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Publication Date: 2022-Jan
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How Do University Systems' Features Affect Academic Inbreeding? Career Rules and Language Requirements in France, Germany, Italy and Spain
Seeber, Marco; Mampaey, Jelle
Higher Education Quarterly, v76 n1 p20-35 Jan 2022
Studies on academic inbreeding have mostly focused on institutional inbreeding and its negative effects, whereas little research has explored its causes. We identify current explanations of the macro-, meso- and micro-level factors that sustain academic inbreeding as well as research gaps. We address a main research gap regarding what macro-level factors contribute to academic inbreeding, by analysing systems' norms and rules regulating access to senior academic positions and teaching language requirements in France, Germany, Italy and Spain, the largest public university systems of the European Union. The analysis reveals that career rules designed to guarantee quality may have unintended effects in terms of academic inbreeding. Most importantly, the habilitation procedures pose greater challenges to international candidates and often increase barriers between disciplines as well. In some disciplines and regions, language requirements contribute substantially to academic inbreeding.
Descriptors: Universities, Institutional Characteristics, Alumni, Teacher Selection, Language Proficiency, Job Skills, Foreign Countries, Norms, Language of Instruction, College Faculty
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: France; Germany; Italy; Spain
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