Global Trends in University Governance covers an array of different information , it begins by discussing  with the growth of the higher education sector there is a  need to have the assurance of the management effort that goes into these institutions. The article then  goes to further discuss how different countries have different governance as well as power over higher education. Some show that they let their policies be directly correlated with the issues that they are more inclined to be for such as research and technological advances.

With private institutions, there may be less governance coming from the state level and more from within the schools. Since private universities do tend to have more funds to employ ideas and faster-emerging jobs at a greater speed than public institution’s that usually tend to lack funds. Yet sometimes private sectors may create a problem with not enough governance coming from outside but mostly inside the university. Hence, the article goes on to try and deliberate of how much governance should the state versus the institution have to keep a balance within the higher education system to ensure that people are getting out of it what they need which is an education and or a skill to better their career choices.

Another article goes into depth about governance reform for higher education in Asia. The study found a common trend in reforms from all of the Asian countries was autonomy within the institutions. The leadership in the universities was learned procedural matters in the less developed countries. However, this type of self-governance is yet again showing a problem from the economic viewpoint. Many public institutions are not given enough financial support to be able to make and carry out many decisions

While these articles provide a good view of external governance of higher education it is very important to discuss the internal governance of education. Some colleges that have the governance only depending on faculty can always have the school is not functioning properly when given the opportunity to lead the university and to make better decisions. The AFT higher education report discusses the need for shared governance within the school. Many schools in the US tend to function from the faculty view and not as much from the administrative side and giving administration that power and enabling then to have a say can bring many schools to better decision making and in the long run a good change in the higher education system for the better of the students as well as the market.