The Professoriate in the Age of Globalization.

Sonst. Personen	Stromquist, Nelly P.
Titel	The Professoriate in the Age of Globalization.
Quelle	Rotterdam; Taipei: Sense Publ. (2007), XII, 234 S.Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	Global Perspectives on Higher Education. 8
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	978-90-8790-083-0
Schlagwörter	Brasilien; Dänemark; Mexiko; Peru; Russland; Südafrika (Staat)
Abstract	Globalization has profoundly affected the university. It has shaped what is being learned, the use of technologies in the classroom, the connectivity between professors and institutions nationally and worldwide, the conditions of academic work, the relationship between knowledge production and the market, and the lives and interactions of students and faculty. This book concentrates on a key figure in university life: the professoriate. It probes its conditions in a comparative perspective, bringing to the fore research findings from six countries with different historical trajectories, social visions, and degrees of insertion in capitalist modes of production: Denmark, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, and Peru. Through each national study, common issues emerge, yet their particular contextual natures point to distinct developments. The contribution of this book resides in the coherence of all six studies, focusing on the impacts of globalization and systematically linking the massification of higher education to the emergence of detached, vulnerable professionals who face increasingly weak employment conditions, limited possibilities for advancement and governance, and a diminished professional identity - but who are also benefiting from increased cross-national contacts and easier access to knowledge. Contents: Altbach, Philip G./McGill Peterson, Patti: Foreword. - Stromquist, Nelly P.: Introduction: The Academic Profession in the Face of Changing Societal and Institutional Expectations. - 1. Gil-Anton, Manuel: Segmentation or Diversification? Conditions of Academic Work in Mexiko. - 2. Balbachevsky, Elizabeth: The Changing Patterns of the Brazilian Academic Profession in the Era of Globalization. - 3. Stromquist, Nelly P.: Continuity and Change in a Private University in Peru. - 4. Colatrella, Carol: The Professoriate in Denmark in the Age of Globalization. - 5. Smolentseva, Anna: Emerging Inequality in the Academic Profession in Russia. - 6. Mabokela, Reitumetse Obakeng: The Impact of Globalization on the Academic Profession in South Africa. A case Study of the Merger of New University. - 7. Stromquist, Nelly P.: Conclusions. (HoF/text adopted).
Erfasst von	Institut für Hochschulforschung (HoF) an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Update	2009/3