Quality And Power In Higher Education 1st Edition by Louise Morley ISBN 0335226531 9780335226535

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ISBN 10: 0335226531

ISBN 13: 9780335226535 

Author: Louise Morley

This book examines the power relationships that organize and facilitate quality assurance in higher education. It investigates power in terms of macro systems of accountability, surveillance and regulation, and uncovers the ways in which quality is experienced by academics and managers in higher education. Louise Morley reveals some of the hidden transcripts behind quality assurance and poses significant questions:

* What signs of quality in higher education are being performed and valued?
* What losses, gains, fears and anxieties are activated by the procedures?
* Is the culture of excellence resulting in mediocrity?

Quality and Power in Higher Education covers a wide range of issues including: the policy contexts, new managerialism, the costs of quality assurance, collegiality, peer review, gender and equity implications, occupational stress, commodification and consumer values in higher education, performance, league tables, benchmarking, increasing workloads and the long-term effects on the academy. It draws upon Morley’s empirical work in the UK on international studies and on literature from sociology, higher education studies, organization studies and feminist theory. It is important reading for students and scholars of higher education policy and practice, and for university managers and policy-makers.

Table of contents:

Chapter 1 The Policy Context of Quality in Higher Education
Chapter 2 How Quality is Assessed
Chapter 3 Managing Quality
Chapter 4 The Psychic Economy of Quality
Chapter 5 Changing Employment Regimes
Chapter 6 The Micropolitics of Quality
Chapter 7 Reconstructing Students as Consumers
Chapter 8 Equality
Chapter 9 Desiring Changes

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