Paul Axelrod is professor and former dean of the Faculty of Education at York University.

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Roopa Desai Trilokekar is associate professor in the Faculty of Education at York University.

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Theresa Shanahan is associate professor and former associate dean in the Faculty of Education at York University and is a member of York’s graduate program in Public Policy, Administration, and Law.

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Richard Wellen is associate professor in the Department of Social Science at York University.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.............................vii

INTRODUCTION, Paul Axelrod...................1


I POLICY-MAKING: THE NATURE OF THE PROCESS


1. Politics, Money, Economic Advantage, and Last, but Perhaps
Not Least, University Autonomy: Assessing the Policy Drivers
in British Higher Education
Michael Shattock..........................9

2. Making Post-secondary Education Policy: Toward a
Conceptual Framework
Roopa Desai Trilokekar, Theresa Shanahan, Paul Axelrod, and
Richard Wellen............................33

3. The Role of Evidence and Expertise in Research Funding
Agencies
Creso M. Sá, Merli Tamtik, and Andrew Kretz.............59


II AGENDA-SETTING: THE ROLE OF POLICY ACTORS


4. How Do Governments Really Make Higher Education Policy,
and How Can Universities Influence the Policies Governments
Make? An Experience-Based Analysis
Harvey P. Weingarten.....................................85

5. Lineation and Lobbying: Policy Networks and Higher
Education Policy in Ontario
Glen A. Jones............................................99

6. Setting Strategic Direction from the Presidential Suite:
Hurdles and Successes
Judith Woodsworth........................................117


III POLICY ISSUES: ACCESS, QUALITY, AND AFFORDABILITY


7. Higher Education and Student Financial Support in England:
All Change or No Change?
Claire Callender.........................................139

8. Balancing Quality and Equity in Higher Education Policy
Agendas? Global to Local Tensions
Lesley Vidovich...........................................167

9. Research and Reluctance in Improving Canadian Higher
Education
Ian D. Clark and Ken Norrie...............................189


IV THE POLICY-MAKING CONTEXT: GLOBAL DIMENSIONS


10. Globalization and “Policyscapes”: Ruptures and Continuities
in Higher Education
Nelly P. Stromquist......................................221

11. Translating Globalization into Practice: University Networks -
Toward a New Stratification of Higher Education?
Bjørn Stensaker..........................................249

12. Cross-National Education Policy Change in Quality
Assurance: Convergence or Divergence?
Chuo-Chun Hsieh and Jeroen Huisman.......................269

13. Designing Higher Education Policy in the Age of
Globalization: Imperfect Information and the Pursuit of
the Public Good
David D. Dill............................................295


V PUBLIC POLICY AND HIGHER EDUCATION:
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES


14. Oscillations and Persistence in Chinese Higher Education
Policy: A Path Dependence Analysis
Qiang Zha and Fengqiao Yan...............................317

15. The Europe of Knowledge: An Analysis of the EU’s
Innovation Strategy
Harry de Boer and Frans van Vught........................339

16. Institutional Alliances: Passing Policy Fad or New
Organizational Model?
Maria Slowey.............................................359

17. The Building of International Alliances: A Case Study of
Canada-India Collaborations in Post-secondary Education
Sheila Embleton..........................................381


AFTERWORD


18. Conducting Policy Analysis in Higher Education: Issues
and Prospects
Jane Gaskell.............................................407

LIST OF ACRONYMS.............................................417

ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS.......................................425

INDEX........................................................429