The Relevance of Academic Work in Comparative Perspective
Editors: Cummings, William K., Teichler, Ulrich (Eds.)
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- 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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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.
- Table of contents (14 chapters)
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The Relevance of the Academy
Pages 1-15
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The Conditions of Continuity and the Drivers of Change
Pages 17-39
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Coping with the Crisis: Academic Work and Changes in Greek Higher Education
Pages 41-57
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Changing Academic Identities in the Context of a Managerial University – Bridging the Duality Between Professions and Organizations
Pages 59-73
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Teaching and Research in Binary Systems of Higher Education: Convergent or Distinctive Profiles?
Pages 75-90
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Relevance of Academic Work in Comparative Perspective
- Editors
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- William K. Cummings
- Ulrich Teichler
- Series Title
- The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective
- Series Volume
- 13
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-11767-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-11767-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-11766-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-34511-6
- Series ISSN
- 2214-5346
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 252
- Number of Illustrations
- 16 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
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