The Jarratt report was an inquiry into British higher education published in 1985.[1] While delivered during the Thatcher era, it was commissioned by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals. The report viewed Universities as enterprises not unlike a factory, and in which students were the customer.[citation needed] Concomitantly, academics were viewed less as a self-governing group seeking to expand knowledge and more as shop-floor deliverers of education, subject to performance indicators. Organizational-functions, similarly, were viewed as need dedicated managers, with transfer of these roles from academics to these managers. The adoption of the report led to the abolition of academic tenure.[citation needed] It has been argued that the report thus laid the ground for the increase of managerialism in the academy.[2] In a personal view, Geoffrey Sampson argued that since the report it has become explicit State policy that university staff are paid to help their employers compete against sister institutions, rather than to serve wider ends.[3]
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- ^ Newby, Howard (22 May 2005). "Facing up to HE's new economy". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
- ^ Geoffrey Alderman, Times Higher Education, 30 July 2009. Higher Education in the United Kingdom since 1945: Simplistic view of insider betrayal.
- ^ Sampson, Geoffrey (2006). "The death of learned journals". Learned Publishing. 19 (3): 234. doi:10.1087/095315106777877502.
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