Quality and Power in Higher Education

This book examines the power relationships that organize and facilitate quality assurance in higher education. It investigates power in terms of macro systems of accountability, surveillance and regulation, and uncovers the ways in which quality is experienced by academics and managers in higher education. Louise Morley reveals some of the hidden transcripts behind quality assurance and poses significant questions: what signs of quality in higher education are being performed and valued? What losses, gains, fears and anxieties are activated by the procedures? and Is the culture of excellence resulting in mediocrity? "Quality and Power in Higher Education" covers a wide range of issues including: the policy contexts, new managerialism, the costs of quality assurance, collegiality, peer review, gender and equity implications, occupational stress, commodification and consumer values in higher education, performance, league tables, benchmarking, increasing workloads and the long-term effects on the academy. It draws upon Morley's empirical work in the UK on international studies and on literature from sociology, higher education studies, organization studies and feminist theory. It is important reading for students and scholars of higher education policy and practice, and for university managers and policy-makers.

ISBN 0335212263   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780335212262 (What's this?)   Co_publisher SRHE Publisher Open University Press   Weight (grammes) 368 Imprint Open University Press   Published in Milton Keynes Format Paperback   Series title SRHE Publication date 01 Apr 2003   Height (mm) 230 Library of Congress LB2341.8.G   Width (mm) 153 DEWEY 378.101   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Tertiary education Pages 224

		Introduction
		Abbreviations
1		The Policy Context of Quality in Higher Education		1
2		How Quality is Assessed		15
3		Managing Quality		47
4		The Psychic Economy of Quality		67
5		Changing Employment Regimes		91
6		The Micropolitics of Quality		105
7		Reconstructing Students as Consumers		129
8		(E)quality		146
9		Desiring Changes		160
		References		172
		Index		190
		The Society for Research into Higher Education		201

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