…but I would appear to be preaching.
“In contrast to professional authority, which is grounded in expertise and expert communities, managerial authority flows from its ties to owners and is formally independent of expertise. . . The absence of contact with and substantive knowledge of core activities, in managerial culture, function as an operational strength.”
And this whole site Teaching and Learning in Higher Ed is a true resource.
#OccupyHE
Axé.
Another important topic is “unbundling.”
http://qz.com/223771/universities-are-the-record-labels-of-education/
And of course, “innovation,” which is related.
Comment from Ignacio S-P: Innovation = let the corporate entity win huge, the consumers be free to choose without understanding the freedom they are supposed to have and have the people that actually produce the goods rot, unless you are “exceptional”
Thanks for sharing my essay here and recommending the site. I’m so glad you found it a “true resource.” What a compliment, and exactly what I was hoping for. Off to read these other links too . . .
It *is* a true resource, and an inspiration. Not enough people are keeping clear heads, but you are helping.
Here is a good piece from it, for instance. http://teachingandlearninginhighered.org/2014/07/07/writing-about-teaching-literature/
More references, now on big data:
“Maggie Thatcher’s fault.” Shore, Cris and Sue Wright. Audit Culture and Anthropology: Neo-Liberalism and British Higher Education. 1999. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
and
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/costs-big-data#sthash.dksTOqAG.QxVZhrpl.dpbs
On grade inflation: http://qz.com/157579/confession-of-an-ivy-league-teaching-assistant-heres-why-i-inflated-grades/