Marek Kwiek

Changing European Academics

A Comparative Study of Social Stratification, Work Patterns and Research Productivity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

European academics have been at the centre of ongoing higher education reforms, as changes in university governance and funding have led to changes in academic work and life. Discussing the academic profession, and most importantly, its increasing stratification across Europe, Changing European Academics explores the drivers of these changes as well as their current and expected results. This comparative study of social stratification, work patterns and research productivity: Examines eleven national, higher education systems across Europe (Austria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland and the United Kingdom) Provides a panoramic view of the European academic profession Confronts misconceptions of academic work and life with compelling results and detailed analyses Discusses new dilemmas inherent to the changing social and economic environments of higher education A thoughtful and comprehensive study of the changing academic profession in Europe, this book will be of interest to higher education practitioners, managers and policy makers, both in Europe and globally. Changing European Academics will benefit anyone whose work relates to changing academic institutions and changing academic careers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780815396482
• ISBN-10: 0815396481
• Artikelnr.: 53880558

Autorenporträt

Marek Kwiek is Director of the Center for Public Policy Studies and UNESCO Chair in Intstitutional Research and Higher Education Policy, University of Poznan, Poland.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Introduction
Introduction: Changing Career Structures, Award and Recognition Systems, and Work Patterns
Chapter 1. Academic Performance Stratification: Inequality in the Knowledge Production
Chapter 2. Academic Salary Stratification: Productivity and Income
Chapter 3. Academic Power Stratification: Collegiality and University Governance
Chapter 4. International Research Stratification: International Collaboration and Productivity
Chapter 5. Academic Role Stratification: Patterns in Teaching, Research and Productivity across Academic Generations
Chapter 6. Academic Age Stratification: Predictable Careers in Volatile Institutional Environments
Chapter 7. Conclusions and Policy Implications
Statistical Appendices
Bibliography