Том 3 № 2 (2026)

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    Modern Governance of Higher Education Institutions: Models, Trends, and Managerial Challenges
    (2026) Zharova, Liubov; Michał, Śleziak
    The governance of higher education institutions (HEIs) has become one of the central concerns of contemporary educational policy, driven by globalisation, demographic shifts, digital transformation, and growing demands for institutional accountability and quality assurance. This article offers a comprehensive analysis of theoretical foundations, contemporary governance challenges, and current European trends shaping the management of modern universities, with particular attention to the comparative experience of Ukraine, Poland, and the European Union in the period 2020–2025. Drawing on conceptual frameworks including shared governance, managerial governance, network governance, and evidence-based decisionmaking, the article examines how HEIs navigate competing pressures between academic autonomy and public accountability. The comparative empirical analysis reveals significant divergences in institutional autonomy, quality assurance maturity, leadership professionalisation, and lifelong learning infrastructure. Ukraine’s higher education system, operating under the compounded pressures of pandemic disruption and armed conflict, demonstrates both acute structural vulnerabilities – including enrolment instability, declining international student numbers, and low graduate employability – and remarkable adaptive capacities, exemplified by the rapid growth of adult learners and the internationally recognised Diia.Education digital platform. Poland’s successful post-decline recovery within EHEA frameworks offers a constructive governance reference point. The article concludes that convergence with European governance standards requires Ukraine to pursue institutional rationalisation, autonomy expansion, leadership development, and the strategic integration of lifelong learning, while its crisis-driven innovations offer transferable insights for the broader European Higher Education Area.