The Sudoku Effect: Universities in the Vicious Circle of Bureaucracy

• Main Author: Kühl, Stefan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Educational sociology.; Higher education.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Higher Education.; Curriculum Studies.; Sociology of Education.

This book shows that the introduction of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) of credit points as a new accounting unit at universities has led to increased bureaucracy and the schoolmaster-style regimentation of Bachelor’s and Master’s courses. It explains how, due to the pressure of having t...