Process and Structure in Higher Education

By Tony Becher, M. Kogan. 2025

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Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: A Model For Higher Education Chapter Three: The Development of Higher Education in the UK: Changing Purposes Since 1945 Chapter Four: The Working of the Whole System Chapter Five: The Institution Chapter Six: Basic Units Chapter Seven: The Individual Level Chapter Eight: Initiating and Adapting To Change Chapter Nine: Evaluation, Accountability and the Allocation of Resources Chapter Ten: Managerialism and the Market.

Subfields: Political Science and International Relations

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Quality assurance in Europe and the U.S.: Professional and political economic framing of higher education policy (2002, methodology): “as having weak federal government influence, weak professional influence, and strong market influence (Becher and Kogan 1992; Clark 1983).”
Engaging the Curriculum in Higher Education (2004, background): “It is a project that could and should take off at different levels: at course level, at departmental level, at institutional level and at national level (Becher and Kogan 1992).”
Organisational climate and strategic change in higher education: Organisational insecurity (2003, background): “A particular strand of governmental ideology, however – that which promotes such values above those of the academic enterprise which management is meant to serve – is in conflict with academic norms. ( Becher and Kogan 1992: 179)”
The impact of role conflict, role ambiguity and organizational climate on the job satisfaction of academic staff in research-intensive universities in the UK (2013, background): “In addition to their organizational roles, academics have a set of professional responsibilities that operate in the wider academic community (Becher & Kogan, 1992).”
Entangled in academic capitalism? A case-study on changing ideals and practices of university research (2003, background): “Clark 1998; Dill 1997; Francis and Hampton 1999) there is little empirical fine-grained qualitative research on its impact on the individual and basic unit levels (see Becher and Kogan 1992 ).”
Quality assessment and institutional change: Experiences from 14 countries (2000, background): “Institutional structure refers to ways in which basic units, in Becher and Kogan’s term ‐ departments, research centres, faculties and institutes ‐ are organised and to the kinds of powers which are exercised by such units ( Becher and Kogan 1992 ).”