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Rethinking the Governance of University

Wang Jian-hu

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Universities were the cradle of governance theory and practice in modern society,while the construction of governance theory was based on the experience accumulated by governments and enterprises.In the positive-governance-theory-prevailing era,it was necessary for universities to be governed since they were of reasonable governability.After all,sound governance was a must to create a good university.Rethinking university governance,it should be cautious about the abuse of governance and avoiding superficial governance practice.What was essential to the university was not the pseudo governance but the real governance.In order to avoid the governance crisis and governance failure of the university caused by pseudo governance,it was of great importance to take control of university governance through meta-governance.

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Universities were the cradle of governance theory and practice in modern society,while the construction of governance theory was based on the experience accumulated by governments and enterprises.In the positive-governance-theory-prevailing era,it was necessary for universities to be governed since they were of reasonable governability.After all,sound governance was a must to create a good university.Rethinking university governance,it should be cautious about the abuse of governance and avoiding superficial governance practice.What was essential to the university was not the pseudo governance but the real governance.In order to avoid the governance crisis and governance failure of the university caused by pseudo governance,it was of great importance to take control of university governance through meta-governance.

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Universities were the cradle of governance theory and practice in modern society,while the construction of governance theory was based on the experience accumulated by governments and enterprises.In the positive-governance-theory-prevailing era,it was necessary for universities to be governed since they were of reasonable governability.After all,sound governance was a must to create a good university.Rethinking university governance,it should be cautious about the abuse of governance and avoiding superficial governance practice.What was essential to the university was not the pseudo governance but the real governance.In order to avoid the governance crisis and governance failure of the university caused by pseudo governance,it was of great importance to take control of university governance through meta-governance.

Key concepts: Corporate governance, Project governance, Multi-level governance, Order (exchange), Public administration, Political science, Information governance, Control (management)

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