The Decline of Donnish Dominion?

Halsey, A. H.

doi:10.1080/0305498820080301

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“…17). Despite this increase in administrative staff, survey data from Great Britain showed that the proportion of administrative work performed by academic staff increased from 19 to 24% of total work hours between 1976 and 1989 (16). A Norwegian study from 1983 found that 38% of academic staff members reported that excess administration was the main obstacle to academic progress (18).…”

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Scaling properties of European research units

Jamtveit

Jettestuen

Mathiesen³

2009

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…Halsey, ref. 16), UoO and many other universities experienced a period of bureaucratization initially intended to democratize the universities (Gornitzka et al, ref. 1).…”

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Scaling properties of European research units

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Mathiesen³

2009

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…What they write, and for whom, is more closely circumscribed than ever before, and the pressure to demonstrate 'impact,' whatever that may be, limits their capacity to have any real influence on communities and on their values. Halsey (1992) bemoans the 'decline of the donnish dominion' (p. 258), while Furedi (2004) wonders 'where have all the intellectuals gone? ' (p. vii).…”

Section: The Donnish Decline?mentioning

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The inclusive teacher educator: spaces for civic engagement

Allan

2010

Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education

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This paper is concerned with the teacher educator who is aspiring to be inclusive. It considers the obligations which arise within Higher Education Institutions and the extent to which these contribute to a loss of civic engagement and a lack of capacity to pursue inclusion, social justice and equity. The paper argues that this need not be the case and a reorientation for teacher educators is offered which affords teacher educators opportunities to, in Bourdieu's (1998) terms, 'play seriously'. This reorientation is in relation to three significant spaces -the ontological, the aesthetic and the epiphanic -and it is argued that operating within these spaces could enable new practices of inclusive teacher education to emerge.

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“…The influences of NPM are visible as universities and academics are held accountable for the quality of their performance (Deem 1998;Roberts 2001) and consequently have to control and improve the quality of their output (Deem 1998(Deem , 2001Halsey 1995;Pollitt and Bouckaert 2000). Various authors (e.g., Hood 1995;Maassen 2000;Sizer and Cannon 1999;Barry et al 2001;Parker and Jary 1995) agree on the fact that there is a greater need for measurement of performances specifically in higher education organizations.…”

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Managerialism, Organizational Commitment, and Quality of Job Performances among European University Employees

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To achieve efficient and effective quality improvement, European universities have gradually adopted organizational strategies, structures, technologies, management instruments, and values that are commonly found in the private business sector. Whereas some studies have shown that such managerialism is beneficial to the quality of job performances of university employees, others have argued that managerialism is largely counterproductive and that it results in lower performances. The latter situation is called a 'managerialism contradiction'. This paper tests two lines of reasoning underlying a potential contradiction governing the relationship between managerialism and job performances, while using university employee survey data from six European countries (Belgium, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, UK). The results tend to support the assumption that managerialism, in these six countries at least, has a positive effect, albeit a modest one, on the quality of performances. The most important conclusion is therefore that there is no managerialism contradiction at work in European universities.

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The Decline of Donnish Dominion?

Cited by 136 publications

References 3 publications

Scaling properties of European research units

Scaling properties of European research units

The inclusive teacher educator: spaces for civic engagement

Managerialism, Organizational Commitment, and Quality of Job Performances among European University Employees

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