From 'Academic Concern' to Work Readiness: Student Mobility, Employability and the Devaluation of Academic Capital on the Year Abroad

Autor/in	Courtois, Aline
Titel	From 'Academic Concern' to Work Readiness: Student Mobility, Employability and the Devaluation of Academic Capital on the Year Abroad
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 40 (2019) 2, S.190-206 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2018.1522241
Schlagwörter	Employment Potential; Study Abroad; Student Mobility; Universities; Educational Resources; Criticism; Commercialization; Labor Market; Credentials; Academic Achievement; Educational Attainment; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Cultural Capital; College Faculty; College Students; Educational Experience; Self Concept; International Cooperation; Educational Cooperation; Student Attitudes; Outcomes of Education; Ireland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; University; Universität; Bildungsmittel; Kritik; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Studienbuch; Schulleistung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Bildungserfahrung; Selbstkonzept; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Schülerverhalten; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Irland
Abstract	This article suggests that a process of de-academisation is discernible in the way the Erasmus year abroad is promoted, organised, supervised and evaluated. The article argues that rather than being a product of students' consumerist rationalities, this process is produced within the conditions of the managerialised and under-resourced university. This process is underpinned by institutional discourses and practices that devalue academic capital, in line with the employability agenda and the corporate critique of higher education as outdated and too abstract for the real world. Based on a qualitative study conducted in Ireland, the article uses a Bourdieusian lens to examine the de-academisation of study abroad and the field--habitus clash experienced by participants. Finally, the article draws attention to the implications of this neutralisation of academic capital in a context where academic credentials are increasingly devalued in the labour market. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01