Academic identities and policy change in higher education / Mary Henkel
- Bib ID:
- 1007405
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Henkel, Mary
- Description:
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- London ; Philadelphia : J. Kingsley, 2000
- 286 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 185302662X (alkaline paper)
- Series:
- Higher education policy series ; 46.
- Summary:
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"Academic Identities and Policy Change in Higher Education starts from the assumption that the concept of identity is central to individual academics and to the workings of academic systems. The author argues that the higher education reforms and consequent changes in academic institutions have created an impetus towards a more structured environment, encouraging new, 'professional' academic identities. Drawing on communitarian theories of identity, she asks whether this has meant a weakening of the dominance of the discipline in academic identity formation and development.".
"The book is based on extensive fieldwork in eleven English higher education institutions and seven disciplines. Parts One and Two set the conceptual framework and outline briefly the extent of policy change at national and institutional levels. Part Three focuses on two specific policy initiatives as case studies, the quality assurance policies of the early 1990s and research assessment. The author considers the responses to them of academic leaders, higher education institutions and academics in the basic units, and examines how far they have affected the institutional environment and the framework of assumptions within which academics work.".
"Part Four develops the themes of academic identity development, continuity and change in depth, focusing first on the process of becoming an academic and then on three key roles: researcher, teacher and manager. Each chapter demonstrates the impacts of policy upon the dynamic between individuals and different types of discipline and institution and what they mean for academic identities."--BOOK JACKET.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-278) and indexes.
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