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Transformations in Research, Higher Education and the Academic MarketIn Defence of Discretion

Transformations in Research, Higher Education and the Academic Market: In Defence of Discretion [In this chapter, I consider the idea of research as a calling in contrast to the deprofessionalised research culture that she sees developing. The new professionalism, in the author’s view, lacks the key factor of a value-based standard for good work. Instead, the new professional ethics has as its starting point the rejection of all values except instrumentality. Research and higher education, the last bastions of independent professional judgement, have now also fallen victim to “good governance”. The consequences of the loss of independent judgement in academe are vast, since one of the main justifications for the existence of universities is to train and develop the capacity for professional judgement in all fields.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Transformations in Research, Higher Education and the Academic MarketIn Defence of Discretion

Part of the Higher Education Dynamics Book Series (volume 39)
Editors: Rider, Sharon; Hasselberg, Ylva; Waluszewski, Alexandra
Hasselberg, Ylva
Transformations in Research, Higher Education and the Academic Market — Nov 4, 2012
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
ISBN
978-94-007-5248-1
Pages
137 –144
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-5249-8_9
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Abstract

[In this chapter, I consider the idea of research as a calling in contrast to the deprofessionalised research culture that she sees developing. The new professionalism, in the author’s view, lacks the key factor of a value-based standard for good work. Instead, the new professional ethics has as its starting point the rejection of all values except instrumentality. Research and higher education, the last bastions of independent professional judgement, have now also fallen victim to “good governance”. The consequences of the loss of independent judgement in academe are vast, since one of the main justifications for the existence of universities is to train and develop the capacity for professional judgement in all fields.]

Published: Nov 4, 2012

Keywords: Network Mode; Professional Group; Academic Freedom; Professional Judgement; Academic Faculty

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