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Universities can be viewed and studied as political institutions, especially considering that they sit at the crossroads of social, cultural, and economic pressures. The internal and external environment of higher education brings with it multiple and complex relationships as well as power struggles. Within these contested political spaces, there are phenomena to be studied.
While the field of higher education draws from a multitude of disciplines, some scholars argue that only recently has scholarship focused on the political perspectives of higher education. To better understand the politics and policies of higher education, Universities as Political Institutions illuminates a variety of ways that researchers view and study universities as a political institution, from considering the national and international political pressures shaping higher education to the analysis of responses and political action from within the ivory tower.
The 2017 annual CHER conference in Jyväskylä (Finland) brought together 213 scholars from 30 countries. This book includes a selection of papers and keynote presentations from this conference. The thematic approach of the book reflects the 2017 conference theme: "Universities as Political Institutions – Higher Education Institutions in the Middle of Academic, Economic, and Social Pressures". The theme focused on multiple and often complex relations and relationships, internal and external, to higher education institutions. In this context, "political" refers not only to definitions, uses, and users of power but more broadly to a variety of relationships among different actors and agencies responsible for making, executing, or resisting decisions concerning higher education institutions.
While the field of higher education draws from a multitude of disciplines, some scholars argue that only recently has scholarship focused on the political perspectives of higher education. To better understand the politics and policies of higher education, Universities as Political Institutions illuminates a variety of ways that researchers view and study universities as a political institution, from considering the national and international political pressures shaping higher education to the analysis of responses and political action from within the ivory tower.
The 2017 annual CHER conference in Jyväskylä (Finland) brought together 213 scholars from 30 countries. This book includes a selection of papers and keynote presentations from this conference. The thematic approach of the book reflects the 2017 conference theme: "Universities as Political Institutions – Higher Education Institutions in the Middle of Academic, Economic, and Social Pressures". The theme focused on multiple and often complex relations and relationships, internal and external, to higher education institutions. In this context, "political" refers not only to definitions, uses, and users of power but more broadly to a variety of relationships among different actors and agencies responsible for making, executing, or resisting decisions concerning higher education institutions.
Price: $69.00
Pages: 336
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Higher Education Research in the 21st Century Series
Publication Date:
09 April 2020
ISBN: 9789004422568
Format: Paperback
"The book questions the role of higher education institutions in a clear way, it emphasises the impact that institutions can have [on policy], but it also shows how some contexts can be restrictive for higher education institutions in what they can or want to do. It is a book that wonders implicitly about the neutrality of institutions and the contextuality of their ambitions, visions and aims. But above all, for me, the following conclusion is significant: Higher education is an important and powerful institution within society. It can initiate change, it can be the starting place for new discourse and it can carry critical movements. At the same time, it can prolong the status quo and smother opposition." - Bruno Broucker, Leuven Economics of Education Research
"This volume reprints 13 papers presented at the 2017 Consortium for Higher Educational Research conference, presented here in three parts. In part 1, "Geo-Political Influences," covering the 1970s to the present, the first of four papers treats the global impact of macroeconomic and political developments on universities. The second chapter discusses the rising impact of populist nationalism on international student movement. Chapter 3 examines changes to higher education cooperation between China and Britain, and chapter 4 analyzes the ways in which Brexit reshaped British higher education. Part 2 begins with a keynote piece about advancing the conversation on the politics of higher education, followed by a chapter on the struggle to enact university reforms. Next, a case study examines efforts to protect reforms in a South African university; another does likewise for three Italian universities. Chapter 9 then considers non-university higher education in Japan. Finally, chapters in part 3 discuss inclusion and fairness in higher education, academic positions and gender in Switzerland and Finland, graduate employability, and the complexities facing West Bank universities. Complemented by illustrations and endnotes, though lacking an index, this collection is recommended for specialists only." - D. Steeples in CHOICE 58:6 (2021).
"This volume reprints 13 papers presented at the 2017 Consortium for Higher Educational Research conference, presented here in three parts. In part 1, "Geo-Political Influences," covering the 1970s to the present, the first of four papers treats the global impact of macroeconomic and political developments on universities. The second chapter discusses the rising impact of populist nationalism on international student movement. Chapter 3 examines changes to higher education cooperation between China and Britain, and chapter 4 analyzes the ways in which Brexit reshaped British higher education. Part 2 begins with a keynote piece about advancing the conversation on the politics of higher education, followed by a chapter on the struggle to enact university reforms. Next, a case study examines efforts to protect reforms in a South African university; another does likewise for three Italian universities. Chapter 9 then considers non-university higher education in Japan. Finally, chapters in part 3 discuss inclusion and fairness in higher education, academic positions and gender in Switzerland and Finland, graduate employability, and the complexities facing West Bank universities. Complemented by illustrations and endnotes, though lacking an index, this collection is recommended for specialists only." - D. Steeples in CHOICE 58:6 (2021).
Leasa Weimer, PhD (2013), University of Georgia, USA, is Researcher at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and Assistant Director of Strategic Partnerships & Initiatives at Fulbright Finland Foundation. She has published peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, policy papers, and edited six books.
Terhi Nokkala, PhD (2007), Tampere University, is Senior Researcher at the University of Jyväskylä. She is an internationally published scholar, with editorial duties at European Journal of Higher Education and Internationalisation of Higher Education – Developments in the European Higher Education Area and Worldwide.
Terhi Nokkala, PhD (2007), Tampere University, is Senior Researcher at the University of Jyväskylä. She is an internationally published scholar, with editorial duties at European Journal of Higher Education and Internationalisation of Higher Education – Developments in the European Higher Education Area and Worldwide.