Rowland Eustace
Biographic Data
| ID | 268078 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rowland Eustace |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rowland |
| FAMILY NAME | Eustace |
| SIGNATURE | EUSTACE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A comment on the discussion of Conrad Russell's academic freedom
The criteria of staff selection: Do they exist
The quality of a university is generally seen as a function of the quality of its staff. What are the publicly discussed and verifiable criteria for the selection of that staff? The paper reviews the major commentators, recent studies and writing on academic management but the material found, which is in any case sparse, is really about those who are already in the profession. There is rhetoric about criteria, but little about those that are actu…
The English ideal of university governance: A missing rationale and some implications
It is argued that there must be an ideal of university governance towards which the institutions have been moving for many years. A search of general reflections on higher education does not reveal any rationale for this ideal but does reveal some reservations. Thus it does not appear to be possible to appeal to any authority for the assumption that our system is beneficial. Meanwhile, some current doubts about this system can be found. Doubts of…
Power and Authority in British Universities
In facing the question 'who runs the universities', the authors have carried out over a period of years an extensive programme of interviews, both formal and informal, as well as a detailed study of documents. Their findings are written up in the language of politics - in terms of power, authority, influence, regulation and decision making. The result is thus of value both to those with a practical interest in universities and to those with a mor…
Diversity and Esteem in Higher Education
There are many calls for greater variety in the provision of higher education combined with greater transferability between courses and institutions - in short, that we should end the present hierarchy of esteem in which institutions and subjects of study are commonly held.Is this likely to be done easily? Too little consideration has been given to the size and strength of the social forces that create educational elitism. Some idea of this size …
British Universities as Political Systems
Power and Authority in British Universities
In facing the question 'who runs the universities', the authors have carried out over a period of years an extensive programme of interviews, both formal and informal, as well as a detailed study of documents. Their findings are written up in the language of politics - in terms of power, authority, influence, regulation and decision making. The result is thus of value both to those with a practical interest in universities and to those with a mor…
The English ideal of university governance: A missing rationale and some implications
It is argued that there must be an ideal of university governance towards which the institutions have been moving for many years. A search of general reflections on higher education does not reveal any rationale for this ideal but does reveal some reservations. Thus it does not appear to be possible to appeal to any authority for the assumption that our system is beneficial. Meanwhile, some current doubts about this system can be found. Doubts of…
British Universities as Political Systems
A comment on the discussion of Conrad Russell's academic freedom
British Universities as Political Systems
Diversity and Esteem in Higher Education
There are many calls for greater variety in the provision of higher education combined with greater transferability between courses and institutions - in short, that we should end the present hierarchy of esteem in which institutions and subjects of study are commonly held.Is this likely to be done easily? Too little consideration has been given to the size and strength of the social forces that create educational elitism. Some idea of this size …
Power and Authority in British Universities
In facing the question 'who runs the universities', the authors have carried out over a period of years an extensive programme of interviews, both formal and informal, as well as a detailed study of documents. Their findings are written up in the language of politics - in terms of power, authority, influence, regulation and decision making. The result is thus of value both to those with a practical interest in universities and to those with a mor…
The English ideal of university governance: A missing rationale and some implications
It is argued that there must be an ideal of university governance towards which the institutions have been moving for many years. A search of general reflections on higher education does not reveal any rationale for this ideal but does reveal some reservations. Thus it does not appear to be possible to appeal to any authority for the assumption that our system is beneficial. Meanwhile, some current doubts about this system can be found. Doubts of…
The criteria of staff selection: Do they exist
The quality of a university is generally seen as a function of the quality of its staff. What are the publicly discussed and verifiable criteria for the selection of that staff? The paper reviews the major commentators, recent studies and writing on academic management but the material found, which is in any case sparse, is really about those who are already in the profession. There is rhetoric about criteria, but little about those that are actu…
A comment on the discussion of Conrad Russell's academic freedom
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