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This book introduces Bourdieu in the context of higher education for unfamiliar readers or those who would like to see his theories applied in the higher education setting. It builds upon research into higher education leadership and administration to examine how the university sector has changed over recent decades and how it has been reshaped into its current form.The book draws together various aspects of higher education influenced by the mass-market higher education system to examine how these forces have affected each other positively and negatively and demonstrate the culminating impact of these forces on the sector. It also focuses on the realities of what drives work and life in the modern university. It traces the steps the sector has taken in some areas to address equity issues by increasing diversity and inclusion and highlights the systemic issues that persist.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Exploring Bourdieu and his theories in higher education settings.- Chapter 2. Introducing Bourdieu and higher education.- Chapter 3. Habitus.- Chapter 4. Field.- Chapter 5. Habitus.- Part II: Life in the Modern University.- Chapter 6. Vice-Chancellors and Presidents: Surveying National and International Academic Markets.- Chapter 7. Deans: The Faculty's New Managers.- Chapter 8. Academics: The Business of Teaching and Research.- Chapter 9. The fields of higher education.- Chapter 10. The new structure of the modern university.- Chapter 11. Bibliography.
About the author
Dr Troy Heffernan is Senior Lecturer in Leadership at La Trobe University. His research is centred on higher education with a particular focus on policy, leadership, administration, management, and inequalities within the sector.
His work explores vice-chancellors' approaches to management; the emotional labour involved in higher education leadership; the consequences of precarious employment; the implication of personal networks in academic promotion and hiring relating to gender, race, and minority groups; and understanding the repercussions of higher education's shift to business models and marketing practices.
His work has received numerous awards for research excellence, and he regularly participates in public and invited speaking engagements.
