ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the applicability of selected theoretical models of university governance to the 11 analyzed higher education systems. It focuses on the cross-national comparative analysis to a different level, 'stepping down even further to the micro-level of the day-to-day work of individual academics and research groups'. The chapter explores the extent to which two selected university governance models are applicable to European systems, testing the applicability of the collegial model of the university as compared with the managerial model. Academic position and power stratification in European systems is most fully expressed by the differing academic influence of 'professors' and 'new entrants' to the academic profession. The chapter also focuses on cross-national differences across Europe and a possible clustering of countries based on perceptions of academic collegiality. In higher education research, university governance is viewed from both broader and narrower perspectives.
