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Publications by Lynn Meek

Books and Monographs

Salazar-Clemeña, R. M.  and Meek, V.L. (Eds.) 2008, Competition, Collaboration and Change in the Academic Profession: Shaping higher education's contribution to knowledge and research. Libro Amigo Publishers for UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge, Philippines. 

Meek, V.L. & Suwanwela, C. 2006, Higher Education, Research and Knowledge in the Asia-Pacific Region, Palgrave Macmillan, New York.

Amaral, A., Meek, V.L. & Larsen, I. (eds.) 2003, The Higher Education Managerial Revolution? Kluwer, Amsterdam, 266pp. + xliii.

Harman, G. and Meek, V.L. 2000, Repositioning Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Australian Higher Education, Evaluation and Investigations Program, Higher Education Division, Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Canberra, pp. 108 + xv.

Meek, V.L. and Mildred, G. 1999, Alternative Pathways to University Entrance, report to DEETYA, approx 50pp.

Harman, G. and Meek, V.L. 1999, Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education, AGPS, Canberra, approx. 100pp.

Meek, V.L. and Wood, F.Q. 1998, Managing Higher Education Diversity in a climate of Public Sector Reform, AGPS Canberra, 220pp + xvi.

Meek, V.L. and Wood, F.Q. 1997, Higher Education Governance and Management. An Australian Study, AGPS Canberra, approx. 142pp + xii.

Meek, V.L., Goedegebuure, L., Kivinen, O., and Rinne, R. (eds). 1996, The Mockers and Mocked: comparative perspectives on diversity, differentiation and convergence in higher education, Oxford, Pergamon, 239pp. + xiv.

Harman, G. and Meek, V.L. (eds) 1994, The Binary Experiment for Higher Education: an Australian Perspective, Department of Administrative, Higher and Adult Education Studies, University of New England, Armidale, 211pp. + viii.

Meek, V.L. and Harman, K.M. 1994, An Education Vision for Darwin: Report to the Committee on Darwin, University of New England and IDP, 183 pp + xvii.

Book Chapters

Meek, V.L. 2008, 'Competition and cooperation in Australian higher education research', in Salazar-Clemeña, R. M.  and Meek, V.L. (Eds.), Competition, Collaboration and Change in the Academic Profession: Shaping higher education's contribution to knowledge and research. Libro Amigo Publishers for UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge, Philippines, pp. 61-79. 

Harman, G. and Meek, V.L. 2007, 'Australia: Adjustment to the New Management and Entrepreneurial Environment', in W. Locke and U. Teichler (eds.) The Changing Conditions for Academic Work and Careers in Select Countries, INCHER-Kassel, pp.127-146. 

Meek, V.L. and Goedegebuure, L. 2007, ‘The Devil’s in the Detail; Guy Neave and Comparative Higher Education’, in J. Enders and F. van Vught (eds.) Towards a cartography of higher education policy change -  A Festschrift in honour of Guy Neave’, CHEPS, The Netherlands, pp281-292.

Meek, V.L. 2007, ‘Succession Planning and Australian Higher Education’, in N. Dempster (ed) The Treasure Within - Leadership and Succession Planning, Australian College of Educators, Deakin West, pp. 111-125.

Meek, V.L.
2007, ‘Internationalisation of Higher Education and the Australian Academic Profession’, in M. Kogan and U. Teichler (eds) Key Challenges to the Academic Profession, UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge, Paris and Kassel, INCHER-Kassel, pp. 65-80.

Meek, V.L. 2006, ‘History and development of Australian higher education: An overview’, in Reports of Changing Academic Profession Project Workshop on Quality, Relevance, and Governance in the Changing Academia: International Perspectives, Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University, pp. 63-77. 

Meek, V.L. 2006, 'Introduction', in Higher Education, Research and Knowledge in the Asia-Pacific Region, eds V.L. Meek, & C. Suwanwela, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 1-26.

Meek, V.L. 2006, 'The changing landscape of higher education research policy in Australia', in Higher Education, Research and Knowledge in the Asia-Pacific Region, eds V.L. Meek, & C. Suwanwela, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 65-90.

Meek, V.L. 2006, 'Research management in the post-industrial era: trends and issues for further investigation', in Higher Education, Research and Knowledge in the Asia-Pacific Region, eds V.L. Meek, & C. Suwanwela, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, pp. 213-234.

Meek, V.L. & Hayden, M. 2005, 'The governance of public universities in Australia: trends and contemporary issues', in Taking Public Universities Seriously, eds. F. Iacobucci & C. Tuohy, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, pp. 379-401.

Meek, V.L. 2005, The Demise of Public Good in the Neo-liberal Coordination of Higher Education: the Case of Australia, in Higher Education Forum, Arimoto, A, Morgan, KJ, Huang, F, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan, pp 19-34.

Meek, V.L. 2003, 'Governance and management of Australian higher education: enemies within and without', in The Higher Education Managerial Revolution?, eds A. Amaral, V.L. Meek & I. Larsen, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, pp. 179 - 201.

Meek, V.L. 2003, 'Introduction', in The Higher Education Managerial Revolution?, eds A. Amaral, V.L. Meek & I. Larsen, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Amsterdam pp. 1-29.

Meek, V.L. 2003, 'Market coordination, research management and the future of higher education in the post-industrial era', UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge Occasional Paper Series, UNESCO, Paris, pp. 1 - 29.

Meek, V.L. 2003, 'Selection for higher education in the Asia - Pacific region', in The Handbook on Education Research on the Asia-Pacific Region, eds J. Keeves and R. Watanabe, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, pp. 6290 - 6336.

Meek, V.L.
2002, 'Changing patterns in modes of coordination of higher education', in Higher Education in a Globalizing World - International Trends and Mutual Observations, eds J. Enders and O. Fulton, Amsterdam, Kluwer, pp. 53 - 72.

Meek, V.L. 2002, 'On the road to mediocrity? Governance and management of Australian higher education in the market place', in Governing Higher Education: National Perspectives on Institutional Governance, eds A. Amaral, G.A. Jones and B. Karseth, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, pp. 235 - 260.

Reed, M., Meek, V.L and Jones, G.A. 2002, 'Introduction', in Governing Higher Education: National Perspectives on Institutional Governance, eds A. Amaral, G.A. Jones and B. Karseth, Kluwer, Amsterdam, pp. xv - xxxi.

Meek, V.L. 2001, 'Australian public sector reform', in Public Sector Reform: An International Perspective, ed B. Nolan, Palgrave, London, pp. 34-48.

Meek, V.L.
1999, 'The Australian model of university planning', in Universitat: Estrate`gies per avancar Universitat Polite`cnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, pp. 309-330.

Huisman, J. and Meek, V.L. 1999, 'New study programmes at universities: strategic adaptation versus institutional adjustment', in From the Eye of the Storm: Higher Education's Changing Institution, eds B. Jongbloed, P. Maassen, and G. Neave, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 121-140.

Meek, V.L. 1997, 'Education and the state' [revised reprint of above article], in International Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Education, ed L. J. Saha, Oxford, Elsevier/Pergamon, pp. 333-340.

Meek, V.L. 1997, 'Sociology of higher education', in International Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Education, ed L. J. Saha, Oxford, Elsevier/Pergamon, pp. 173-187.

Meek, V.L. and O'Neill, A. 1997, 'A situation of diminished responsibility - quality assurance policies at the University of New England', in Managing the Quality of University Teaching and Learning, eds J. Bowden and J. Sachs, DEETYA, Canberra, 15 pp.

Goedegebuure, L., Meek, V.L. Kivinen, O., and Rinne, R. 1996, 'On diversity, differentiation and convergence', in The Mockers and Mocked: comparative perspectives on diversity, differentiation and convergence in higher education, eds V.L. Meek, L. Goedegebuure, O. Kivinen and R. Rinne, Oxford, Pergamon, pp. 1-15.

Meek, V.L. and Wood, F.Q. 1996, 'Governance and management of Australian higher education' in Inside Academia, eds P. Massen and F. van Vught, Lemma, Utrecht, pp. 133-181.

Meek, V.L. and Wood, F.Q. 1996, 'Governing and managing the Australian university', in Inside Academia, eds P. Massen and F. van Vught, Lemma, Utrecht, pp. 133-180.

Meek, V.L., Goedegebuure, L., Kivinen, O., and Rinne, R. 1996, 'Conclusion', in The Mockers and Mocked: Comparative Perspectives on Diversity, Differentiation and Convergence in Higher Education, eds V.L. Meek, L. Goedegebuure, O. Kivinen, and R. Rinne, Pergamon, Oxford pp. 206-236.

Meek, V.L. and O'Neill, A. 1996, 'Diversification of Australian higher education', in The Mockers and Mocked: Comparative Perspectives on Diversity, Differentiation and Convergence in Higher Education, eds V.L. Meek, L. Goedegebuure, O. Kivinen, and R. Rinne, Pergamon, Oxford pp. 60-78.

Meek, V.L. 1995, 'An insider's outside view', in The Network UNE Experience, eds G. Harman and R. Robertson-Cuninghame, University of New England, Armidale, pp. 123-140.

Meek, V.L.
and Harman, K.M. 1995, 'Education and Research', Report of the Committee on Darwin, Commonwealth of Australia, AGPS, Canberra, 1995, pp. 225-237.

Journal Articles

 Huisman, J., Meek, V. L. and Wood, F. 2007, 'Institutional diversity in higher education: a cross-national and longitudinal analysis', Higher Education Quarterly, vol. 66, no. no. 4, pp. 563-577.

Carrington, R., Meek, V.L. and Wood, F.Q. 2007, ‘The role of further government intervention in Australian international education’, Higher Education, vol. 53, pp. 561-577.

Codling, A. and Meek, V. 2006, ‘Twelve propositions on diversity in Higher Education’, Higher Education Management and Policy, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 23-47.

Santiago, R., Carvalho, T., Amaral, A. and Meek, V.L. 2006, ‘Changing patterns in the middle management of higher education institutions: The case of Portugal’, Higher Education, vol. 52, pp. 215-250.

Meek, V.L. 2005, 'Policy development and impact on higher education research - an Australian case study', Journal of Educational Planning and Administration, vol. 19, pp. 223 - 255.

Meek, V.L. 2004, 'From academic to commercial knowledge production in Australian higher education', Education and Society, vol. 25, no. 88, pp. 1023-1043.

Meek, V.L. 2004, 'Producao do conhecimento na educacao superior Australiana: do academico ao comercial', Educacao & Sociedade., vol. 25, no. 88, pp. 1023-1043.

Codling, A. & Meek, V.L. 2003, 'The Impact of the state on institutional differentiation in New Zealand', Higher Education Policy and Management, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 83-98.

Harman, K.M. and Meek, V.L. 2002, 'Introduction to special issue - Merger revisited: international perspectives on mergers in higher education', Higher Education, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 1-4.

Meek, V.L. 2000, 'Diversity and marketisation of higher education: incompatible concepts?', Higher Education Policy, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 23-39.

Meek, V.L., Huisman, J., and Goedegebuure, L. 2000, 'Diversity: market competition or government intervention?', Special Issue of Higher Education Policy, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. approx. 120.

Meek, V.L., Huisman, J., and Goedegebuure, L. 2000, 'Understanding diversity and differentiation in higher education: an overview', Higher Education Policy, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1-6.

Goedegebuure, L., de Boer, H.F., and Meek, V.L. 1998, 'In the winter of discontent - business as usual', Higher Education Policy, vol. 11, no. 2/3, pp. 103-110.

Goedegebuure, L., de Boer, H.F., and Meek, V.L. 1998, 'New perspectives on governance', Special Issue of Higher Education Policy, vol. 11, no. 2/3, pp. 103-243.

Meek, V.L. 1998, 'The Australian university in a multicultural environment', Higher Education in Europe, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 45-57.

Meek, V.L. and Wood, F. Q. 1998, 'Higher education governance and management: Australia', Special Issue of Higher Education Policy, vol. 11, no. 2/3, pp. 165-182.

Goedegebuure, L. and Meek, V.L. 1997, 'On change and diversity: the role of governmental policy and environmental influences', Higher Education in Europe, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 309-319.

Meek, V.L. and Wood, F. Q. 1997, 'The market as a new steering strategy for Australian higher education', Special Issue of Higher Education Policy, vol. 10, no. 3/4, pp. 253-274.

Meek, V.L. 1995, 'Regulatory frameworks, market competition and the governance and management of higher education', Australian Universities' Review, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 3-10.

Goedegebuure, L. and Meek, V.L. 1994, 'Pyramids, prisons, and picturesque housing: a discussion on diversity in higher education', Higher Education in Europe, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 37-50.

Goedegebuure, L., Kaiser, E., Maassen, P., Meek, V.L., van Vught, F. and de Weert, E. 1993, 'Los effectos de la modernizacion en la Universidad Europea', Universidad Futura, vol. 4, pp. 51-71.

Conference Papers

Coates, H., Goedegebuure, L., van der Lee, J.J. and Meek, V.L. 2008, The Australian Academic Profession; A first overview.  Paper to the Changing Academic Profession Project in International Comparative and Quantitative Perspectives, 27-30 January 2008, Hiroshima, Japan. 

Meek, V.L., Goedegebuure, L. & de Boer, H. 2007, The Changing Role of Academic leadership in Australia and the Netherlands; Who is the Modern Dean?, paper to the Douro Seminar on the Manager Academic in Portugal, 25-29 May.

Meek, V.L., Goedegebuure, L. and van der Lee, J.J. 2006, The Academic Research Enterprise – Australia, paper presented to the Academic Research Enterprise Seminar, Seville, 9-12 November.

Harman, G. and Meek, V.L. (2006) ‘Key Challenges to Academic Profession in Australia’, paper prepared for UNESCO Forum: Europe and North America Scientific Committee on ‘The Changing Role of the Academic Profession and its Interface with Management', Kassel, Germany, 5-6 September 2006.

Goedegebuure, L, Meek, V.L., van der Lee, J.J., Carvalho, T., Santiago, R., Ferriera, B., de Boer, H. (2006) Managing Stakeholder Expectations – A Conceptual Framework, paper presented to the 28th Annual EAIR Forum, 30 Aug to 1 Sept, Rome. 

Meek, V.L. (2006) University Evaluation: A Perspective from Australia, paper presented to the first session of the International Academic Advisory Committee for University Evaluation, Xihu State Guesthouse, Hangzhou, China, College of Education & National Institute of Innovation Management, Zhejiang University, 9 May.

Meek, V.L
. (2006) University – Industry Relationships in Knowledge Transfer and Innovation, paper presented to the Universities’ Leadership Forum and the fourth UNESCO Scientific Committee Meeting for Asia and the Pacific, 18-20 January, Jakarta.

Meek, V.L. (2006) The Changing Academic Profession: Towards a Questionnaire Design, paper presented to the Workshop and Meeting of the Changing Academic Profession Steering Committee, 6-9 February, Hiroshima.

Meek, V.L. (2006) Australia: Country Report, paper presented to the Workshop and Meeting of the Changing Academic Profession Steering Committee, 6-9 February, Hiroshima.

Meek, V.L. and van der Lee, J.J. 2005, ‘Performance indicators for assessing and benchmarking research capacities in univerisites’, in Proceedings of the Global University Network for Innovation Asia and the Pacific 2005 Conference (GUNI-AP2005), eds. M. Yahaya and I.H. Abdullah, Pusat Pembangunan Akadmik, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, pp. 1-72.

Meek, V.L. 2005, 'Cross-border higher education in Australia', Implications of WTO/GATS on higher Education in Asia & the Pacific, pp. 45-86. 

Special Journal Issues - Guest Editor

Harman, K.M. & Meek, V.L. 2002, 'Merger revisited: international perspectives on mergers in higher education', Special issue of Higher Education, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 1 - 183.

Meek, V.L., Huisman, J. & Goedegebuure, L. 2000, 'Diversity, differentiation and markets', Special issue of Higher Education Policy, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1 -117.

Goedegebuure, L., de Boer, H.F., and Meek, V.L. 1998, 'New perspectives on governance', Special issue of Higher Education Policy, vol. 11, no. 2/3, pp. 103-243.

Meek, V.L. 1995, 'Governance and management in higher education', Special issue of Australian Universities' Review, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 2-48.

Meek, V.L., Harman, G., & Wood, F.Q. 1994, 'Research grant-giving and Grant-management in international comparative perspective', Special issue of Higher Education, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 1-167.

Meek, V.L. & Goedegebuure, L. 1991, 'Policy change in higher education, Special issue of Higher Education, vol. 21, no. 4., pp. 1-180.

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