Working in Higher Education (Society for Research into Higher Education) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335197213 ISBN 13: 9780335197217

Publisher: Open University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This text offers perspectives on higher education work. It analyzes who are the workers in higher education, their patterns of employment, and what motivates them. It looks at the changing nature of higher education work, the work of academics, professional librarians and information scientists.

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Review

"...interesting to read and makes a significant contribution to the literature on work in general and higher education in particular...well worth reading-indeed buying." - Higher Education 35 "There is a wealth of material on academic careers in this volume...an interesting and informative foray into the world of higher education in the United Kingdom" - Harvard Educational Review "...the chapters are extremely readable, well laid out, interesting and, in some cases, humorous." - The New Academic "The essays in this collection constitutean important contribution to the debate on the changes taking place in higher education, and deserve to be widely read." - Teaching in Higher Education

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335197213
• ISBN 13: 9780335197217
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Cuthbert Robert E.