Eliciting the Institutional Myth: Exploring the Ethos of 'The University' in Germany and England

Autor/in	Budd, Richard
Titel	Eliciting the Institutional Myth: Exploring the Ethos of 'The University' in Germany and England
Quelle	In: European Journal of Higher Education, 8 (2018) 2, S.135-151 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Budd, Richard)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2156-8235
DOI	10.1080/21568235.2017.1358100
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Misconceptions; Student Attitudes; Educational Policy; Educational Trends; Interviews; Cross Cultural Studies; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Universities; Neoliberalism; Knowledge Economy; Values; Academic Freedom; Prosocial Behavior; Personal Autonomy; Educational Philosophy; Tuition; Research; School Business Relationship; Germany; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Missverständnis; Schülerverhalten; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsentwicklung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Ausland; University; Universität; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Knowledge society; Economy; Wissensgesellschaft; Wirtschaft; Wertbegriff; Akademische Freiheit; Individuelle Autonomie; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Forschung; Deutschland
Abstract	This paper is situated in relation to a critical mass of largely censorious commentary around global policy trends purportedly undermining, or even realigning, universities' 'traditional' ethos, but where the student perspective on this appears to have been largely ignored. Drawing on interviews with German and English undergraduates, it applies the neo-institutional theory of organizational fields supported by regulative, cognitive, and normative pillars (Scott 1995. "Institutions and Organizations." Thousand Oaks: Sage). The latter pillar, representing a sector's values, methods, and goals, is of particular interest here, and it will be argued that this and an ethos may correspond. The findings show that a sense of the participants' understanding of a university ethos/normative pillar could be discerned, with significant convergence between the two groups. However at the same time there was also divergence both within and between them, and this raises a number of novel empirical and theoretical questions. (As Provided).
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