<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">S Diogo</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sofia Bruckmann</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Managing the unmanageable: Perceptions on institutional change of a Portuguese university foundation</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Working Papers in Higher Education Studies</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Institutional change; Portuguese higher education; RJIES; university foundation; governance and management</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">23-46</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The Law 62/2007 led to governance and statutory changes in Portuguese HEIs. Among others,&lt;br /&gt;
universities were given the choice to either remain public institutes or become a public foundation&lt;br /&gt;
operating under private law. University foundations had greater expectations in terms of enhanced&lt;br /&gt;
financial and administrative autonomy. Nevertheless, the analysis of this reform cannot be&lt;br /&gt;
dissociated from the economic crisis and political changes that the country underwent during that&lt;br /&gt;
period. This paper is based on the study of a Portuguese university that became a foundation and&lt;br /&gt;
a series of interviews with key system and institutional actors. Additionally, the study considered&lt;br /&gt;
the analysis of legal documents that provide a better understanding of the change process. It also&lt;br /&gt;
attempts to illustrate how actors perceive changes created by the law, namely whether&lt;br /&gt;
interviewees’ expectations on the law and its unfolding were fulfilled. Bearing this in mind, the&lt;br /&gt;
following research questions are addressed: how are these changes in HE legislation interpreted&lt;br /&gt;
and lived by academia? How do actors perceive reforms in the sector? Ultimately, the analysis&lt;br /&gt;
points to a mismatch between interviewees’ expectations and the effective changes induced by the&lt;br /&gt;
law to HEIs.&lt;/p&gt;
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