TY - JOUR AB - More than 40 years after its beginnings, academic development stands uncertainly on the threshold of becoming a profession or discipline in its own right. While it remains marginal to the dominant stories of the university, it has become central to the institution's contemporary business. This Research Note describes an enquiry that uses a multiple histories approach to explore the emergence of academic development in three national sites. Our intention is to provoke a more critical engagement with academic development's current forms and future possibilities. AU - Grant, B AU - Lee, A AU - Clegg, S AU - Manathunga, C AU - Barrow, M AU - Kandlbinder, PA AU - Brailsford, I AU - Gosling, D AU - Hicks, M DA - 2009/01/01 DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/13601440802659551 EP - 86 JO - International Journal for Academic Development PB - Routledge PY - 2009/01/01 SP - 83 TI - Why history? Why now? Multiple accounts of the emergence of academic development VL - 14 Y1 - 2009/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 ER -