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Changing Governance and Management in Higher Education

The Perspectives of the Academy

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Editors:
  1. William Locke

    1. Bristol, United Kingdom

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  2. William K. Cummings

    1. International Education Program, Washington, USA

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  3. Donald Fisher

    1. Vancouver, Canada

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  • First widely available publication of findings from the international study of "Changing Academic Profession"
  • Presents the results of an impressive survey led in many different countries
  • Completes the current literature by focussing on an academic perspective
  • Strong empirically-based comparative analysis of a common survey in 14 countries in the same twelve month period

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • William K. Cummings, Donald Fisher, William Locke
    Pages 1-16

  3. Emergent Higher Education Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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  4. Emergent higher education systems

    1. Argentina: Changes in Academics’ Involvement in the Governance and Management of Public Universities

      • Norberto Fernández Lamarra, Mónica Marquina, Gabriel Rebello
      Pages 19-33

    2. Brazil: Diverse Experiences in Institutional Governance in the Public and Private Sectors

      • Elizabeth Balbachevsky, Simon Schwartzman
      Pages 35-56

    3. México: A Portrait of a Managed Profession

      • Jesús Francisco Galaz-Fontes, Juan José Sevilla-García, Laura Elena Padilla-González, José Luis Arcos-Vega, Manuel Gil-Antón, Jorge Martínez-Stack
      Pages 57-81

    4. Malaysia: Perspectives of University Governance and Management within the Academic Profession

      • Norzaini Azman, Muhammad Jantan, Morshidi Sirat
      Pages 83-105

    5. South Africa: Recklessly Incapacitated by a Fifth Column – The Academic Profession Facing Institutional Governance

      • Charl Wolhuter, Philip Higgs, Leonie Higgs, Isaac Ntshoe
      Pages 107-125

  5. Mature Higher Education Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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  6. Mature higher education systems

    1. Australia: The Changing Academic Profession – An enCAPsulation

      • Hamish Coates, Ian R. Dobson, Leo Goedegebuure, V. Lynn Meek
      Pages 129-149

    2. Canada: Perspectives on Governance and Management

      • Amy Scott Metcalfe, Donald Fisher, Yves Gingras, Glen A. Jones, Kjell Rubenson, Iain Snee
      Pages 151-174

    3. The United Kingdom: Academic Retreat or Professional Renewal?

      • William Locke, Alice Bennion
      Pages 175-197

    4. The United States of America: Perspectives on Faculty Governance, 1992–2007

      • Martin Finkelstein, Ming Ju, William K. Cummings
      Pages 199-222

    5. Germany: How Changing Governance and Management Affects the Views and Work of the Academic Profession

      • Ulrich Teichler
      Pages 223-241

    6. Finland: CAPtive Academics – An Examination of the Binary Divide

      • Timo Aarrevaara, Ian R. Dobson, Elias Pekkola
      Pages 243-262

    7. Norway: Between Humboldtian Values and Strategic Management

      • Agnete Vabø
      Pages 263-280

    8. Japan: Effects of Changing Governance and Management on the Academic Profession

      • Akira Arimoto
      Pages 281-319

    9. South Korea: Decentralized Centralization – Fading Shared Governance and Rising Managerialism

      • Jung Cheol Shin
      Pages 321-342

    10. Hong Kong: Governance and the Double-Edged Academy

      • Gerard Postiglione, Wang Shiru
      Pages 343-368

    11. Comparative Perspectives: Emerging Findings and Further Investigations

      • William Locke, William K. Cummings, Donald Fisher
      Pages 369-379
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About this book

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. This book analyzes recent changes in institutional governance and management in higher education and their impact on the academy and academic work. It draws on findings from an international study based on a survey of academics in eighteen countries. It opens with a chapter outlining the key issues, drivers and challenges that inform contemporary discourse around academic work and the profession in general. It then focuses on national case studies, comparing changes in the top tier with the lower tiers of national systems, public and private institutions, and other differentiating factors appropriate in each country, which include mature and emerging higher education systems. It concludes by proposing a series of generalizations about the contemporary status of governance and management of institutions of higher education.

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“This edited volume received the Best Book Award from the Higher Education Special Interest Group (HESIG) of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) in 2012. … this is an excellent resource for research about the international professoriate and for academics interested in the comparative study of higher education systems. … It should be an essential addition to the libraries of colleges and universities around the world as well as the resource collection of serious scholars of the academic profession.” (John C. Weidman, Higher Education, Vol. 68, 2014)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bristol, United Kingdom

    William Locke

  • International Education Program, Washington, USA

    William K. Cummings

  • Vancouver, Canada

    Donald Fisher

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