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The Changing Academic Profession - Major Findings of a Comparative Survey (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
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The Changing Academic Profession - Major Findings of a Comparative Survey (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Series: The Changing Academy - The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective, 1
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This book provides an overview on the major findings of a
questionnaire survey of academic profession in international
perspective. More than 25,000 professors and junior staff at
universities and other institutions of higher education at almost
20 countries from all over the world provide information on their
working situation, their views and activities. The study "The
Changing Academic Profession" is the second major study of its
kind, and changes of views and activities are presented through a
comparison of the findings with those of the earlier study
undertaken in the early 1990s. Major themes are the academics'
perception of their societal and institutional environments, the
views on the major tasks of teaching, research and services, their
professional preferences and actual activities, their career, their
perceived influence and their overall job satisfaction. Emphasis is
placed on the influence of recent changes in higher education: the
internationalisation and globalisation, the increasing expectation
to provide evidence of the relevance of academic work, and finally
the growing power of management at higher education institutions.
Overall, the academics surveyed show that worldwide discourses and
trends in higher education put their mark on the academic
profession, but differences by country continue to be noteworthy.
Academics consider themselves to be more strongly exposed to
mechanism of regulations, incentives and sanctions as well as
various assessments than in the past; yet their own freedom, and
responsibilities and influence shape their identity more strongly
and are reflected in widespread professional satisfaction.
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