Tackling Knowledge "Like a Business?" Rethinking the Modernisation of Higher Education in Poland

Autor/inn/en	Bates, Agnieszka; Godon, Rafal
Titel	Tackling Knowledge "Like a Business?" Rethinking the Modernisation of Higher Education in Poland
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 47 (2017) 4, S.454-467 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2016.1234931
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Social Change; Neoliberalism; Commercialization; Higher Education; Excellence in Education; Educational Philosophy; Foreign Countries; Social Systems; Governance; Educational Cooperation; International Cooperation; Student Mobility; Educational Policy; Administrative Organization; Futures (of Society); Poland; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Sozialer Wandel; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Lernerfolg; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Ausland; Social system; Soziales System; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; cooperation; Kooperation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Politics of education; Future; Society; Zukunft; Polen; Europa
Abstract	The year 1989 marked the official end of communist rule in Poland and the replacement of "Gosplan" by new instruments for liberal-democratic governance. In terms of the economy this heralded a departure from Gosplan's five-year planning cycles, performance targets and the "propaganda of success." Paradoxically, however, 27 years later, the marketisation of higher education in Poland has been accompanied by a continuation of Gosplan thinking. This is manifested in a neoliberal vision of the modern, "corporate" university as a largely utilitarian enterprise, but subject to a style of performance management strongly resonant of the Soviet era. This article analyses the thinking, ideas and ideologies that have shaped contemporary higher education in Poland. It is contended that the rise of the "corporate university" signals the twilight of the Humboldtian tradition and raises questions about what the corporate ideal of 'excellence' may mean for the future of the university. (As Provided).
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