New ways of learning in higher education: Managing the change

Outside pressures, largely governmental, are increasingly forcing universities to change, in line with social changes in the environment in which they are embedded. This paper argues how such changes can be achieved in the particular case of the teaching function of universities, and why such change...

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Published inTertiary education and management Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 207 - 225
Main Author Elton, Lewis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.1999
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Change Strategies
College presidents
Colleges & universities
Curriculum Development
Educational Change
Foreign Countries
Government School Relationship
Higher Education
Organizational change
Social change
Strategic Planning
Studies
Systems Approach
United Kingdom
Universities
University presidents
United Kingdom
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Summary:Outside pressures, largely governmental, are increasingly forcing universities to change, in line with social changes in the environment in which they are embedded. This paper argues how such changes can be achieved in the particular case of the teaching function of universities, and why such changes so frequently fail to be achieved. The argument is based firmly on well established sociological theory, and it is illustrated by a largely successful change, the Enterprise in Higher Education Initiative. The change strategy which is derived from the theory leads to a number of maxims, and it is argued that while obeying these maxims is not a guarantee of success, disobeying them is an almost certain prescription for failure.
ISSN:1358-3883
1573-1936
DOI:10.1080/13583883.1999.9966992