Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy

Action Research in Higher Education

AvMorten Levin,Davydd J. Greenwood

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-04-23
Mått:152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt:343 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Higher Education in Critical Perspective: Practices and Policies
Antal sidor:230
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781785338397

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Morten Levin is Professor of Industrial Economics and Technology Management at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. With degrees in Mechanical Engineering, Operations Research, Sociology, he has worked as an action researcher on processes and structures of social change.Davydd J. Greenwood is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Anthropology Emeritus at Cornell University. A Corresponding Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences since 1996, he served as the John S. Knight Professor and Director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and as Director of the Institute for European Studies at Cornell.

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"In Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy, Morten Levin and Davydd Greenwood add their voices to the burgeoning catalogue of critiques of the impact of neoliberal policies on the quality of higher education in Europe and the US. But unlike many such contributions, this work draws heavily on the change management literature and offers a cornucopia of compelling and well-grounded ideas for reform of the academy." * Times Higher Education

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AcknowledgementsList of figuresIntroduction: Democracy and Public UniversitiesPART I: PUBLIC GOODS, BILDUNG, PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, AND DEMOCRACYChapter 1. Public Goods, Democracy, and Public UniversitiesChapter 2. Multiple Models and Ideologies of Higher EducationChapter 3. Bildung, Academic Freedom, Academic Integrity, and DemocracyPART II: UNIVERSITIES AS WORK ORGANIZATIONS: STAKEHOLDERS, STRUCTURES, SYSTEMS, STEERING, LEADERSHIP, AND ANTI-BILDUNGChapter 4. Work Organization of Universities: StructuresChapter 5. Work Organization of Universities: Systemic AnalysisChapter 6. Processes in the Work Organization of Universities: Socio-Technical Systems Design, Networking for Power, and Neo-TaylorismChapter 7. Leadership and Steering in Public UniversitiesPART III: THE ROAD FORWARD: ACTION RESEARCH FOR NEUE-BILDUNG IN HIGHER EDUCATIONChapter 8. Action Research as a Strategy for Organizational ChangeChapter 9. Practicing Action Research in Public UniversitiesConclusion: What Difference Could Action Research in Public Universities Make?Bibliography