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Change is normally taken for granted in higher education research and policy-making - and in everyday life. It is a matter of fact that we can see change everywhere but there are only very few people who have defined the nature of change as a problematic matter as such (e.g. see Halonen & Hayry, 1990).
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Saarinen, T., Valimaa, J. (2012). Change as an Intellectual Device and as an Object of Research. In: Stensaker, B., Välimaa, J., Sarrico, C.S. (eds) Managing Reform in Universities. Issues in Higher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137284297_3
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