Rhetoric and reward in higher education: how the pillars of tradition impede academic reform and what might be done about it

• Hovedforfatter: John F. LeBaron (Author)
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• Udgivet: Universidade do Minho, 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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A contemporary deluge of negative polemic about higher education has resulted in an alarming erosion of public support. This paper examines the organizational traditions of "the university" in the context of improved teaching and academic reform. It takes the position that small scale, ind...