Legitimation, professionalisation and accountability in higher education studies
An Intergenerational Story
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4744623 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bruce Macfarlane (0000-0002-9399-6155, University of Bristol, corresponding author), David Burg (0000-0001-9021-6339, University of Southampton), Damon Burg (Southampton Education School, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 459-469 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075079.2017.1376640 |
| OpenAlex | W2754781166 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 16 |
The core themes of research into higher education studies (HES) have previously been identified through quantitative approaches focused on publication patterns, but there is a lack of fine-grained, qualitative analysis about the development of the field. This paper provides an intergenerational analysis of the emergence of HES in the UK since the 1960s drawing on autobiographical accounts. It reveals that many who conduct HES research retain a strong sense of disciplinary affiliation and regard its continuing epistemological health as closely linked to maintaining open borders with other disciplines. The professionalisation of the field is regarded as a mixed blessing bringing with it challenges with respect to maintaining an accessible approach to scholarship and communication with public and policy audiences. HES provides a case example of how a new academic subfield has undergone generational challenges in, respectively, seeking legitimacy, being professionalised and most recently responding to greater demands for accountability
Accountability · Blessing · Discipline · Educational research · Higher education · Legitimacy · Legitimation · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Qualitative research · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law
The Morphing of Academic Practice: Unbundling and the Rise of the Para-academic
The characteristics of subject matter in different academic areas.
Academic Tribes and Territories
Absence of the academic from higher education policy
The Sociological Imagination
Educational research and its standing as science
Studies in Higher Education1976-2013
The significance of disciplinary differences
The emergence of a field
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |