A preliminary study on the reality of autonomy in Georgian universities
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Gibbs, P., Grdzelidze, I. and Sanikidze, T. 2025. A preliminary study on the reality of autonomy in Georgian universities . Higher Education Research & Development. 44 (4). https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2456846
| Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Title | A preliminary study on the reality of autonomy in Georgian universities |
| Authors | Gibbs, P., Grdzelidze, I. and Sanikidze, T. |
| Abstract | The paper considers the issue of academic and institutional autonomy having become central to the identity of the university and remains a contemporary signifier of the relationship of scholarly activity, the university and society. This is particularly true in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) where the management of national higher education systems with different traditions seeks to find comparative consistency in the levels and quality of their awards. Specifically, this paper considers the Republic of Georgia reality, firstly, against other post-soviet signatory nations of the Bologna Process within the EHEA using secondary data from European Universities Association’s (EUA) Autonomy Scorecard (2023) and, secondly, through a qualitative analysis of key participants in the Georgian higher education sector. This reveals the simulacra of autonomy and the dependency of universities on the State’s centralised control mechanisms created through the legislation and implemented agent: the national quality assurance agency |
| Keywords | Republic of Georgia; autonomy; universities; academic freedom |
| Sustainable Development Goals | 4 Quality education |
| Middlesex University Theme | Health & Wellbeing |
| Research Group | Centre for Education Research and Scholarship (CERS) |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| Journal | Higher Education Research & Development |
| ISSN | 0729-4360 |
| Electronic | 1469-8366 |
| Publication dates | |
| 16 Feb 2025 | |
| Publication process dates | |
| Submitted | 05 Mar 2024 |
| Accepted | 17 Dec 2024 |
| Deposited | 21 Jan 2025 |
| Output status | Published |
| Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
| Copyright Statement | © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2025.2456846 |
| Language | English |
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