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Cultural Perspectives on Higher Education

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Editors:
  1. Jussi Välimaa

    1. Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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  2. Oili-Helena Ylijoki

    1. Research Unit for Science Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Tampere, Finland

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  • A good variety of different approaches to study culture in higher education
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About this book

This book analyses higher education from cultural perspectives and also to reflect on the uses of intellectual devices developed in the cultural studies of higher education over the last decades.

The first part of the book presents fresh perspectives to integrate cultural studies in higher education with wider societal processes. Professor William G. Tierney speaks about trust and culture in higher education, whereas Professor Imanol Ordorika opens a political perspective to higher education institutions.

The second part of the book studies the internal life of higher education. Relying on a variety of cultural perspectives, the chapters explore the actual day-to-day practices taking place in higher education, ranging from student socialisation, student consumerism, tensions in combining academic and market-oriented targets in knowledge production to the formation of academic identities in different disciplinary and organisational cultures.

The focus in the third part of the book is to use cultural perspectives developed in previous studies on disciplinary and organisational cultures as a framework to understand a variety of processes and reforms taking place at the institutional level of high education. The chapters in this part of the book analyse the Bologna Process, the evolution of scientific fields in American universities, organisational cultures in Chinese post-merger universities, and doctoral education and cooperation with industry.

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Culture, Society and Higher Education

    1. Introduction to the Book and Its Contents

      • Jussi Välimaa, Oili-Helena Ylijoki
      Pages 1-6

    2. Cultural Studies in Higher Education Research

      • Jussi Välimaa
      Pages 9-25

    3. Trust and Organizational Culture in Higher Education

      • William G. Tierney
      Pages 27-41

    4. Building or Eroding Intellectual Capital? Student Consumerism as a Cultural Force in the Context of Knowledge Economy

      • Rajani Naidoo
      Pages 43-55

  4. Higher Education Institutions and Reforms in Cultural Frameworks

    1. Doctoral Education and Doctoral Theses — Changing Assessment Practices

      • Helena Aittola
      Pages 161-177

    2. Challenging Traditional Research Training Culture: Industry-oriented Doctoral Programs in Australian Cooperative Research Centres

      • Kay M. Harman
      Pages 179-195

    3. The Evolution of American Scientific Fields: Disciplinary Differences Versus Institutional Isomorphism

      • James S. Fairweather, Karen Paulson
      Pages 197-212

    4. Quantitative Assessment of Organisational Cultures in Post-merger Universities

      • Yuzhuo Cai
      Pages 213-226

    5. The Bologna Process in Academic Basic Units: Finnish Universities and Competitive Horizons

      • David M. Hoffman, Jussi Välimaa, Mira Huusko
      Pages 227-243

    6. How Does the Bologna Process Challenge the National Traditions of Higher Education Institutions?

      • Amélia Veiga, Alberto Amaral
      Pages 245-263

    7. Future Challenges

      • Oili-Helena Ylijoki, Jussi Välimaa
      Pages 265-267

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 269-277
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Reviews

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"The book offers a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of culture within higher education. … One of the book’s major strengths is a range of perspectives from scholars in various parts of the globe in seven countries. … The book would appeal to scholars and students of higher education and organizational studies. The book can also serve as a useful course textbook for focused seminars on higher education culture." (Jenny J. Lee, Higher Education, March, 2009)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    Jussi Välimaa

  • Research Unit for Science Technology and Innovation Studies, University of Tampere, Finland

    Oili-Helena Ylijoki

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cultural Perspectives on Higher Education

  • Editors: Jussi Välimaa, Oili-Helena Ylijoki

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6604-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6603-0Published: 12 February 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7680-9Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6604-7Published: 26 January 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 278

  • Topics: Cultural Studies, Social Sciences, general, Higher Education

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