Between Academic Self-Governance and State Control: The Case of the University of Ljubljana

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Author(s): Ivan Svetlik (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 13
Source title: University Governance and Academic Leadership in the EU and China
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Chang Zhu (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)and Merve Zayim-Kurtay (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7441-5.ch011

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Education / Educational Administration and Leadership / Higher Education

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This chapter presents the model of university governance at the University of Ljubljana. Basic information on the university and its history is given at the beginning. The chapter continues with the description of the university governing bodies and procedures, and with the national system of higher education governance which significantly shapes the institutional governance. The presentation is based on the University of Ljubljana and national documents, and on the author's introspection being rector of the university in the period 2013–2017. Referring to some recent scientific publications, the chapter concludes with the discussion on the governing dilemmas and responses to the existing University of Ljubljana governance model which may be described as an amalgam where the primary tension exists between academic self-governance and the state-centered elements. This tension could be expressed as a permanent struggle for greater autonomy within the university and for control of the university by the state and other external stakeholders.

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