TY - JOUR
T1 - Qvo vadis magister artium policy implications of executive master's programmes in an Israeli research university
AU - Yogev, Abraham
N1 - Funding Information:
1 This article is part of a larger project on the executive master’s programmes sponsored by the Israel Science Foundation, grant 1074/06. I thank Idit Livneh and Oded Mcdossi for their help in data collection and analysis, and Oded Mcdossi and an anonymous referee for their helpful comments. Earlier versions were presented at the International Conference of Education in Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2009, and the Asian Conference of Education in Osaka, Japan, October 2009.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - During recent decades master's studies have mainly become professional, but in some countries, like Israel, they still are a stepping stone toward doctorate studies. Changes in that respect may however occur due to recent university marketization processes. Using Tel Aviv University as a case study, we focus on the executive master's programmes which have flourished in Israeli universities as elsewhere due to public budgetary cuts. A comparison of its executive and regular master's programmes along 10 criteria reveals their differences, leading to the conclusion that double standards regarding identical or similar master's degrees now operate within the same institution. In the long run, the executive programmes may eliminate the preparatory function of the master's degree for doctorate studies, though they expand the impact of the university on the labour market. The implications of the privatized programmes are further discussed with respect to the evolving university-government relations in Israel and elsewhere.
AB - During recent decades master's studies have mainly become professional, but in some countries, like Israel, they still are a stepping stone toward doctorate studies. Changes in that respect may however occur due to recent university marketization processes. Using Tel Aviv University as a case study, we focus on the executive master's programmes which have flourished in Israeli universities as elsewhere due to public budgetary cuts. A comparison of its executive and regular master's programmes along 10 criteria reveals their differences, leading to the conclusion that double standards regarding identical or similar master's degrees now operate within the same institution. In the long run, the executive programmes may eliminate the preparatory function of the master's degree for doctorate studies, though they expand the impact of the university on the labour market. The implications of the privatized programmes are further discussed with respect to the evolving university-government relations in Israel and elsewhere.
KW - Executive programmes
KW - Israel
KW - Masters studies
KW - University marketization
KW - University-government relations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=76949099576&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1057/hep.2009.21
DO - 10.1057/hep.2009.21
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AN - SCOPUS:76949099576
SN - 0952-8733
VL - 23
SP - 83
EP - 98
JO - Higher Education Policy
JF - Higher Education Policy
IS - 1
ER -