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Conflict in Higher Education and Its Resolution
Author(s) -
West Peter W. A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
higher education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1468-2273
pISSN - 0951-5224
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2273.2006.00316.x
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , resilience (materials science) , conflict resolution , limit (mathematics) , higher education , resolution (logic) , psychological resilience , sociology , private sector , political science , positive economics , law and economics , economics , social psychology , psychology , social science , computer science , law , mathematics , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , artificial intelligence , thermodynamics
Universities are famous for their resilience and longevity. Yet, when serious disputes arise, as in the University College of Swansea in 1989, their structures can be tested to the limit. Taking those events as a case study, this paper examines critically the option of choosing private sector approaches. It then develops its central argument: the most robust systems will be those that marry together academic and managerial values.