Process and Structure in Higher Education

During the 1980s, the whole higher education scene in Britain shifted dramatically. Originally published in 1980 and here reissuing the second edition of 1992, Process and Structure in Higher Education presents a synoptic model of how the system as a whole now functions, and how its various components are interconnected.

1. Introduction 2. A model for higher education 3. The development of higher education in the UK: changing purposes since 1945 4. The working of the whole system 5. The institution 6. Basic units 7. The individual level 8. Initiating and adapting to change 9. Evaluation, accountability and the allocation of resources 10. Managerialism and the market