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Direct linkSzelényi, Katalin; Rhoads, Robert A. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2013
Through organizational case studies conducted at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in China and Central European University in Hungary, this paper examines academic culture and citizenship in societies transitioning from communist to market-driven social and economic structures. The article presents a new model of citizenship, representing…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Social Change, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
Camacho, Sayil; Rhoads, Robert A. – Journal of Higher Education, 2015
This article examines the postdoctoral unionization movement at the University of California (UC) using case study methodology. More specifically, we examine postdoctoral union organizers involved in the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) Local 5810, focusing on their efforts to unionize postdoctoral employees at the UC. The study is…
Descriptors: Unions, Case Studies, Activism, Advocacy
Rhoads, Robert A.; Shi, Xiaoguang; Wang, Xiaoyang – Education and Society, 2014
The authors argue that China has moved beyond the Open Door Period of university reform to a new era described as the Global Ambition Period. In this new era of university reform, the nation's policy makers focus a good deal of their attention on developing world-class universities. Evidence is drawn from national initiatives implemented by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Universities, Educational Change, Global Approach
Rhoads, Robert A.; Chang, Yongcai – Comparative Education Review, 2014
This article examines Minzu University of China (MUC), the nation's leading ethnic minority university, relative to faculty perspectives regarding initiatives to strengthen MUC as a comprehensive university. Based on a case-study approach, and employing organizational culture as a theoretical lens, the authors identify three narratives of change…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Educational Change, Comparative Education
Rhoads, Robert A.; Hu, Juan – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2012
This article examines one of China's top universities--Renmin University--and changes in faculty life linked to internationalization and the push to build world-class universities. Employing academic culture as a theoretical lens and case-study methodology, the authors highlight several significant changes, as described in semi-structured…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Semi Structured Interviews
Peer reviewedRhoads, Robert A.; Martinez, Julio G. – Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingue, 1998
To explore Chicana/o student activism at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), a retrospective case study was employed that was grounded in the theoretical traditions of phenomenology. The central concern of the project focused on the meaning research subjects constructed around various demonstrations and efforts to elevate Chicano…
Descriptors: Activism, Case Studies, Change Agents, College Faculty
