Creating a new public university and reviving democracy : action research in higher education /
by Morten Levin and Davydd J. Greenwood.
- New York : Berghahn, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource (vi, 220 pages).
- Higher education in critical perspective : practices and policies ; volume 2 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy; Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy -- Action Research in Higher Education -- By Morten Levin and Davydd J. Greenwood; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Figures; Introduction; Part I -- Public Goods, Bildung, Public Universities, and Democracy; Chapter 1- Public Goods, Democracy, and Public Universities; Chapter 2 -- Multiple Models and Meanings of Higher Education; Chapter 3 -- Bildung, Academic Freedom, Academic Integrity, and Democracy; Chapter 4 -- The Work Organization of Universities -- Structures. Chapter 5 -- The Work Organization of Universities -- Systemic AnalysisPart II -- Universities as Work Organizations: Stakeholders, Structures, Systems, Steering, Leadership, and Anti-Bildung; Chapter 6 -- Processes in the Work Organization of Universities; Chapter 7 -- Leadership and Steering in Public Universities; Part III -- The Road Forward: Action Research for Neue-Bildung in Public Universities; Chapter 8 -- Action Research as a Strategy for Organizational Change; Chapter 9 -- Practicing Action Research in Public Universities. Conclusion -- What Difference Could Action Research in Public Universities Make?Bibliography; Index.
9781785333224
Public universities and colleges. Education, Higher--Aims and objectives. Democracy and education. Action research in education.