The Academic Caesar: University Leadership is Hard

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SAGE, Sep 19, 2016 - Social Science - 120 pages

Aimed directly at those who aspire to be university leaders in these turbulent times, and written as an academic counterpart to Machiavelli's The Prince, The Academic Caesar explores four themes that are central to the contemporary university: its Caesar-leaders, its economics, its disciplines, and whether academics have a future in the universities.

Drawing on a wealth of experience writing about the social epistemology of higher education, Steve Fuller makes a witty, robust and provocative contribution to the ongoing debate about where the university has come from and where it is going.

The Academic Caesar will prove a fascinating read for those seeking new insights into current crisis in higher education as well as researchers and academics interested in the sociology of leadership.

 

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Contents

THE NEOLIBERAL MOMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE NEED FOR AN ACADEMIC CAESAR
1
THE CASE FOR ACADEMIC CAESARISM
22
KEY TO KNOWLEDGE AS A PUBLIC GOOD OR THE ACADEMIC GUILDS LAST STAND?
53
CHAPTER 3 MACROECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE POLICY FOR ACADEMIC CAESARS AND THEIR WOULDBE REGULATORS
74
THE PROACTIONARY UNIVERSITY AS A PLATFORM FOR THE ACADEMIC CAESAR
94
REFERENCES
101
INDEX
107
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Bibliographic information

TitleThe Academic Caesar: University Leadership is Hard
SAGE Swifts
AuthorSteve Fuller
Editionunabridged
PublisherSAGE, 2016
ISBN1473984904, 9781473984905
Length120 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Education / Administration / Higher
Education / Leadership
Social Science / General
Social Science / Sociology / General
  
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