<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper addresses the impact of higher education reforms on academic teaching and the concrete implications of the new academic teaching requirements for the professional practice of professors. It explores how labour market requirements change the university from the point of view of professors and how they deal with these changes. The paper draws on 64 interviews with professors from Germany, which were conducted as part of a qualitative study on the consequences of performance evaluation procedures at German universities.</p></abstract>

The paper addresses the impact of higher education reforms on academic teaching and the concrete implications of the new academic teaching requirements for the professional practice of professors. It explores how labour market requirements change the university from the point of view of professors and how they deal with these changes. The paper draws on 64 interviews with professors from Germany, which were conducted as part of a qualitative study on the consequences of performance evaluation procedures at German universities.

Organization Versus Profession? Teaching in the context of higher education reforms from a Sociology of Professions Perspective

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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The paper addresses the impact of higher education reforms on academic teaching and the concrete implications of the new academic teaching requirements for the...

Organization Versus Profession? Teaching in the context of higher education reforms from a Sociology of Professions Perspective

Published Online: Nov 21, 2019

Page range: 383 - 408

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2019-0018

Keywords
Academic teaching, reforms, professions, economisation, qualitative interviews

© 2019 Melike Janßen, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Organization Versus Profession? Teaching in the context of higher education reforms from a Sociology of Professions Perspective

Published Online: Nov 21, 2019

Page range: 383 - 408

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2019-0018

KeywordsAcademic teaching, reforms, professions, economisation, qualitative interviews

© 2019 Melike Janßen, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Academic teaching, reforms, professions, economisation, qualitative interviews