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The Governance of British Higher Education
Springer 2007; US$ 149.99How has the system of governance changed? Do British higher education institutions still exercise autonomous control over their development? In this book, these questions are pursued through a three-pronged strategy. This book will have lessons for those examining higher education on a comparative/international basis. It is a serious piece of analysis... more...
Understanding Mass Higher Education
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 200.00In recent years most western democracies have experienced a shift from elite to mass higher education, with the United States leading the way. This text compares the experience of this very important social change within different nation states. Whilst recognising the critical global economic forces that appear to explain the international nature of... more...
The Collegial Tradition in the Age of Mass Higher Education
Springer 2010; US$ 109.99This book will examine the relationship between collegiality and the collegial tradition in the context of the development of mass higher education. The collegial tradition in higher education has been shaped above all by the collegiate universities. In all its various forms (as commensality, as a mode of governance, and as a critical force in shaping... more...
Structuring Mass Higher Education: The Role of Elite Institutions
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95Undoubtedly the most important development in higher education in recent years has been the seemingly inexorable expansion of national systems. In a comparatively short time period many countries have moved from an elite to a mass model. Furthermore, expansion has invariably changed the whole experience of higher education for all the interested parties... more...
Oxford and the Decline of the Collegiate Tradition
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 64.95For centuries, the idea of collegiality has been integral to the British understanding of higher education. This book examines how its values are being restructured in response to the 21st-century pressures of massification and managerialism. more...
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