Power & amp; Authority in British Universities.

In facing the question 'who runs the universities', the authors have carried out over a period of years an extensive programme of interviews, both formal and informal, as well as a detailed study of documents. Their findings are written up in the language of politics -- in terms of power,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Moodie, Graeme C.
Otros Autores: Eustace, Rowland
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & amp; Francis, 2011.
Colección:Routledge library editions. Education.
Temas:
Higher education and state > Great Britain.
Universities and colleges > Great Britain > Administration.
Enseignement supérieur > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne.
Universités > Grande-Bretagne > Administration.
Higher education and state
Universities and colleges > Administration
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Power and Authority in British Universities; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; I. Universities as political systems; II. The development of modern university government; The Birth of the System; The Growth of Academic Rule 1900-70; III. The contemporary system in outline; Autonomy; Types of University; Government in the Unitary Group; Note on Terminology; IV. Taking academic decisions; The traditional Department and Faculty; School, Board of Study, and the 'new' Department; Senate; V. Court, council, and laymen; Court; Council.
  • Note on a Committee at the University of BirminghamVI. The vice-chancellor; VII. The bureaucracy; VIII. Budgeting and the allocation of resources; IX. Challenges to authority; The Student Challenge; The Challenge by Non-Professorial Staff; X. What kind of government?; Appendix: The university of warwick; Select Bibliography; Index.

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