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The Ssci Syndrome in Higher Education: A Local or Global Phenomenon

The Ssci Syndrome in Higher Education: A Local or Global Phenomenon

Chuing Prudence Chou
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As a result of the world class university rankings, many governments adopt public incentives and sanctions to push universities to excel. Above all, the better faculty research publication in SSCI and SCI journals, the more resources and social prestige universities will obtain. This timely book attempts to relate these dilemmas in Taiwan to many non-English speaking counterparts which also struggle with the worldwide SSCI syndrome.
A spectre is haunting almost all universities in the world, including Taiwan--the spectre of "indexization." Academics, particularly social scientists are panting from the pressure of globally spread neoliberal ideology and market-based principles. Collegiality on campus in the good old days has declined, and managerialism gained power instead. Competitive funding and university rankings are excessively emphasized, and research results are required to be internationalized, i.e., published in English. Although this book is a case study of so-called SSCI syndrome in Taiwan, the problems and challenges as well as prescription contained here are common to all academics, especially those in the non-English speaking countries positioned as "peripheral."
Pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Brill - Sense
Release
January 01, 2014
ISBN
9462094055
ISBN 13
9789462094055

The Ssci Syndrome in Higher Education: A Local or Global Phenomenon

Chuing Prudence Chou
0/5 ( ratings)
As a result of the world class university rankings, many governments adopt public incentives and sanctions to push universities to excel. Above all, the better faculty research publication in SSCI and SCI journals, the more resources and social prestige universities will obtain. This timely book attempts to relate these dilemmas in Taiwan to many non-English speaking counterparts which also struggle with the worldwide SSCI syndrome.
A spectre is haunting almost all universities in the world, including Taiwan--the spectre of "indexization." Academics, particularly social scientists are panting from the pressure of globally spread neoliberal ideology and market-based principles. Collegiality on campus in the good old days has declined, and managerialism gained power instead. Competitive funding and university rankings are excessively emphasized, and research results are required to be internationalized, i.e., published in English. Although this book is a case study of so-called SSCI syndrome in Taiwan, the problems and challenges as well as prescription contained here are common to all academics, especially those in the non-English speaking countries positioned as "peripheral."
Pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Brill - Sense
Release
January 01, 2014
ISBN
9462094055
ISBN 13
9789462094055

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