Paul Trowler takes a close look inside one British university to explore how academic staff at the ground level respond to changes in higher education. During the period of this study there was a remarkably rapid expansion in student numbers and, at the same time, a shrinking unit of resource. Meanwhile new systems and structures were being put in place, particularly those associated with the 'credit framework': the constellation of features associated with the assignment of credit value to assessed learning, including modularity, franchising and the accreditation of prior learning. The book explores the nature and effects of academics' responses to these changes and develops a framework for explaining these responses. It offers a valuable insight into change in higher education and highlights some of the processes which lead to policy outcomes being rather different from the intentions of policy-makers.
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Paul Trowler is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Central Lancashire. His background is in sociology and teacher education in the post-compulsory sector, and he is course leader of an MA in Strategic Leadership in Education.
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administrative fallout, credit framework, franchised colleges, unchartered universities, epistemological essentialism, academic professional cultures, hard managerialism, epistemological characteristics, collaborative provision, managerialist model, academic counsellor, observant participation, academic registrar, increasing student numbers, higher education context, credit accumulation, mass higher education, disciplinary content, homo sociologicus, recurrent practices, credit exemption, discursive repertoires, work intensification, educational ideology, academic tribes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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administrative fallout, credit framework, franchised colleges, unchartered universities, epistemological essentialism, academic professional cultures, hard managerialism, epistemological characteristics, collaborative provision, managerialist model, academic counsellor, observant participation, academic registrar, increasing student numbers, higher education context, credit accumulation, mass higher education, disciplinary content, homo sociologicus, recurrent practices, credit exemption, discursive repertoires, work intensification, educational ideology, academic tribes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Resistance and Power in Organizations (Critical Perspectives on Work and Organization) by John M. Jermier in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Working in Higher Education (Society for Research into Higher Education) by Robert E. Cuthbert in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Thriving on Chaos by Tom Peters on page 24, page 43, and Back Matter
- Beyond Method: Strategies for Social Research by Gareth Morgan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Higher Educational Policy and Institutional Change: Intentions and Outcomes in Turbulent Environments by Paul R. Trowler in Front Matter, page 163, and Back Matter
- Departmental Leadership in Higher Education by Peter Knight in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Realities of Change in Higher Education: Interventions to Promote Learning and Teaching (SEDA Series) by Lynne Hunt on page 14, and page 114
- Making Sense of Academic Life: Academics, Universities, and Change (SRHE) by Peter G. Taylor in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Realities of change in higher education: intervention to promote learning & teaching (Staff and Educational Development Series) by Lynne Hunt on page 14, and page 114
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