Abstract

Life for university and college professors has changed considerably. ‘Working in universities and colleges: more than just a job?’ examines academics’ working life in the modern university and college along with their sense of professional identity. Many have experienced a loss of status despite retaining their special benefits of academic tenure and freedom. Are academic subjects or disciplines now giving way to interdisciplinarity as the guiding concept for academic organization and working life? Are professors now just managed professionals, their academic autonomy and power vastly reduced? Are organizational structures of the university and college changing, along with the processes of teaching and learning, and also academic identities?

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