & Inspection: Education Indicators, Privatization of School

Hybridization Higher Education Governance University Autonomy Academic Freedom Accountability

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

This paper examines the relevance of hybridization to the development of higher education (HE) governance in Hong Kong. It begins by briefly reviewing conceptual issues about HE governance. Based on these conceptual elements, an analytical framework is then proposed to understand the institutional balance of power in university systems and the cultural equilibrium in the academia. Afterwards, an overview of the key features of HE governance in Hong Kong is presented. Three controversial incidents involving the individual academic freedom and institutional autonomy of universities that occurred in Hong Kong after 1997 are also studied. Given that these incidents are linked with the social and political changes in postcolonial Hong Kong, the controversial incidents and associated confrontations in the university sector are regarded as signals of an ongoing hybridization process in the city. Such a process indicates a continued East–West cultural divide in the arenas of HE governance and academic culture.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 17516234

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2017-07-27