| Description |
x, 330 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Greenwood studies in higher education |
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Greenwood studies in higher education.
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| Contents |
1. Between state control and academic capitalism: a comparative perspective on academic staff in Europe / Jürgen Enders -- 2. The adademic profession in the two communities of Belgium / Karel Tavernier -- 3. Academic staff in Denmark: the consequences of massification in a small country / John E. Andersen -- 4. The changing nature of academic employment in Finnish higher education / Jussi Va ̈limaa -- 5. Professional diversity in a centralized system: academic staff in France / Thierry Chevaillier -- 6. Unsolved problems and inadequate solutions: the situation of academic staff in German higher education / Uwe Schimank -- 7. The academic profession in Greece: current state and conditions of employment / Dimitrios G. Tsaoussis -- 8. Academic staff in Ireland: the right of tenure enacted and endorsed / Maureen Killeavy and Marie Coleman -- 9. A guild transition: the Italian case / Roberto Moscati -- 10. The end of public employment in Dutch higher education? / Egbert de Weert -- 11. Expansion, reorganization, and discontent among academic staff: the Norwegian case / Svein Kyvik, et al -- 12. The academic profession in a massifying system: the Portuguese case / Virtílio A. Meira Soares -- 13. Adapting to change: the academic profession in Spain / José-Ginés Mora -- 14. The academic profession in Sweden: diversity and change in an egalitarian system / Berit Askling -- 15. Profession or proletariat: academic staff in the United Kingdom after two decades of change / Oliver Fulton and Chris Holland |
| Summary |
Annotation Higher education is going through a turbulent period of change. In this work, distinguished experts from fourteen European countries highlight recent developments that affect today's academic environment. Based on a research project coordinated by Junger Enders at the University of Kassel in Germany, the book higlights the changes taking place in higher education |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
College teachers -- Europe.
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College personnel management -- Europe.
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Universities and colleges -- Europe -- Administration.
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| Author |
Enders, Jürgen.
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| LC no. |
00049079 |
| ISBN |
031331828X alkaline paper |
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