@article{2017,title={THE ROLE OF STUDENT COUNCILS IN GOVERNANCE HIGHER EDUCATION},abstractNode={Public administration in recent years experienced a great change and transformation in the Turkish public administration are affected by this change and transformation. New Public Management (NPM) in this process and this process is known as an important place in the approach to governance that profoundly affects the understanding of public administration. Turkish public administration approach to governance in recent years, many of the effects of law regulation clearly seen. Approach to governance in the affected areas of higher education in a field. Students who participate in the management of higher education, the most important stakeholders in the democratic settlement of the concept of a university has a great importance. With this understanding in the field of higher education have been made law. No. 2547 issued based on the higher education law in 2005, "Higher education institutions of higher education institutions, student councils and the national student council directive" to the floor with the students gained a law student councils have established between themselves. Legitimate representatives of the the students through the administration of the university to have such an important factor in the development of the democratic concept of the university. Corresponds to the positive role of student councils are not effective in practice, they are reluctant participation in the administration of students, student council elections where interest was weak. Student councils have a short history of this situation in practice, the students were on the subject, depending on sufficient information Students' awareness of student councils to achieve the required level of activity, encouragement of university administrations to participate in the administration and legal infrastructure should be strengthened and made more effective was the student council.},author={Ali BALKAN},year={2017},journal={The Journal of Social Sciences}}