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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
B. Essays, Commentaries, Statements
Author STENSAKER, Bjorn
Title Innovation and isomorphism : a case-study of university identity struggle 1969 - 1999 / Stensaker, Bjorn and Norgard, Jorunn Dahl
Publication year 2001
Source/Footnote In: Higher education. - 42 (2001) 4, S. 473 - 492
Inventory number 13910
Keywords Ausland : Norwegen : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Ausland : Norwegen : einzelne Hochschulen
Abstract Higher education institutions face today strong pressure from institutional environments to adopt certain structures and management systems for reasons of legitimacy and survival. However, the external pressure is multifaceted, demanding organisational and educational innovations on one side and adjustments to developing national and international standards on the other. By studying a Norwegian university from its establishment in 1969 to 1999, and by extensive triangulation of more qualitative studies on this university in this period, the paper concludes that higher education institutions may handle this dilemma by relating it to the continuous struggle for organisational identity. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)