Full Description
Exited: Terminated from Higher Education considers the experiences of academic workers who find themselves abruptly expelled, terminated or exited from their contracts and workplaces. This is an increasingly common occurrence for academic workers with middle or senior management roles, and one that needs exposure and discussion. While there is extensive coverage of the precarity of early-career, teaching and research staff, the experience of longer-tenured staff is less explored.
This collection of papers and anonymised case studies highlights the lived experience of individuals who have been 'exited' from their roles. Academic chapters explore the legal and human resources practices in higher education. Case studies detail those in ascending career positions, established professionals and those nearing the end of their professional careers. Further drivers of sexism, racism and ageism are addressed. The 'exiting' phenomenon is contextualised within the broader literature on professional identity and roles in higher education, and on higher education leadership and management, providing insights into these practices, the impact on individuals and the cultures that fuel such behaviours.
Contents
Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction; Malcolm Tight, Christina Hughes, and Camille Kandiko Howson
Part 2: Mental Health and Bullying
Chapter 2. Mental Health of Staff in Higher Education; Malcolm Tight
Chapter 3. Bullying and Harassment in Academic Life; Wyn Evans
Chapter 4. The Relationship Between Incivility and Bullying: An interview; Fran Sepler and Christina Hughes
Part 3: Case Studies
Chapter 5. Revealing a Covert Narcissist: An autoethnography; Veronica Gwen Denny
Chapter 6. Suspension of an Academic is not a Neutral Act; Helen Lees
Part 4: Exit Cultures
Chapter 7. When the Neoliberal University Doesn't Want You Anymore: Exit cultures in the market era of higher education; Steven Jones
Chapter 8. The Implications of an Exit Culture for Academic Career-Making; Celia Whitchurch
Part 5: Career Impacts
Chapter 9. Mid-Career Academic Culture: Competition, dead ends and burnout; Camille Kandiko Howson
Chapter 10. The Hidden Costs of Leadership: Occupational stress in middle and senior academic roles; Megan Lee, Debbie Massey, Dima Nasrawi, and Richard Lakeman
Chapter 11. Senior Professional Leaders: Toxic teams and institutional cultures; Camille Kandiko Howson and Kelly Coate
Part 6: Responses
Chapter 12. Dismissal and Redundancy: The role of educative leadership and trade union resistance; Justine Mercer
Chapter 13. Refusing to be Silenced: Feminist narratives of leaving the academy; Christina Hughes
Part 7: Conclusion
Chapter 14. Conclusion; Camille Kandiko Howson, Christina Hughes, and Malcolm Tight
