Counting Out the Scholars The Case Against Performance Indicators in Higher Education

Name: Counting Out the Scholars The Case Against Performance Indicators in Higher Education
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ISBN: 9781550287097

ISBN-10: 1550287095

ISBN-13: 9781550287097

Edition: 2002

Authors: William Bruneau, Donald C. Savage

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Canada's universities have lost their autonomy. Under the guise of accountability, reformers from government and large corporations have undermined the original purposes of these institutions, insisting that they operate according to a business model. The chief tool used to effect this change is the performance indicator, a method of evaluation and ranking well suited to measuring sales per square foot, for example, but useless in assessing qualities such as critical thinking, creativity and wisdom. Evaluating use of performance indicators in Canada, the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand, the authors challenge readers to look beyond this narrow, business-based measure of…

Book details

Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Publication date: 3/7/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

William Bruneau, Professor Emeritus at UBC and a friend of Jean Coulthard for 30 years, has been a life-long advocate and occasional performer of Canadian music. He is editor of the papers of Bertrand Russell and is at work on a history of UBC.




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