Working in Higher Education
Published on 1. December 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-335-19721-7 (ISBN)
Description
This text offers perspectives on higher education work. It analyzes who are the workers in higher education, their patterns of employment, and what motivates them. It looks at the changing nature of higher education work, the work of academics, professional librarians and information scientists.
Reviews / Votes
"...interesting to read and makes a significant contribution to the literature on work in general and higher education in particular...well worth reading-indeed buying." - Higher Education 35 "There is a wealth of material on academic careers in this volume...an interesting and informative foray into the world of higher education in the United Kingdom" - Harvard Educational Review "...the chapters are extremely readable, well laid out, interesting and, in some cases, humorous." - The New Academic "The essays in this collection constitutean important contribution to the debate on the changes taking place in higher education, and deserve to be widely read." - Teaching in Higher EducationMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Weight
470 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-19721-7 (9780335197217)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 The workers: academic staff - information and data; managing the employment relationship in higher education; does it pay to work in universities?; which of us has a brilliant career?. Part 2 The work: new liberty, new discipline - academic work in the new higher education; professors and professionals; managing how academics manage; work's committees; geographical transitions. Part 3 The work context: just like the novels? researching the occupational culture(s) of higher education; which profession are you in?; autonomy, bureaucracy and competition - the ABC of control in higher education; all work and no play.