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Direct linkEk, Anne-Charlotte; Ideland, Malin; Jönsson, Sandra; Malmberg, Claes – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
Contemporary changes in higher education in Sweden are characterised by two educational discourses: marketisation and academisation. Demands to meet market requirements, as well as to make education more scientific, have created tensions between and within institutional cultures. Using interviews with 16 heads of departments, the authors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Commercialization, College Role
Peer reviewedBecher, Tony – Studies in Higher Education, 1981
An empirical enquiry into the nature of academic disciplines is described. The main similarities and differences of six academic disciplines--physics, history, biology, sociology, mechanical engineering and law--are outlined. Different research styles are identified and characterized as urban and rural research styles. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Biology, College Faculty, Epistemology
