Screen LibraryAcademic inbreeding and mobility in higher education : global perspectives /
"Academic inbreeding - hiring and promoting one's own graduates - is generally seen as a negative for academic quality and for universities - it is considered as unhealthy for universities as it is in the natural world. Yet it is remarkably widespread across the globe. This book is the fir...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave studies in global higher education
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| Summary: |
"Academic inbreeding - hiring and promoting one's own graduates - is generally seen as a negative for academic quality and for universities - it is considered as unhealthy for universities as it is in the natural world. Yet it is remarkably widespread across the globe. This book is the first full scale international analysis of the phenomenon of inbreeding. Research from eight countries (including Argentina, China, Japan, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain and Ukraine) where inbreeding is common examines the phenomenon from a variety of perspectives, tracking its causes: historical tradition, the lack of a national labour market, the limited number of advanced degree holders, and others. Research shows that inbred faculties are not necessarily less productive than their non-inbred peers, but that inbreeding seems to foster hierarchy and a lack of innovative ideas"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137461247 (hardback) : 1137461241 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | LB2331 |
| CLC: | G645.1 |
| Call Number: | G645.1/A168-1 |
| Contents: |
Academic Inbreeding: Local Challenge, Global Problem / Academic Inbreeding: State of the Literature / Academic Inbreeding in the Argentine University: A Systemic and Organizational Analysis / Faculty Inbreeding in China: Status, Causes and Results / Inbreeding in Japanese Higher Education: Inching Towards Openness in a Globalized Context / Academic Immobility and Inbreeding in Russian Universities / Slovenia: The Slow Decline of Academic Inbreeding / Academic Inbreeding: The South African Case / Academic Inbreeding in Spanish Universities: Perverse Effects in a Global Context / Academic Inbreeding in Ukraine / |