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The Relevance of Academic Work in Comparative Perspective

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Editors:
  1. William K. Cummings

    1. Graduate School of Education and HD, George Washington University, Washington, USA

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  2. Ulrich Teichler

    1. INCHER-Kassel, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

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  • Presents a strong research and theoretical focus, based on a common framework of analysis
  • Balances findings from the more mature academic systems and the upper strata of the emerging academic systems
  • Provides a broad, diverse range of comparative perspectives and analyses
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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The Relevance of the Academy

    • William K. Cummings, Ulrich Teichler
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Conditions of Continuity and the Drivers of Change

    • William K. Cummings
    Pages 17-39

  4. Coping with the Crisis: Academic Work and Changes in Greek Higher Education

    • Antigoni Papadimitriou
    Pages 41-57

  5. Changing Academic Identities in the Context of a Managerial University – Bridging the Duality Between Professions and Organizations

    • Liudvika Leisyte
    Pages 59-73

  6. Teaching and Research in Binary Systems of Higher Education: Convergent or Distinctive Profiles?

    • Egbert de Weert
    Pages 75-90

  7. The Teaching and Research Nexus from an International Perspective

    • Akira Arimoto
    Pages 91-106

  8. Congeniality and Research Productivity in State-Professional-Market Driven Systems of Mass Higher Education

    • Gerard A. Postiglione, Jisun Jung
    Pages 107-120

  9. Growth Behavior of Research Collaboration with Heterogeneous Colleagues and Research Commercial Activities in Korean Academics

    • Soo Jeung Lee
    Pages 121-137

  10. Academics and Service to the Community: An International (European) Perspective

    • Bojana Ćulum
    Pages 139-162

  11. Gender Differences in Research Scholarship Among Academics: An International Comparative Perspective

    • Jisun Jung
    Pages 163-178

  12. The Academic Profession: The Dynamics of Emerging Countries

    • Monica Marquina, Mariela Ferreiro
    Pages 179-192

  13. The Impact of Government Policies on the Profiles and Attitudes of Academics in Two Emerging Economies: Brazil and Mexico

    • Jorge Martínez Stack, Marion Lloyd, Imanol Ordorika
    Pages 193-215

  14. The Transformation of the Production and Circulation of Knowledge and the Pedagogic Synergy: A Research Study on Three Argentine Universities

    • Graciela C. Riquelme
    Pages 217-238

  15. The Latin American University Model and the Challenges Posed by the Reforms: Perspectives from the Academics

    • Elizabeth Balbachevsky
    Pages 239-252
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This book is the first of two volumes that look at the changed landscape of higher education and the academic profession. This volume focuses on academic work, examining the significant changes that have taken place in the backgrounds, specialisations, expectations and work roles of academic staff. The academic profession is ageing, and becoming increasingly insecure, more accountable, more internationalised and less likely to be organised along disciplinary lines. The private sector is more prominent, expectations from society are different and increasing, professional roles are evolving, and there is a new devotion to knowledge. This leads to questions about the attractiveness of an academic career and the quest for greater relevance of research. This book discusses in detail the themes that are common in this changed arena, such as the context for change, the relation of teaching to research, research productivity, applied and commercial research, and the relevance of teaching and research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Education and HD, George Washington University, Washington, USA

    William K. Cummings

  • INCHER-Kassel, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

    Ulrich Teichler

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