Creating a new public university and reviving democracy : action research in higher education


Morten Levin and Davydd J. Greenwood
Bok Engelsk 2016
Medvirkende
Utgitt
Oxford : Berghahn Books , 2016
Omfang
VI, 220 s.
Opplysninger
Acknowledgements List of figures Introduction: Democracy and Public Universities PART I: PUBLIC GOODS, BILDUNG, PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, AND DEMOCRACY Chapter 1. Public Goods, Democracy, and Public Universities Chapter 2. Multiple Models and Ideologies of Higher Education Chapter 3. Bildung, Academic Freedom, Academic Integrity, and Democracy PART II: UNIVERSITIES AS WORK ORGANIZATIONS: STAKEHOLDERS, STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS, STEERING, LEADERSHIP, AND ANTI-BILDUNG Chapter 4. Work Organization of Universities: Structures Chapter 5. Work Organization of Universities: Systemic Analysis Chapter 6. Processes in the Work Organization of Universities: Socio-Technical Systems Design, Networking for Power, and Neo-Taylorism Chapter 7. Leadership and Steering in Public Universities PART III: THE ROAD FORWARD: ACTION RESEARCH FOR NEUE-BILDUNG IN HIGHER EDUCATION Chapter 8. Action Research as a Strategy for Organizational Change Chapter 9. Practicing Action Research in Public Universities Conclusion: What Difference Could Action Research in Public Universities Make? Bibliography. - Public universities are in crisis, waning in their role as central institutions within democratic societies. Denunciations are abundant, but analyses of the causes and proposals to re-create public universities are not. Based on extensive experience with Action Research-based organizational change in universities and private sector organizations, Levin and Greenwood analyze the wreckage created by neoliberal academic administrators and policymakers. The authors argue that public universities must be democratically organized to perform their educational and societal functions. The book closes by laying out Action Research processes that can transform public universities back into institutions that promote academic freedom, integrity, and democracy.
Emner
universitet høyre utdanning offentlig demokrati action research based
Dewey
ISBN
9781785333217

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