Student Evaluation of Teaching as a Disciplinary Mechanism: A Foucauldian Analysis

Ya-Wen Hou, Ph.D., received her Ph.D. in Higher Education Management from the University of Pittsburgh in 2015. Her doctoral dissertation sought to develop a scale of dynamic capabilities of targeted Taiwanese universities and to understand how senior administrators perceive strategic management practices of their affiliated universities in quest of becoming world-class universities. Her research focuses on higher education management, educational administration, and policy studies.

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