Professorial Pathways

Academic Careers in a Global Perspective

Glen A. Jones, Martin J. Finkelstein, Barbara M. Kehm, Christine Musselin, Peter Scott, Maria Yudkevich, Elizabeth Balbachevsky, Narayana Jayaram, Fengqiao Yan, Dan Mao, Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Martin J. Finkelstein, Glen A. Jones, Martin J. Finkelstein, Glen A. Jones, Martin J. Finkelstein, Glen A. Jones

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9781421428741
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Administration

What makes a professor? The answer depends on where in the world you are.

Winner of the CIHE Award for Significant Research on International Higher Education by the Association for the Study of Higher Education

In the twenty-first century, universities worldwide have found themselves thrust into a great "brain race" as nations, both developed and developing, seek to enhance their place in the global knowledge economy. As the concept of the de-localized university—one that has radically expanded, perhaps even beyond national borders—grows, competing nations have begun reshaping aspects of their national systems to accommodate global standards and metrics.

In Professorial Pathways, Martin J. Finkelstein and Glen A. Jones consider how academic careers vary in countries that are fundamentally different in their organization and dynamics. Building on 25 years of scholarship, the book confronts major questions: What can we learn from the experience of other nations as they seek to balance the seemingly contradictory imperatives of expanding access and ensuring global competitiveness? What are the implications of this rapidly changing policy environment for the health of the academic professions on which university teaching and scholarship depends? And how can we advance the comparative study of higher education and, in particular, of the academic profession?

The volume brings together detailed case studies of the latest—and ever-changing—educational developments in ten countries across Europe (France, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia), Asia (China, India, Japan), North America (United States, Canada), and South America (Brazil). Essays written by respected scholars in the field identify the major structural features of national higher education systems and academic markets that directly shape academic work and careers. Professorial Pathways will be of interest to anyone who toils in the vineyards of comparative and international higher education.

Contributors: Elizabeth Balbachevsky, Martin J. Finkelstein, N. Jayaram, Glen A. Jones, Barbara M. Kehm, Dan Mao, Christine Musselin, Peter Scott, Fengqiao Yan, Akiyoshi Yonezawa, Maria Yudkevich

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction: The Academic Profession Enters a New Global Era
• 2. Germany: Unpredictable Career Progression but Security at the Top
• 3. France: Marginal Formal Changes but Noticeable Evolutions
• 4. United Kingdom: Institutional Autonomy and National Regulation, Academic Freedom and Managerial Authority
• 5. Russia: Higher Education, between Survival and Innovation
• 6. Brazil: An Emerging Academic Market in Transition
• 7. India: The Challenge of Change
• 8. China: The Changing Relationship among Academics, Institutions, and the State
• 9. Japan: Opening Up the Academic Labor Market
• 10. United States: A Story of Marketization, Professional Fragmentation, and Declining Opportunity
• 11. Canada: Decentralization, Unionization, and the Evolution of Academic Career Pathways
• 12. Looking across Systems: Implications for Comparative, International Studies of Academic Work
• List of Contributors
• Index