Academics and the real world / G.R. Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, G. R. (Gillian Rosemary)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

Academic freedom.

Great Britain.

Academic freedom--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

vi, 165 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, 2002.

Contents:

1 The Academic Project: Driving Forces 5

Academic values, academic habits 5

Work and play 7

What is a 'field' or 'discipline'? 12

Authoritativeness and the mechanisms of censorship 27

2 Teaching 38

The education of a good citizen 38

Teaching and research 50

Teaching students to be businesspeople 56

3 The Control of Research 59

Making research useful 59

The guardians compromised 70

The effect on the individual researcher 83

4 Politics, Administration and the Real World 92

Quality of administration 92

Managers and managed 99

5 What is to be Done? 106

Values again 106

Nationally accepted guidelines: a committee on standards? 113

Personal accountability? 117

6 Conclusion: the University and Social Commentary 123

The modern legislative framework in the UK 123

Freedom of scholarly discourse and the changing political context 127

Bringing the institution into disrepute 128

Political speech, censorship and the public interest: the balancing act 130

Mechanisms of censorship 132

Conformity and compliance 135

The Society for Research into Higher Education 166.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [158]-159) and index.

ISBN:

0335211127

0335211119

OCLC:

49355995