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- Title
The Survival of the Democratic Intellect: Academic Values in Scotland and England.
- Authors
Paterson, Lindsay
- Abstract
Using the results of a sample survey of academics in higher education institutions in Scotland and England, the paper assesses attitudes to the civic role of higher education. It places these in the context of debates about core academic values, about the public accountability of higher education institutions, and about the devolution of political power in the United Kingdom. It finds that there is widespread attachment to a civic role for higher education, alongside strong attachment to traditional academic values. These values are not significantly influenced by individual academics’ gender, age or social class of origin, and differences by academic discipline are not as strong as might be expected. Academics in Scotland tend to hold a somewhat more civic view than academics in England. This national difference seems to be a product of distinctive national systems, since academics of English origin in Scotland share in the majority Scottish views.
- Subjects
SCOTLAND; UNITED Kingdom; HIGHER education; SURVEYS; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges
- Publication
Higher Education Quarterly, 2003, Vol 57, Issue 1, p67
- ISSN
0951-5224
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1468-2273.00235