Abstract

WANDERCIL, Marco; CALDERON, Adolfo-Ignacio  and  GANGA-CONTRERAS, Francisco Anibal. University governance and academic rankings in the light of Brazilian academic literature. Roteiro [online]. 2021, vol.46, e22391.  Epub Mar 09, 2021. ISSN 2177-6059.  https://doi.org/10.18593/r.v46i.22391.

Assuming that the theme of university governance and its interface with academic rankings is little explored in terms of scientific research in the Brazilian academic context, this study aims to trace and analyze the state of the issue in the Brazilian academic literature on university governance. and their interrelationship with academic rankings in order to identify the predominant trends, having as analytical indicators: concept, methodology and epistemological basis. Bibliographic analysis of studies on the subject were performed, having as analytical corpus the Brazilian scientific production on university governance and academic rankings in terms of scientific articles, master's dissertations and doctoral theses. Among the main findings of this research: 1) we identified the incipience of the theme university governance in the Brazilian academic literature, being most of the productions in human sciences;2) it was found to be a highly polysemic theme that converges to the decision-making process, involving multiple aspects of university life such as knowledge management, financial management, self-assessment, political influence, transparency, participation and stakeholder involvement; 3) it was inferred that the concept of university governance is aligned with an agile and flexible structure in the decision making process, facing a scenario of great changes and multiple demands, surpassing the basic concepts of university management; 4) an explicit interrelationship between university governance and academic rankings was identified, which are considered important governance tools when considered by universities in their strategic planning to overcome identified weaknesses.

Keywords : University governance; Academic rankings; Higher Education..

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