The Relevance of Academic Work in Comparative Perspective (The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective Book 13)

This book is the first of two volumes that look at the changed landscape of higher education and the academic profession. This volume focuses on academic work, examining the significant changes that have taken place in the backgrounds, specialisations, expectations and work roles of academic staff. The academic profession is ageing, and becoming increasingly insecure, more accountable, more internationalised and less likely to be organised along disciplinary lines. The private sector is more prominent, expectations from society are different and increasing, professional roles are evolving, and there is a new devotion to knowledge. This leads to questions about the attractiveness of an academic career and the quest for greater relevance of research. This book discusses in detail the themes that are common in this changed arena, such as the context for change, the relation of teaching to research, research productivity, applied and commercial research, and the relevance of teaching and research. Front Matter....Pages i-x The Relevance of the Academy....Pages 1-15 The Conditions of Continuity and the Drivers of Change....Pages 17-39 Coping with the Crisis: Academic Work and Changes in Greek Higher Education....Pages 41-57 Changing Academic Identities in the Context of a Managerial University – Bridging the Duality Between Professions and Organizations....Pages 59-73 Teaching and Research in Binary Systems of Higher Education: Convergent or Distinctive Profiles?....Pages 75-90 The Teaching and Research Nexus from an International Perspective....Pages 91-106 Congeniality and Research Productivity in State-Professional-Market Driven Systems of Mass Higher Education....Pages 107-120 Growth Behavior of Research Collaboration with Heterogeneous Colleagues and Research Commercial Activities in Korean Academics....Pages 121-137 Academics and Service to the Community: An International (European) Perspective....Pages 139-162 Gender Differences in Research Scholarship Among Academics: An International Comparative Perspective....Pages 163-178 The Academic Profession: The Dynamics of Emerging Countries....Pages 179-192 The Impact of Government Policies on the Profiles and Attitudes of Academics in Two Emerging Economies: Brazil and Mexico....Pages 193-215 The Transformation of the Production and Circulation of Knowledge and the Pedagogic Synergy: A Research Study on Three Argentine Universities....Pages 217-238 The Latin American University Model and the Challenges Posed by the Reforms: Perspectives from the Academics....Pages 239-252