Abstract
In recent years there have been a variety of changes in the form of administrative reforms that affected the governance system of countries around the world, including Pakistan. The basic objective of these reforms is to modernize administrative systems. The present study focuses on the five selected institutions, i.e. Government College University, Lahore College for Women University, Government College for Women University Sialkot, Government College for Women University Faisalabad, which were upgraded to universities. The scope of the paper concerns the evolution of these educational reform and deregulation patterns that relate to administration, finance, and academics of the institutions. The evolution has been explained through a model given by Aldrich & Ruef (2006). Qualitative research is conducted on five of the selected institutions and external authorities, including HED, HEC and PHEC. The results show that the involvement of external regulatory authorities influences the patterns of autonomy through HR policies and practices. Dependence of funds is also a major reason to encourage interference of external authorities and politics, which ultimately affects the performance of the universities. The evolution of all of the selected cases helps to understand the context of these institutions. The study also helps to draw the difference of governance systems under public and private administration.
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