From the reviews: "This volume on policy control in UK higher education will interest scholars, higher education executives and policy analysts from many countries. ... Thus, this important volume by Ted Tapper adds to a considerable amount of literature on British higher education policy and management by a line of distinguished scholars ... . Tapper, a long-time student of British higher education, sets out to place the recent transformation of British higher education within the context of the key issue of governance." (Grant Harman, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Vol. 30 (2), 2008) "Higher education in Britain ... has been subject to rather a lot of policy in the last few decades. Ted Tapper has long been a commentator on this ... . This book attempts to update the earlier one 'by now inevitably dated' ... . But it covers the ground comprehensively, and it is a pleasure to have a text which records evidence in detail ... . Tapper divides the book into three parts ... . Tapper's analysis offers some useful insights ... ." (John Pratt, Higher Education Review, Vol. 40 (3), 2008)

• Understanding Change and Interpreting Modes of Governance.- Setting the Scene.- The State and The Governance of Higher Education: Contextualising The Changing Relationship.- From the UGC and NAB to the Funding Council Model of Governance.- State Power: Convergence and Fragmentation.- Devolution and the Governance of British Higher Education.- Shaping Policy.- The Role of the Political Parties.- Parliament as a Marginal Player?.- The Policy Community and Policy Networks in British Higher Education.- The Politics of Higher Education in Action.- Continuity and Change in the Funding of British Higher Education.- The Politics of Quality Assurance.- The Rae: The Elusive search for Selectivity and Consensus.- The Politics of Access: Higher Education and Social Engineering.- Institutional Autonomy in the Age of Mass Higher Education.- Who Has the Power?.

From the reviews: "This volume on policy control in UK higher education will interest scholars, higher education executives and policy analysts from many countries. ... Thus, this important volume by Ted Tapper adds to a considerable amount of literature on British higher education policy and management by a line of distinguished scholars ... . Tapper, a long-time student of British higher education, sets out to place the recent transformation of British higher education within the context of the key issue of governance." (Grant Harman, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Vol. 30 (2), 2008) "Higher education in Britain ... has been subject to rather a lot of policy in the last few decades. Ted Tapper has long been a commentator on this ... . This book attempts to update the earlier one 'by now inevitably dated' ... . But it covers the ground comprehensively, and it is a pleasure to have a text which records evidence in detail ... . Tapper divides the book into three parts ... . Tapper's analysis offers some useful insights ... ." (John Pratt, Higher Education Review, Vol. 40 (3), 2008)

• Understanding Change and Interpreting Modes of Governance.- Setting the Scene.- The State and The Governance of Higher Education: Contextualising The Changing Relationship.- From the UGC and NAB to the Funding Council Model of Governance.- State Power: Convergence and Fragmentation.- Devolution and the Governance of British Higher Education.- Shaping Policy.- The Role of the Political Parties.- Parliament as a Marginal Player?.- The Policy Community and Policy Networks in British Higher Education.- The Politics of Higher Education in Action.- Continuity and Change in the Funding of British Higher Education.- The Politics of Quality Assurance.- The Rae: The Elusive search for Selectivity and Consensus.- The Politics of Access: Higher Education and Social Engineering.- Institutional Autonomy in the Age of Mass Higher Education.- Who Has the Power?.

From the reviews: "This volume on policy control in UK higher education will interest scholars, higher education executives and policy analysts from many countries. ... Thus, this important volume by Ted Tapper adds to a considerable amount of literature on British higher education policy and management by a line of distinguished scholars ... . Tapper, a long-time student of British higher education, sets out to place the recent transformation of British higher education within the context of the key issue of governance." (Grant Harman, Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, Vol. 30 (2), 2008) "Higher education in Britain ... has been subject to rather a lot of policy in the last few decades. Ted Tapper has long been a commentator on this ... . This book attempts to update the earlier one 'by now inevitably dated' ... . But it covers the ground comprehensively, and it is a pleasure to have a text which records evidence in detail ... . Tapper divides the book into three parts ... . Tapper's analysis offers some useful insights ... ." (John Pratt, Higher Education Review, Vol. 40 (3), 2008)

• Understanding Change and Interpreting Modes of Governance.- Setting the Scene.- The State and The Governance of Higher Education: Contextualising The Changing Relationship.- From the UGC and NAB to the Funding Council Model of Governance.- State Power: Convergence and Fragmentation.- Devolution and the Governance of British Higher Education.- Shaping Policy.- The Role of the Political Parties.- Parliament as a Marginal Player?.- The Policy Community and Policy Networks in British Higher Education.- The Politics of Higher Education in Action.- Continuity and Change in the Funding of British Higher Education.- The Politics of Quality Assurance.- The Rae: The Elusive search for Selectivity and Consensus.- The Politics of Access: Higher Education and Social Engineering.- Institutional Autonomy in the Age of Mass Higher Education.- Who Has the Power?.