Since the onset of the UK’s Research Excellence Framework in 2014, the environment for academic research has changed dramatically. Competitive Accountability in Academic Life goes behind the scenes of
A compelling memoir by the first woman president of a major American universityHanna Holborn Gray has lived her entire life in the world of higher education. The daughter of academics, she fled Hitler
Academic excellence is inherently competitive. Often affected by deliberate government policies, the increasing globalisation of higher education and by changes in communication technologies, competit
Professor of English Terry Caesar deconstructs the various guises of academic writing to show how relationships of power and subordination warp direct, honest expression in memos, letters, dissertatio
An irreverent critical lexicon of academic life and cultureThe university: The very name evokes knowledge, culture, and the magnificently universal ambition at the heart of this essential institution.
The book addresses major developments both to the academic enterprise internally and to the external environment which are changing the academic profession. The book brings together an international g
How do the specific circumstances in which we write affect what we write? How does what we write affect who we become? How can we maintain professsional and personal integrity in today's university?
Now issued as a Routledge Education Classic Edition, Bud Goodall’s Writing Qualitative Inquiry responds to the rapid growth of personal narrative as a method of inquiry among qualitative scholars by o
Now issued as a Routledge Education Classic Edition, Bud Goodall’s Writing Qualitative Inquiry responds to the rapid growth of personal narrative as a method of inquiry among qualitative scholars by o
The 1960s was a tumultuous period in the history of Greece, as its democracy fell under the forced establishment of a military dictatorship. The regime of the colonels was the culmination of national
The Global Academic Rankings Game provides a much-needed perspective on how countries and universities react to academic rankings. Based on a unified case methodology of eleven key countries and acade
The Global Academic Rankings Game provides a much-needed perspective on how countries and universities react to academic rankings. Based on a unified case methodology of eleven key countries and acade
Responding to the rapid growth of personal narrative as a method of inquiry among qualitative scholars, Bud Goodall offers a concise volume of practical advice for scholars and students seeking to wo
Call it personal narrative, creative nonfiction or qualitative inquiry, this genre has become increasingly dynamic and complex in the past few decades, developing and discarding new traditions at a ra
What does it mean to be an academic today? What kinds of experiences do students have, and how are they affected by what they learn? Why do so many students and their teachers feel like frauds? Can we
Women make up increasing numbers of graduate students and graduate degree recipients, but their presence in the ranks of tenured faculty has not increased in a generation. Mama, Ph.D. offers a select
Francis (law and philosophy, University of Utah) examines sexual harassment as an ethical issue in education. She confronts issues raised by the definition, understanding, and regulation of campus sex
Designed to engage students in the difficult transition from high school to the college academic environment, this book covers the entrance into college through commencement.
Mad at School explores the contested boundaries between disability, illness, and mental illness in the setting of U.S. higher education. Much of the research and teaching within disability studies as
?‥?This is a timely and important book which seeks to reclaim universities as places of learning. It is jargon free and forcefully argued. It should be on every principal and vice-chancellor's list o
