Knowledge, Higher Education, and the New Managerialism: The Changing Management of UK Universities

by Rosemary Deem, Michael Reed, Sam Hillyard

Book Overview

The nature of Higher Education in the UK has changed over the last three decades. Academics can no longer be said to carry out their work in 'ivory towers', as increasing government intervention and a growing 'target culture' has changed the way they work. Increasingly universities have transformed from 'communities of scholars' to 'workplaces'. The organization and administration of universities has seen a corresponding prevalence of ideas and strategies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199265909
• ISBN13: 9780199265909
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"