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Recent Papers

Dill, D. D. “The US Case and the European Imitation”   Paper presented at the 2023 EDULOG International Conference, The Autonomy and Governance of Higher Education Institutions in Portugal Lisbon, Portugal: 2 February 2023.

Dill, D. D. “Management and Governance of the Modern University: Variations in the United States.” In A. Amaral and A. Magalhães (eds), Handbook on Autonomy and Governance of Higher Education Institutions.  Edward Elgar, In Press.

Dill, D. D. A Personal Reflection on the Key Challenge for Higher Education: Improving the Quality of University Instruction.”  In H. van’t Land, A. Corcoran, and D-C. Iancu  (eds), The Promise of Higher Education. Springer, Cham, 2021.

Dill, D. D.  “Enhancing Academic Quality and Collegial Control: Insights from US Policy on the Ethical Conduct of Human Subjects’ Research.” Published in Higher Education Policy, 2020, 33(1): 45-64 (also available at:  http://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41307-018-0093-9).

Dill, D. D.  “Access and Inequality in US Higher Education: Policy Issues.”   Paper presented at the 2019 EDULOG International Conference, Equity in Higher Education: Evidence, Policy, and Practice, Porto, Portugal, 5 December, 2019.

Dill, D. D.  Market Mechanisms.”  In J. C. Shin and P. Teixeira (eds.), Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions.  Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2019.

Dill, D. D. Can Public Policy Promote Academic Quality?: An Assessment of Policy Instruments for Instruction and Research.”  In E. Hazelkorn, H. Coates, and A. C. McCormick (eds.), Research Handbook on Quality, Performance and Accountability in Higher Education. Cheltenham UK:  Edward Elgar, 2018.

Dill, D. D.  “Good Governance in Universities: The Challenge of Collegial Control.”  Published in International Journal for Education Law and Policy, 2018, 14:  7-13.

Dill, D. D.  “Viewing Internal Quality Assurance as Strengthened Collective Governance for Improved Student Learning.”  In M. Martin (ed.), Quality and Employability in Higher Education:  Viewing Internal Quality Assurance as a Lever for Change.  Paris:  International Institute for Educational Planning (UNESCO), 2018.

Dill, D. D.  Market-Based Policies and Higher Education: Assuring and Improving Efficiency and Academic Quality in the University Sector.” Published in Higher Education Forum, 2018, 15 (March):  1-18.

Dill, D. D. Academic Governance: A US Perspective on External, Internal, and Collegial Models.” Paper presented at the conference, National Universities’ Incorporation Revisited from Global Perspectives: Changing government control as external governance, Tohoku University, Japan, 27 May 2017.

Dill, D. D. “Managerialism, Garbage Cans, and Collegial Governance:  Reflections on an Economic Perspective of University Behavior.”  In P. Scott, P. Temple, and R. Barnett (eds.), Valuing Higher Education, pp. 107-124. London, UK: UCL Institute of Education Press, 2016.

Dill, D. D“Academic Quality and Academic Responsibility: A Critical Reflection on Collegial Governance.” In P. John and J. Fanghanel(eds.), Dimensions of Marketization in Higher Education, pp. 210-222.  Oxford, UK: Routledge, 2016.

Dill, D. D. “Assuring the Public Good in Higher Education:  Essential Framework Conditions and Academic Values.”  In O. Filippakou and G. Williams (eds.), Higher Education as a Public Good: Critical Perspectives on Theory, Policy and Practice, pp. 141-162. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2014

Dill, D. D. Academic Governance in the US: Implications of a ‘Commons’ Perspective.   In M. Shattock (ed.), International Trends in University Governance:  Autonomy, Self-Government and the Distribution of Authority, pp. 165-183.  Oxford, UK:  Routledge, 2014.

Dill, D. D. “Public Policy Design and University Reform:  Insights into Academic Change.” In C. Musselin and P. N. Teixeira (eds.), Reforming Higher Education: Public Policy Design and Implementation, pp. 21-37. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2014.

Dill, D. D.  Ensuring Academic Standards in US Higher Education. Published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2014, 46(3): 53-59.

Dill, D. D. and Beerkens, M. “Designing the Framework Conditions for Assuring Academic Standards: Lessons Learned about Professional, Market, and Government Regulation of Academic Quality.” Published in Higher Education, 2013, 65(3):  341-357.

Dill, D. D. “Designing Higher Education Policy in the Age of Globalization:  Imperfect Information and the Pursuit of the Public Good.” In P. Axelrod, R. D. Trilokekar, T. Shanahan, and R. Wellen (eds.), Making Policy in Turbulent Times: Challenges and Prospects for Higher Education, pp. 295-313.  Montreal/Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2013.

Dill, D. D. “The Management Of Academic Culture Revisited: Integrating Universities in an Entrepreneurial Age.” In B. Stensaker, J. Välimaa, and C. Sarrico (eds.), Managing Reform in Universities:   The Dynamics of Culture, Identity and Organisational Change, pp. 222-237.  Basingstoke, UK:  Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.