Responsiveness and its institutionalisation in higher education
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Date
2010
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
This thesis proposes a typology of responsiveness in order to reduce interpretive ambiguity and to provide a framework which makes possible an assessment of the extent to which responsiveness is likely to be institutionalised in higher education. The typology is tested at two universities. The findings indicate that the typology developed can be deployed to reveal insight into how responsiveness is manifesting at universities. The findings around institutionalisation of responsiveness are less conclusive but indicate that while there is evidence of the institutionalisation of a particular type of university responsiveness, the process is at best partial as the academic heartland of higher education systems remain slow to accept the demands made by the state, university leadership and other stakeholders for more responsive universities.
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Magister Educationis - MEd
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Responsiveness, Engagement, Third mission, Institutionalisation, Typology, Development, Higher education, South Africa, Mauritius