The Impetus for Organisational Change: An Exploration

This paper examines the factors thatcause universities to undertake academic change,specifically, changes to achieve more effectiveteaching and learning. Based on an analysis of30 reform-oriented US colleges and universities, itsuggests that universities respond to diverseenvironmental pressures, not solely to externalmandates. There is evidence, too, that internal forceswithin universities can be an impetus for change.