Thank you Norman and Hugoestr, it was a big help indeed.
I would be interested more specifically in the indipendence of the public universities, how is that applied, how wide that is, concerning financial issues, and academical issues. In other words, how much is the public educational system centralised, and who controls it institutionally.
How is the academical staff elected, how do universities allocate their funds etc etc.
I know that in Greece they have a very interesting status for the Public Universities, there exists a "Sanctuary Law", but I dont know the details.
I would be very interested also in other models, from other countries.