ERIC Number: EJ1091481
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1476-7724
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The Performance-Based Research Fund, Gender and a Cultural Cringe
Curtis, Bruce
Globalisation, Societies and Education, v14 n1 p87-109 2016
This article explores ways the Performance-based Research Fund (PBRF) produces gendered results and expresses a cultural cringe. It is argued that the research evaluation is fixated with being "world-class" at the expense of academic practice that focuses on New Zealand. In this context, disadvantage faced by female academics under the PBRF can be re-imagined as an exemplar of a broader experience faced by all New Zealand-trained and focused academics. At the same time, the PBRF has produced some embarrassing results for neoliberal policy-makers and somewhat empowers academics as arbiters of excellence by reifying elements of peer review.
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Females, Women Faculty, Neoliberalism, Educational Change, Gender Issues, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Gender Bias, College Faculty, Educational Quality, Scores, Disproportionate Representation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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