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The OECD and Higher Education Policy: Agenda-Setting, Organizational Dynamics and the Construction of Convening Authority
Harmsen, Robert; Braband, Gangolf
2021In Higher Education Policy, 34 (3), p. 582-602
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Keywords :
OECD; higher education policy; international organizations; AHELO; IMHE
Abstract :
[en] The article examines the engagement of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) with the higher education sector. Detailed empirical case studies probe the ultimate failure to launch of the OECD’s Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO) initiative, as well as the recent demise of the long-established Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) programme and the development of a new initiative on the evaluation of higher education system performance. The analysis is informed by a theoretical framework drawn from the wider international organization literature, focusing on internal organizational dynamics and the manner in which international organizations seek to construct their external authority. A complex portrait of the OECD as a policy actor correspondingly emerges, focused on agenda-setting within the organization in terms which highlight the interplay of organizational, governmental and stakeholder interests. This is further suggestive of a broader research agenda exploring emerging international-level policy processes in higher education.
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations
Author, co-author :
Harmsen, Robert ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE)
Braband, Gangolf
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
The OECD and Higher Education Policy: Agenda-Setting, Organizational Dynamics and the Construction of Convening Authority
Publication date :
2021
Journal title :
Higher Education Policy
ISSN :
1740-3863
Publisher :
Palgrave Macmillan, United Kingdom
Volume :
34
Issue :
3
Pages :
582-602
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
R-AGR-0330 - Global-Uni (20130401-20160331) - HARMSEN Robert
Funders :
University of Luxembourg - UL
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