September 21, 2001

Austria May Alter University Governance

By SUSAN LADIKA

Austria's minister of education, Elisabeth Gehrer, has proposed that universities be given more control over their finances, and that their decision-making committees be streamlined.

One of the main aims of the plan is to more clearly delineate responsibility within each university. Now, because most decisions are made by committees composed of administrators, professors and students, the sense of responsibility is diffused "like snowflakes in an avalanche," said Ronald Zecha, a

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