The Changing Academic Profession in Hong Kong.

The Changing Academic Profession in Hong Kong.

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Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Changing academy: Changing academic profession in international comparative perspective ; 19
Changing academy ; 19.
Subject:
Education, Higher -- China -- Hong Kong.
Higher education and state -- China -- Hong Kong.
College teachers -- China -- Hong Kong.
College teachers.
Education, Higher.
Higher education and state.
China -- Hong Kong.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11273818
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Other authors / contributors:Postiglione, Gerard A.
Jung, Jisun.
ISBN:9783319567914
3319567918
9783319567891
3319567896
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:Hong Kong's universities have been transformed by the move from elite to mass higher education, from government support to market driven finance, from academic management to professional management, from local to cross border and international outreach, from China's education bridge to China's education window, and from a colonial model of curricular specialization to a postcolonial model emphasizing broader intellectual development and service. As the landscape of Hong Kong higher education has undergone change, so have the backgrounds, specializations, expectations and work roles of academic staff. The academic profession is ageing, increasingly insecure, more accountable, more international, at the same time, more Mainland-focused and less likely to be organized only along disciplinary lines. The academic profession today is expected to be more innovative in teaching, more productive in research and more entrepreneurial in fundraising. New approaches to governance have evolved and blurred the boundaries between academic and managerial roles within the university.
Other form:Print version: Changing Academic Profession in Hong Kong. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017] 9783319567891 3319567896
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-56791-4
Table of Contents:
  • Contributors; Editors; Authors; Part I: Overview; Chapter 1: The Changing Academic Profession in Hong Kong: Challenges and Future; 1.1 Drivers: Economic Globalization, National Mission, and the Human Resource Brain Race; 1.1.1 Economic Globalization; 1.1.2 National Mission: From Bridge to Window to Hub; 1.1.3 The Brain Race for Human Resources; 1.2 Changing Academic Environment in Hong Kong; 1.2.1 Governance, Management, and Academic Culture; 1.2.2 Internationalism; 1.2.3 Pragmatic Adaptation to Changing Environment; References.
  • Chapter 2: Academic Promotion and the Changing Academic Profession in Hong Kong2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Hong Kong and Its Higher Education Developments; 2.2.1 Governance in Hong Kong's Higher Education; 2.2.2 Increasing Access and Provision to Higher Education; 2.2.3 Regional Education Hub; 2.2.4 Shift in Academic and Faculty Structures; 2.3 The Faculty and Academic Promotions Practices; 2.3.1 Internationalization and Faculty Working Conditions; 2.3.2 Institutional Autonomy and Governance; 2.3.3 Academic Hierarchy and Career Progression; 2.4 Observations and Challenges; 2.5 Concluding Remarks.
  • 3.3.5 Increase in Mainland China's Political Control over Hong Kong3.4 Institutional Protection for Self-Governance and Academic Freedom in Post-1997 Higher Education; 3.5 Perceived Threats to Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom in Hong Kong: Six Critical Incidents Since 1997; 3.5.1 Chung Affair (1999); 3.5.2 The HKIEd Saga (2007); 3.5.3 HKU's August 18 Incident (2011); 3.5.4 Ming Sing Incident (2010); 3.5.5 Controversy over University-Based Poll Surveys on Hong Kong People's Identities (2011); 3.5.6 Academics' and Students' Engagement in Electoral Reform in Hong Kong (2013-2014).
  • 3.5.6.1 The Occupy Central with Love and Peace Movement: An Academic-Led Social Campaign3.5.6.2 Major Types of Academics' Collaboration in Civic Engagement; 3.5.6.3 Revival of Students' Civic Engagement and Activism; 3.5.6.4 Cost of Civic Engagement in the OCLP; 3.6 Discussion and Conclusion: Freedom and Autonomy as Socio-political Construction; 3.6.1 Similarities and Differences Between the Six Critical Incidents; 3.6.2 Proposed Theoretical Framework for Understanding Academic Freedom and University Autonomy as Socio-Ù›political Construction; References.

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