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Pekkola, Elias; Siekkinen, Taru; Kivistö, Jussi; Lyytinen, Anu – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
Management is one of the most studied phenomena in higher education. Most of these studies are conducted in the framework of higher education policy, academic work and quality of education and research. The management is often seen as an independent variable explaining the changes in higher education in the context of New Public Management and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, College Faculty, Higher Education, Educational Policy
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Finkelstein, Martin; Cummings, William – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
This study focuses on aspects of the Changing Academic Profession survey of 2007-08 that describe the place of faculty in their institutions. The authors examine the following aspects of institutional life: (1) the faculty role in institutional governance; (2) who evaluates their teaching and research; (3) the locus of their loyalties as between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Academic Rank (Professional), Teaching Conditions
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Huusko, Mira; Ursin, Jani – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2010
In Europe, national quality assurance systems of higher education have begun to be established. In Finland, this development has had the consequence of forcing universities to take notice of assessment procedures. However, little is known about the procedures taking place in individual academic departments as a result of this pan-European trend.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Control, Educational Quality, Educational Trends