Trowler, Paul

Academics responding to change : new higher education frameworks and academic cultures / Paul Trowler - Buckingham : Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, c1998 - viii, 197 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Context -- 2. The Credit framework -- 3. Responding to change -- 4. Policy and practice at the ground level -- 5. Reconceptualization academic responses to change -- 6. New light on old issues -- 7. Conclusion and implications.

Trowler takes a close look inside one British university to explore how academic staff at the ground level respond to changes in higher education, and highlights the processes which lead to outcomes different from those intended by policy makers.

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EDUCATION

LA 637 .T7 1998