Why history? Why now? Multiple accounts of the emergence of academic development

Publisher:
Routledge
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
International Journal for Academic Development, 2009, 14 (1), pp. 83 - 86
Issue Date:
2009-01
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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.
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