Contribution in edited book
Teaching versus Research: An Endangered Balance?
Publication Details
Authors: | Teichler, U. |
Editor: | Lourdes Machado-Taylor, Maria; Meira Soares, Virgílio; Teichler, Ulrich; |
Publisher: | Springer |
Place: | Cham |
Publication year: | 2017 |
Pages range : | 11-28 |
Book title: | Challenges and Options: The Academic Profession in Europe |
Title of series: | The Changing Academy - The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective |
Volume number: | 18 |
Abstract
Universities are considered to be those institutions where the key staff, the academic profession, is expected to strike a balance between teaching and research. The two functions are considered to cross-fertilize each other, but the balance seems to be constantly endangered. This does not come as a surprise in the wake of an unequal regulatory system, which puts a stronger emphasis on teaching, and the unequal reward system, which puts a stronger emphasis on research. Starting with a discussion of the relationships between teaching and research the work presented here aims to show how academics themselves characterize the relationships between teaching and research. Data from the recent survey ``The Changing Academic Profession (CAP)'' suggest that academics at European universities continue to emphasise the virtues of a close link between teaching and research.
Universities are considered to be those institutions where the key staff, the academic profession, is expected to strike a balance between teaching and research. The two functions are considered to cross-fertilize each other, but the balance seems to be constantly endangered. This does not come as a surprise in the wake of an unequal regulatory system, which puts a stronger emphasis on teaching, and the unequal reward system, which puts a stronger emphasis on research. Starting with a discussion of the relationships between teaching and research the work presented here aims to show how academics themselves characterize the relationships between teaching and research. Data from the recent survey ``The Changing Academic Profession (CAP)'' suggest that academics at European universities continue to emphasise the virtues of a close link between teaching and research.
