Academic professionalism in the measured university

O'Siochru, Cathal and Bloch, Roland and O'Connell, Catherine and Hartl, Jackob (2023) Academic professionalism in the measured university. In: Universities in Crisis: Academic Professionalism in Uncertain Times. Bloomsbury, London, UK., pp. 93-116. ISBN 9781350249981

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Abstract

Contemporary critiques tend to characterise metrics as a social pathology, intensifying regulation of academic performance whilst undermining collegial academic practice. Such critiques tend to rely on assumptions of a prior context guided by meritocratic principles. This Anglo-German analysis considers academics’ responses to metrics, ranging from empowerment to alienation, in two systems where the prevalence of metrics varies in scope and scale. The English context is characterized by a high level of organisational actorhood which promotes the spreading of metrics across the higher education system. Metrics are less employed for organisational purposes in Germany but may be regarded as a way of emanicipation from traditional academic hierarchies. Metrics are seen as an ambivalent technology, carrying the promise of empowerment but being always in danger of excess, pushing into ever more facets of academic practice, adding an instrumental dimension to what used to be based on the shared values of academic professionalism.

Item Type:	Book Section
Keywords:	metrics, organizational actorhood, academic professionalism, English, German, governance,
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User:	Cathal O'Siochru
Date Deposited:	03 May 2023 13:35
Last Modified:	12 Nov 2024 14:25
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/3866

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