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Governance as a topic in Higher Education Studies

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By Michael Shattock Editor’s note: Michael Shattock is the guru of governance studies in HE; SRHE Blog is delighted to bring you his invitation to researchers in HE to expand their work in governance – a definitive statement about the many contributions that governance research can make to our understanding of higher education.

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Review of The Robbins Report at 60 (HEPI Policy Note 49) by Mike Shattock

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The Government had been alerted to the future funding dilemmas posed by the likely increase in the demand for student places in higher education by the Treasury through the University Grants Committee (UGC) and appointed Lord Robbins as a safe pair of hands (with a strong Treasury background as well as holding a leading university position).

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Decentralisation and the case for moving to a tertiary education system

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The latter source grew steadily more important and in 1919 the Treasury established a University Grants Committee (UGC) to rationalise government grants which in the 1920s and 1930s rose to around 30% of individual universities’ expenditure. The system is too large, too bureaucratic and too monocentric.

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Small College America – Profile: Washington and Lee University

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Over 60% of undergraduates study abroad, and a significant number participate in internships and research, often supported by university grants. Source: Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, analysis of U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard data, 20092022.