Benchmarking of University’s governance systems. Drivers of change for Libyan universities.

Higher education systems have been experiencing profound transformations across the world since the second half of the 20th century. The emergence of the knowledge society and knowledge-based economy, the crisis of public finances, increasing internationalization and globalization processes, and the introduction of market forces and market logic into the HE sector are just a few of the dynamics confronting HE systems. New Public Management (NPM) reforms have considerably undermined the traditional modes of HE governance as well as the organizational structures of HE institutions. This has forced scholars of HE to rethink and develop new understandings to comprehend the diversity and complexity of governance dynamics in this particular field. This session will provide a systematic discussion of HE governance by examining the major analytical models and heuristic frameworks developed.