Faculty autonomy: Perspectives from Taiwan |
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Authors: | Jay R Dee Alan B Henkin Jessica Hsin-Hwa Chen |
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Institution: | (1) Graduate College of Education, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USA;(2) Planning, Policy, and Leadership Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA;(3) Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taoyaun, 32026, Taiwan, Republic of China |
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Abstract: | Recent legislative initiatives indicate thatlong-standing traditions of centralized state controlof higher education in Taiwan are being displaced bynew arrangements emphasizing institutional autonomy. Autonomous institutions are assumed to be flexible andresponsive, given their relative freedom fromgovernment control. Institutional autonomy is assumedto ``trickle down' to organizational members, who arethen empowered to devise unique solutions to solveparticular problems. Asserted benefits ofinstitutional autonomy may not accrue, however, whereorganizational members are unable to determine thestructures and processes of their work. The purposeof this study was to examine relationships betweeninstitutional autonomy and dimensions of facultyautonomy. Findings lend conditional support to theclaim that faculty members work within the constraintsof ``regulated autonomy,' where their individualbehaviors are delimited by government and management. |
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Keywords: | autonomy decentralization faculty innovation Taiwan |
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