| Titre | L'application de la loi d'orientation et le secrétariat d'État aux universités | |
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| Auteur | Joëlle Nguyen Duy-Tan | |
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Revue | Revue française d'administration publique |
| Numéro | no 2, 1977/2 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Études |
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| Page | 33 pages | |
| Résumé anglais |
The office of the secretary of state for universities and the implementation of the guideline law
Four years after the establishment of the first university facilities under the provisions of the Guideline Law for Higher Education of 14 November 1968, i.e. the University of Grenoble II (decree dated 27 March 1970), the office of Secretary of State for the University was set up. This governmental and administrative service, separate from the Ministry of Education, has to deal with the problems of higher education. Two years of operation have provided answers to three questions : What kind of structures have been set up by the Secretary of State ? What kind of relationship has been established with the universities ? What has been the Secretary of State's role in applying the Guideline Law ? An analysis of the governmental and administrative organization of the Secretary of State's function reveals that, from the outset, the aim of both the first Secretary of State and his successor has been to develop the most effective structure for creating a new relationship with representatives of the universities and institutions of higher education. Although relations between the universities and the Secretary of State were temporarily strained in 1976, a certain number of conflicts have been successfully resolved as a result of discussions between the Secretary of State's Office and the universities within the various consultative assemblies — in particular, the Conference of University Presidents. The manner in which the Guideline Law's provisions are being applied, both by the Secretary of State's Office and by the bodies empowered to supervise their operation, often appears as a restriction of the universities' freedom of action, which this law recognizes as fundamental principle. The only explanation for this is to be sought in the ambiguous and conflicting aims contained in the Guideline Law itself, i.e. on the one hand, the desire to set up a System of mass education with all the supervision and planning of costs and requirements which this implies and, on the other hand, the desire to grant greater responsability and more freedom to the structures involved. Although the basic reason for creating the Office of Secretary of State for Universities would appear to be to iron out such conflicts, the problems facing the universities should be seen not only in terms of a greater or lesser degree of autonomy, but primarily in relation to the task of adapting institutions and Systems originally designed for the education of an elite to the new requirements of mass education. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | https://www.persee.fr/doc/rfap_0152-7401_1977_num_2_1_959 |
