Under new management [[electronic resource] ] : universities, administrative labor, and the professional turn / / Randy Martin

• Autore: Martin Randy <1957->
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.1/2
• Soggetto topico: Universities and colleges - United States - Faculty; Universities and colleges - United States - Administration; College personnel management - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: the ends of education -- Getting there -- What's a student to think? -- W(h)ither academic freedom? : revaluing faculty work -- The work of administration -- Conditions of interdisciplinarity -- Toward organizational hybridity -- Conclusion: (out) from under new management?.
• Sommario/riassunto: Faculty members who care about the institutions of higher education where they work are often at odds with university management. In his forceful book, Under New Management, Randy Martin takes a novel, evenhanded approach to this gulf between professors, who feel a loss of autonomy, and administrators.Martin imagines a political future for academic labor based on a critical understanding of the administrative work that faculty already undertake. He considers the differences between self-rule and specialized expertise and provides a case study of a New York City public sch
• Titolo autorizzato: Under new management
• ISBN: 1-283-15958-9; 9786613159588; 1-4399-0697-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456815803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II