Introducing widening participation policies in higher education: the influence of institutional culture
Introducing widening participation policies in higher education: the influence of institutional culture
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引入扩大高等教育参与的政策：制度文化的影响
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2007
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Paul Greenbank
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Paul Greenbank
本文探讨了文化在高等教育机构（HEI）扩大参与政策发展中的作用。这项研究涉及文献研究和对高级和中级管理人员的采访。它表明，扩大参与的文化往往没有融入整个机构。因此，在高级管理层制定的扩大参与政策很可能会被重新解释、修改，在许多情况下甚至会被破坏或取消，因为它会在组织层级中向下移动。本文认为，高层管理人员没有充分考虑到文化的复杂性，高校。因此，过于强调机构（或“中间”）层面的决策和自上而下的方法。本文认为，应更多地关注在高等院校内部微观层面上制定扩大参与的政策。
This paper examines the role of culture in the development of higher education institution (HEI) policy on widening participation. The study involved documentary research and interviews with senior and middle managers. It suggests that a culture of widening participation is often not embedded throughout institutions. Therefore, widening participation policy formulated at the senior management level is likely to be reinterpreted, revised—and in many cases even undermined or ignored—as it migrates down the organisational hierarchy. The paper contends that senior management take insufficient account of the cultural complexity of HEIs. As a result, there is too much emphasis on institutional (or ‘meso’) level policy‐making and a top‐down approach. The paper argues that more attention should be given to generating widening participation policy at the micro level within universities and colleges of higher education.