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Academic professionals: The changing face of teaching, research, and service in the American research university
Policy Futures in Education Pub Date : 2021-07-30 , DOI: 10.1177/14782103211031500
Elida Lee , Pat Somers , Zachary Taylor , Jessica Fry

This exploratory study responds to the criticism that non-instructional faculty or “academic professionals” at American universities are the cause of “administrative bloat.” The purpose of the study was to build from the work of Rhoades (1998) and Kane (2007) to examine whether academic professionals at an R-1 (very-high research activity university) performed core university work of research, teaching, and/or public service. A survey of 1036 academic professionals suggested that many of these individuals were routinely and directly contributing to research, teaching, and public service instead of administrative work, failing to contribute to any notions of “administrative bloat.” In addition to the three areas of core work, academic professionals often had advanced degrees, published in peer-reviewed journals, had specialized skills and bodies of knowledge, applied for grants, and engaged in entrepreneurial activities. The study concludes with a discussion of academic professionals in European countries and the role of disruptive innovation and new professionalism in compelling universities to expand the use of academic professionals in order to produce cheaper degree alternatives and generate new sources of funding .



中文翻译:

学术专业人士:美国研究型大学教学、研究和服务的变化面貌

这项探索性研究回应了批评,即美国大学的非教学教师或“学术专业人士”是“行政膨胀”的原因。该研究的目的是建立在 Rhoades (1998) 和 Kane (2007) 的工作基础上,以检查 R-1(非常高研究活动的大学)的学术专业人员是否执行了研究、教学和/或公共服务。对 1036 名学术专业人士的调查表明,其中许多人经常直接为研究、教学和公共服务而不是行政工作做出贡献,没有促成任何“行政膨胀”的概念。除了核心工作的三个领域外,学术专业人士通常拥有高级学位,发表在同行评审的期刊上,拥有专业技能和知识体系,申请了赠款,并从事了创业活动。该研究最后讨论了欧洲国家的学术专业人士,以及颠覆性创新和新专业精神在迫使大学扩大对学术专业人士的使用以产生更便宜的学位替代方案并产生新的资金来源方面的作用。

更新日期:2021-07-30
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