ISBN:
9789400727304
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1283456648
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9781283456647
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXI, 246p. 3 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective 4
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Cummings, William K., 1943 - Scholars in the changing American academy
Keywords:
Education, Higher
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Education
;
Education
;
Education, Higher
;
Education
;
Study and teaching
;
United States
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Education, Higher
;
United States
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USA
;
Erziehung
Abstract:
Martin J. Finkelstein
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Scholars in the Changing American Academy; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Tables; Chapter 1: The Changing Academic Profession in the USA; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Changing Context for Academic Work; 1.3 Impact on the Academic Profession; 1.4 Two Types of Academies; 1.5 The Concept of the Academic Profession; 1.6 The Development and Stratification of Three Global Models of the University; 1.7 Twentieth-Century Massification of Higher Education in the USA; 1.8 The Transformation of Management and Governance; 1.9 Inquiry on the American and Global Academic Profession(s)
Description / Table of Contents:
1.10 The 2007 Changing Academic Profession Study1.11 Core Themes of the CAP Project; 1.11.1 Relevance; 1.11.2 Internationalization; 1.11.3 Managerialism; 1.12 The Purpose and Organization of This Volume; References; Chapter 2: Concepts and Methods; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Conceptual Framework: A General Systems Model; 2.3 Research Questions Addressed; 2.4 Participating Countries; 2.5 Sample Design of the National Surveys; 2.5.1 Analytic Goals; 2.5.2 Design Options; 2.5.3 Structure of Higher Education; 2.5.4 Selection of the US Sample; 2.6 Development of the Survey Instrument
Description / Table of Contents:
2.7 Data Collection2.7.1 Response Rate; 2.8 Data Coding and Analysis; 2.8.1 Coding; 2.8.2 Data Analysis; 2.8.3 Missing Data; 2.9 Summary; References; Chapter 3: The Balance Between Teaching and Research in the Work Life of American Academics; 3.1 Introduction: The Arbiters of Faculty Work Life; 3.2 Purpose of the Proposed Study; 3.3 Data Source and Method; 3.3.1 Dependent Variables; 3.3.2 Independent Variables; 3.3.3 Data Analysis; 3.4 Prologue to Results: Trends in Academic Work, 1970-1992; 3.5 Findings; 3.5.1 Descriptive Results; 3.5.1.1 Institutional Type; 3.5.1.2 Academic Discipline
Description / Table of Contents:
3.5.1.3 Gender3.5.1.4 Type of Appointment; 3.5.2 Inferential Results; 3.6 Discussion and Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: Comparing the Research Productivity of US Academics; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The USA as Number One?; 4.3 The Data and Its Limitations; 4.4 The Recent Pattern; 4.5 Accounting for Individual Productivity; 4.5.1 Model; 4.5.1.1 Dependent Variable; 4.5.1.2 Independent Variables and Data; 4.5.1.3 Summary Statistics; 4.5.2 Comparing the Regression Coefficients; 4.6 Looking Backward; 4.7 Conclusion; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 5: The "Glass Ceiling" Effect: Does It Characterize the Contemporary US Academy?5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Equity or Discrimination: The Analytical Question; 5.3 The Determinants of Advancement in Academia; 5.4 The Dependent Variable: Rank; 5.5 Independent Variables; 5.5.1 Sociodemographic; 5.5.1.1 Gender; 5.5.1.2 Minority Status; 5.5.1.3 Foreign Born; 5.5.2 Other Personal Factors; 5.5.2.1 Family Status; 5.5.2.2 Cultural Capital; 5.5.2.3 Educational Background or Training; Foreign Trained; 5.5.2.4 Age; 5.5.3 Organizational Variables; 5.5.3.1 Research University; 5.5.3.2 Appointment Type
Description / Table of Contents:
5.5.4 Professional and Disciplinary Variables
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-2730-4
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