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Academic Governance - Disciplines and Policy (Hardcover, New)
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Academic Governance - Disciplines and Policy (Hardcover, New)
Series: Routledge Research in Higher Education
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Academia is an important site for producing knowledge, which is
crucial in driving economies and societies around the globe at the
beginning of the 21st century. Yet surprisingly little is known
about how contemporary universities are shaped by the formal and
multiple demands they face from national policy requirements,
particularly performance measurement. What effects do these
policies have on individual universities and the academics who work
within them? While policy surely has impacts on institutions and
academics, there are also numerous other things that shape academic
life. This book's starting point is that there are three main
shaping forces that govern academia - intellectual curiosity,
disciplinary traditions and research policy. Bringing these three
levels together into a framework, this book examines how academia
is governed, both formally and informally, bridging the different
aspects of governing knowledge networks through a large
multi-country study. Author Jenny Lewis uses a large empirical
study of academics in three countries (Australia, Britain and New
Zealand) and in the broad disciplinary areas of the humanities,
social sciences and sciences, to demonstrate the analytical
framework's application. The book also offers some needed
directions on what policy should and can do, providing a snapshot
of contemporary academic life in different disciplines and in
different countries, from the perspective of academics on the
frontline.
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