05041nam 2200613 450 991046594360332120200917021826.01-78560-830-4(CKB)3710000000611015(EBL)4509354(OCoLC)950463451(MiAaPQ)EBC4509354(Au-PeEL)EBL4509354(CaPaEBR)ebr11207756(CaONFJC)MIL903451(EXLCZ)99371000000061101520160519h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe university under pressure /editor, Elizabeth Popp Berman, Catherine ParadeiseFirst edition.Bingley, England :Emerald,2016.©20161 online resource (526 p.)Research in the Sociology of Organizations,0733-558X ;Volume 46Description based upon print version of record.1-78560-831-2 Includes bibliographical references.Front Cover; The University under Pressure; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Editorial Advisory Board; Introduction: The University under Pressure; Thinking about the University as an Organization; Global Changes and World Society Theory; Field-Level Analysis; Institutional Logics and the Linking of Levels; Resource Dependence; Organizational Design; Sources of Pressure on the University; University Responses to Pressure; Field-Level Effects of University Responses; Conclusion; Notes; References; Part I: The University Under Pressure - An OverviewThe Changing Ecology of U.S. Higher Education: An Organization Field PerspectiveHigher Education as an Organization Field; College Populations; Baccalaureate Colleges; Comprehensive Colleges; Research Universities; Associate Degree Colleges; Special-Focus Institutions; For-Profit Enterprises; A Regional Example: The San Francisco Bay Area; Isomorphic Pressures; Regulatory Systems; Normative Systems; Cultural-Cognitive Controls; Competitive Pressures; Rating Systems; Rising Costs; Societal Forces Shaping the Field of Higher Education; Reinforcing and Recasting ForcesEconomic and Stratification ConnectionsGovernmental Connections; Disruptive Forces; New Technologies; New Types of Students and Work Requirements; New Forms; Concluding Comments; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Nested Organizational Fields: Isomorphism and Differentiation among European Universities; Introduction; On the Way to a New European University Model?; The Nested Organizational Field Structure of European Universities; Isomorphism and Differentiation among European Universities; Coercive Isomorphism; Coercive Pressure via Formal Regulation; Coercive Pressure via ResourcesMimetic IsomorphismNormative Isomorphism; The Academic Profession; University Leaders; Conclusion and Discussion; Notes; Acknowledgment; References; Part II: Pressures at the Field Level; The Emergent Action Field of Metrics: From Rankings to Altmetrics; Introduction; Setting the Scene: The New Regime of Governmentality and the Development of the Action Field of Metrics in Europe and the U...; Truth, Governmentality, and Action Field of Metrics; From a Regime of Truth to a New Regime of Governmentality; The Emerging Action Field of MetricsA Comparative Approach to Policy Fields of Higher EducationThe United States: A Consumer-Driven Market; Europe and the Rest of the World: A Policy-Makers-Driven Market; From Changes in the Policy Field of Higher Education to the Emergence of a New Organizational Field of Rankings; Developing Productive Organizations; Commercial Rankings; Public Rankings; Bibliometric Data Providers; Open-Source Players; Fabricating Rankings; Assembling Competencies; Selecting Institutions and Indicators; Developing Technologies; Building a Professional Community; Leveraging Up Audiences; The Demand SideThe Supply SideUniversities are under pressure. Their resource environment is evolving, demands for accountability have increased and demographic shifts are changing higher educational needs. This volume provides a cross-national picture of how the university as an organization is reacting to, adapting to, and threatened by a period of intense pressure.Research in the sociology of organizations ;Volume 46.Education, HigherAims and objectivesUniversities and collegesAdministrationElectronic books.Education, HigherAims and objectives.Universities and collegesAdministration.378.01Berman Elizabeth Popp Paradeise CatherineMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465943603321The university under pressure2096754UNINA