Search results for "korkeakoululaitos"

Monitasoinen ja monialainen toimijuus : Euroopan unioni ja suomalainen korkeakoulupolitiikka

2021

Discourse analysis in higher education research : Theory and method

2018

Public to private: Narratives of change in the wake of European higher education decentralisation

2023

Praised from birth : social approval assets in the creation of a new university

2021

Purpose – The authors explore how social approval assets, namely status and reputation, are used to legitimate and categorise a new national university. They argue that in the course of the legitimation process, status and reputation work as stakeholder-oriented value-creating benefits. The authors specifically analyse the discursive constructions and labels used in the process and how the process enables nationwide university reform. Design/methodology/approach – The authors’ longitudinal case study utilises critical discourse analysis and analyses media and policy discourses regarding the birth of Aalto University. Findings –The findings suggest that the legitimation of the new university…

Mercury beats Minerva? : essays on the accelerating impact of market logic permeating higher education

2015

An assessment of COVID-19’s impact on Finnish University Leadership

2021

This article maps the management actions that Finnish universities have taken during the COVID-19 pandemic and studies how managers in Finnish higher education coped during the crisis and how they feel about it. The article uses action mapping and a survey that was administered to top- and mid-level managers at Finnish universities, and the findings highlight the importance of collegial coordination and maintenance work abilities among managers. publishedVersion Peer reviewed

Experiences of arbitrary management among Finnish academics in an era of academic capitalism

2020

For the last two decades, Finnish universities have faced the implementation of new systems of control and undergone dramatic changes that have worsened academic working conditions–such as corporatisation and budget cuts. This article explores Finnish academics’ experiences of university reforms with a special focus on the consequences it has had in terms of organisational socio-dynamics. We adapt Glynos and Howarth’s logics of critical explanation and apply this theoretical framework to analyse the interviews of academics who, against their own will, did not have their contracts renewed. This approach describes, explains, and criticises the logics–which are social, political and fantasmati…

Mikä meitä ohjaa? : artikkelikokoelma Jyväskylässä 5.-6.9.2005 järjestetystä korkeakoulutuksen tutkimuksen IX symposiumista

2006

Artikkelikokoelma Jyväskylässä 5.–6.9.2005 järjestetystä korkeakouluksen tutkimuksen IX symposiumista

Legitimations of Finnish education export–exploring the plurality of guiding principles

2021

This paper explores the legitimation of Finnish education export (EE) activities linked to higher education institutions. As a small non-English speaking country with only recent involvement in the EE market, Finland provides an underexplored context to consider the legitimation of overseas, fee-based educational services from the perspective of EE providers. In this qualitative case study comprising two Finnish EE endeavours, we draw on convention theory to argue that the legitimation of education export is based on multiple roles of such export, not just on generating revenue for the provider institution. We show that legitimations are linked to multiple guiding principles, illustrated in…

Disciplinary Versus Institutional Approaches, Higher Education

2020

Institutional perspectives focus on HEIs as organisations and disciplinary perspectives focus on HEIs as cultural entities. This entry discusses the strengths and weaknesses of cultural and institutional approaches to higher education and higher education research. peerReviewed