| 书目名称 | Scholars in the Changing American Academy |
| 副标题 | New Contexts, New Ru |
| 编辑 | William K. Cummings,Martin J. Finkelstein |
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| 概述 | Reports the results of a vital 19-nation international survey of the academic profession.Provides fresh comparative data on US faculty attitudes relative to those in other mature and emerging economie |
| 丛书名称 | The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective |
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| 描述 | .As the nature of education generally, and higher education in particular, changes irrevocably, it is crucial to understand the informed opinions of those closest to the institutions of learning. This book, based on a survey of academics in 19 nations and conducted by leading global scholars, is a thorough sounding of the attitudes of academics to their working environment. As the post-WWII liberal consensus crumbles, higher education is increasingly viewed as a private and personal investment in individual social mobility rather than as a public good and, .ipso facto., a responsibility of public authorities. The incursion of corporate culture into academe, with its ‘stakeholders’, ‘performance pay’ and obsession with ‘competitiveness’ is a matter of bitter debate, with some arguing that short-termism is obviating epoch-making research which by definition requires patience and persistence in the face of the risk of failure..This book highlights these and many other key issues facing the academic profession in the US and around the world at the beginning of the 21st century and examines the issues from the perspective of those who are at the front line of change. This group has nume |
| 出版日期 | Book 2012 |
| 关键词 | Changing Academic Profession (CAP); US academic profession; academic freedom; academics; globalization; g |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2730-4 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-94-007-9195-4 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-2730-4Series ISSN 2214-5346 Series E-ISSN 2543-0378 |
| issn_series | 2214-5346 |
| copyright | Springer Science+Business Science B.V. 2012 |
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