The foundation of French universities: the long posterity of the Napoleonic order

Emmanuelle Picard

Chapter 6 in Handbook on Higher Education Management and Governance, 2023, pp 88-95 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Following the suppression of universities by the revolutionary government, Napoleon I established a centralized university system, based on faculties and subject to strict political and administrative control. The academic profession was organized according to national rules and procedures, steered by central bodies attached to the ministry. In this context, its empowerment and professionalization are late and remain marked by a specific mode of organization. The management bodies of academics have always been organized according to a vertical logic (the reference community is absolutely the discipline and its Parisian bodies) which prevents the creation of horizontal groups within universities.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Education; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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