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Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy Action Research in Higher Education

Levin, Morten Greenwood, Davydd J.
Heftet / 2018 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781785338397
Publisert
2018-04-23
Utgiver
Berghahn Books
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
RES, UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
230

Forfatter
Levin, Morten
Greenwood, Davydd J.

Biografisk notat

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.

Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy Action Research in Higher Education

Levin, Morten Greenwood, Davydd J.
Heftet / 2018 / Engelsk
Levin, Morten Greenwood, Davydd J.
Heftet / 2018 / Engelsk
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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

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.
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Morten Levin and Davydd Greenwood analyze the wreckage created by neoliberal academic administrators and policymakers, before going on to propose Action Research processes that can transform public universities back into institutions that promote academic freedom, integrity, and democracy.
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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
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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

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.
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Morten Levin and Davydd Greenwood analyze the wreckage created by neoliberal academic administrators and policymakers, before going on to propose Action Research processes that can transform public universities back into institutions that promote academic freedom, integrity, and democracy.
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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
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781785338397
Publisert
2018-04-23
Utgiver
Berghahn Books
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
RES, UU, UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
230

Forfatter
Levin, Morten
Greenwood, Davydd J.

Biografisk notat

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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