Reporting on Vice-Chancellor Salaries in Australia's and the United Kingdom's Media in the Wake of Strikes, Cuts and 'Falling Performance'

Autor/in	Heffernan, Troy A.
Titel	Reporting on Vice-Chancellor Salaries in Australia's and the United Kingdom's Media in the Wake of Strikes, Cuts and 'Falling Performance'
Quelle	In: International Journal of Leadership in Education, 24 (2021) 5, S.571-587 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3124
DOI	10.1080/13603124.2019.1631387
Schlagwörter	Salaries; Cross Cultural Studies; College Administration; Educational Quality; Research Reports; Fees; Retirement Benefits; Strikes; Mass Media Effects; Administrator Role; Foreign Countries; Administrator Attitudes; News Reporting; Salary Wage Differentials; College Faculty; Budgets; Retrenchment; Australia; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entlohnung; Gehalt; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; College administrators; Hochschulverwaltung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Gebühren; Studiengebühren; Retirement pay; Ruhegehalt; Strike; Streik; Ausland; News report; Reportage; Fakultät; Finanzhaushalt; Australien; Großbritannien
Abstract	Vice-chancellor salaries have been a topic of media interest and scholarly research for decades. In recent years, however, the media's interest and criticism of vice-chancellors' salaries has escalated, as negativity surrounding university performance and administration has led to a significant increase in articles concerning these matters. This article examines 190 print and online articles from Australian and United Kingdom media, published between 2013-2018. It argues that the common narratives are highly critical, as vice-chancellors' salaries are reported to be increasing while university performance is subsiding, student fees are increasing, staff salaries are increasing minimally, and as University and College Union (UCU) pension strikes occurred, in 2018, in the United Kingdom. As research suggests media narratives influence public discourse, this article highlights the need for greater transparency and understanding of vice-chancellors' roles to improve the (currently media-led) public understanding, which frequently misrepresents vice-chancellors' roles and aligns quality with league table performance. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01