Recession-Oscopy: Can Universities Be the Light at the End?

Autor/in	Mackey, Steve
Titel	Recession-Oscopy: Can Universities Be the Light at the End?
Quelle	In: Australian Universities' Review, 54 (2012) 2, S.40-43 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0818-8068
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Universities; College Faculty; Merit Pay; Economic Impact; Institutional Characteristics; Educational Finance; College Administration; Educational Development; Intellectual History; Educational Responsibility; College Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; University; Universität; Fakultät; Leistungszulage; Ökonomische Determinanten; Bildungsfonds; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Bildungsentwicklung; Geistesgeschichte; Erziehungsverantwortung
Abstract	This paper paints the philosophical and ethical backdrop to some of the issues raised in "Australian Universities' Review" vol. 53, no. 2. It links academic performance pay; the measurement of research output; and the astonishing pay levels of vice chancellors to the present global financial crisis. These are explained as part of a general malaise of institutions, which has its roots in the early Enlightenment. Drawing from semioticians Charles Sanders Peirce and John Deely it uses the terms "ideoscopy" and "cenoscopy" to characterise the hijacking of unwarranted scientific status for much of the way our world is managed. But crisis can lead to opportunity. Consequently, the paper points to the glaring opportunity for thinkers who can articulate the present situation in a way which could avert disaster. (As Provided).
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