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Changing Governance and Management in Higher Education: The Perspectives of the Academy (The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective Book 2) by William K. Cummings, Donald Fisher (auth.), William Locke, William K. Cummings, Donald Fisher (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Changing Governance and Management in Higher Education: The Perspectives of the Academy (The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective Book 2) about?
External drivers are pressing for a more privatized approach to higher education and research, a greater reliance on technology and the more efficient use of resources. But many academics perceive these changes to be imposed from above with little consultation and an inadequate consideration of the beliefs and values that have traditionally guided academic work. The tensions between academic beliefs and contemporary drivers is more evident in certain national systems than in others, and within each system the tension raises particular issues. This book provides a framework for the analysis of recent changes in institutional governance and management in higher education and their impact on the academy and academic work globally. It pinpoints, as far as possible, the areas where recent change is perceived positively and negatively by academics themselves. __Changing Governance and Management in Higher Education: The Perspectives of the Academy__ draws on the findings of an international study based on a common survey of academics in eighteen countries across five continents. The book opens with a chapter outlining the key issues, drivers and challenges that inform contemporary discou
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- Author
- William K. Cummings, Donald Fisher (auth.), William Locke, William K. Cummings, Donald Fisher (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789400711396
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Education, Management, Business
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