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Collegiality and managerialism: a false dichotomy? Evidence from the higher education literature

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Collegiality and managerialism are often portrayed as opposed ideas or practices, with the latter, in particular, either held up as a necessary response to the massification of higher education or portrayed as a betrayal of long-held academic ideals (as supposedly reflected in collegiality). This article explores how collegiality and managerialism have been conceptualized, presented and researched in the higher education literature. It concludes that the two concepts are not as dichotomous as some have argued, and that both have a role in our thinking about the future of higher education.

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Tight, M. Collegiality and managerialism: a false dichotomy? Evidence from the higher education literature. Tert Educ Manag 20, 294–306 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1080/13583883.2014.956788

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