TY - JOUR
T1 - Public intellectuals vs. new public management
T2 - The defeat of public engagement in higher education
AU - Watermeyer, Richard
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Much is written apropos a rationalization for public engagement in science and technology (PEST). Less copious is a literature that considers PEST in a broader form and operationalized in the specific environment of higher education and the impact of its undertaking on the working lives of academics. This paper considers the status of public engagement in higher education (PE-HE) in the UK and the deliberations of academics, distinguished for their PE-HE activity, regarding the (im)possibility of PE-HE as an integrated and valued component of research practice and culture. This ‘state-of-the-art’ review situates a diagnosis of PE-HE being at odds with, if not defeated by, the organizational structure and institutional priorities of UK universities.
AB - Much is written apropos a rationalization for public engagement in science and technology (PEST). Less copious is a literature that considers PEST in a broader form and operationalized in the specific environment of higher education and the impact of its undertaking on the working lives of academics. This paper considers the status of public engagement in higher education (PE-HE) in the UK and the deliberations of academics, distinguished for their PE-HE activity, regarding the (im)possibility of PE-HE as an integrated and valued component of research practice and culture. This ‘state-of-the-art’ review situates a diagnosis of PE-HE being at odds with, if not defeated by, the organizational structure and institutional priorities of UK universities.
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2015.1034261
U2 - 10.1080/03075079.2015.1034261
DO - 10.1080/03075079.2015.1034261
M3 - Article
SN - 0307-5079
JO - Studies in Higher Education
JF - Studies in Higher Education
ER -