Askling Abstract

Askling, B. (2001): "Higher education and academic staff in a period of policy and system change" Higher Education 41 (157-181)

 

Recent changes in national legal agreements concerning appointment, promotion and working conditions have affected the work of academics in Swedish higher education. The current structure of the higher education system, descriptive data on working conditions, and institutional governance form the background for discussing academic autonomy and the academic profession in the future.