Felix Omal is Research Associate, Department of Curriculum Education Studies School of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He specializes in the politics of higher education.

• 1. Setting the scene 2. The unfolding of the higher educational institutional context 3. Debates about effective university governance 4. The rise of a dominant bureaucracy through the structures of the university council 5. The university council and its institutionalized university governance systems 6. Developing a responsive institutional culture with the university council 7. Emerging forms of effective university governance 8. Conclusion

Felix Omal is Research Associate, Department of Curriculum Education Studies School of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He specializes in the politics of higher education.

• 1. Setting the scene 2. The unfolding of the higher educational institutional context 3. Debates about effective university governance 4. The rise of a dominant bureaucracy through the structures of the university council 5. The university council and its institutionalized university governance systems 6. Developing a responsive institutional culture with the university council 7. Emerging forms of effective university governance 8. Conclusion

Felix Omal is Research Associate, Department of Curriculum Education Studies School of Education, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He specializes in the politics of higher education.

• 1. Setting the scene 2. The unfolding of the higher educational institutional context 3. Debates about effective university governance 4. The rise of a dominant bureaucracy through the structures of the university council 5. The university council and its institutionalized university governance systems 6. Developing a responsive institutional culture with the university council 7. Emerging forms of effective university governance 8. Conclusion