Editors:
- Useful and well-timed sequence to the publication of findings from the international study of the Changing Academic Profession
- Provides a comprehensive overview on the existing knowledge base about the academic profession and changes
- Provides a diverse number of perspectives on research of the academic profession
- Focuses on the state of the art of existing research and identifies research gaps
- Broadens the scope and establishes an agenda for further research
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective (CHAC, volume 5)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is the first of several with the results of a collaborative European project supported by the European Science Foundation on changes in the academic profession in Europe (EUROAC). It provides a short description of the ESF EUROHESC programme and the particular forms of international collaborative research projects which are funded under the umbrella of this programme. It then outlines the EUROAC project. This project has chosen three foci (governance, professionalisation, academic careers) to analyse changes in the work of the academic profession. The first results in the form of in-depth literature reviews constitute the content of the book. These eight literature reviews about the state of the art of existing research feature the various dimensions of the overall theme. A particular emphasis is put on factors leading to changes in the work tasks of the academic profession in Europe and how the academic profession is coping with these new challenges.
Thus, the book provides a state of the art account of existing research about the following themes: main results of previous studies on the academic profession; the academic profession and their interaction with new higher education professionals; professional identities in higher education; extending work tasks: civic mission and sustainable development; academic careers in academic markets; the changing role of academics in the face of rising managerialism; the influence of quality assurance, governance, and relevance on the satisfaction of the academic profession.
Keywords
- Academia Europaea (AE)
- Consortium of Higher Education Researchers (CHER)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Soziologie (DGS)
- EUROAC
- European Association for Institutional Research (EAIR)
- European Science Foundation
- Gesellschaft fuer Hochschulforschung (GfHf)
- International Academy of Education (IAE)
- Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE)
- academic career
- academic labour market
- academic markets
- academic profession
- changing academy
- changing conditions of work
- changing role of academics
- governance
- higher education
- international collaborative research
- international comparison
- internationalization
- managerialism
- new higher education professionals
- professional identities
- professionalisation
- quality assurance
- quality management
- satisfaction
- third mission
- university civic mission
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
Barbara M. Kehm
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, INCHER, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
Ulrich Teichler
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Academic Profession in Europe: New Tasks and New Challenges
Editors: Barbara M. Kehm, Ulrich Teichler
Series Title: The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4614-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4613-8Published: 21 August 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9498-6Published: 20 September 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4614-5Published: 21 August 2012
Series ISSN: 2214-5346
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0378
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 202
Topics: Higher Education, International and Comparative Education