Failing the challenge of institutional evaluation: How and why managerialism flourishes

Cuthbert, R. (2011) Failing the challenge of institutional evaluation: How and why managerialism flourishes. In: Bamber , V. , Trowler, P. and Saunders, M. , eds. (2011) Reconceptualising Evaluative Practice in Higher Education. Buckingham: Open University Press. ISBN 9780335241613

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Abstract

Governments spending billions and individuals spending thousands of pounds on higher education (HE) rightly expect accountability for how the money is used. But pressure for accountability has accelerated the spread of managerialism, jeopardising rather than improving quality and posing dilemmas for managers trying to reconcile internal and external pressures. In the managerialist dialectic, unthinking resistance meets unthinking control, an unwinnable battle between the stereotypes of ‘academic populism’ and ‘new managerialism’ (Watson 200, 2009:77). Managers and staff could respond more effectively to the challenge of evaluation by thinking differently about managing, to find social practices embodying the values needed to transcend managerialist pressures. In this chapter I use the case of league tables and draw on theory and practice (including my own experience as Pro and Deputy Vice-Chancellor in a large ‘mid-table’ university) to sketch an alternative approach.

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Uncontrolled Keywords:league table, university rankings, managerialism, institutional evaluation
Faculty/Department:~Pre-2010 Faculty Structure > Social Sciences and Humanities > School of Education
ID Code:12321
Deposited By: Professor R. Cuthbert
Deposited On:13 Jan 2011 16:41
Last Modified:16 May 2013 03:07

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