Public Universities and the Neoliberal Common Sense: Seven Iconoclastic Theses

Autor/in	Torres, Carlos Alberto
Titel	Public Universities and the Neoliberal Common Sense: Seven Iconoclastic Theses
Quelle	In: International Studies in Sociology of Education, 21 (2011) 3, S.177-197 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0962-0214
DOI	10.1080/09620214.2011.616340
Schlagwörter	Political Attitudes; Economic Development; Universities; Educational Objectives; Governance; Educational Change; Government Role; Competition; Efficiency; Accountability; Accreditation (Institutions); Privatization; Access to Education; Higher Education; Tuition; Critical Theory; Educational Sociology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; University; Universität; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Bildungsreform; Wettkampf; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Verantwortung; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Access; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Kritische Theorie; Bildungssoziologie; Erziehungssoziologie
Abstract	Neoliberalism has utterly failed as a viable model of economic development, yet the politics of culture associated with neoliberalism is still in force, becoming the new common sense shaping the role of government and education. This "common sense" has become an ideology playing a major role in constructing hegemony as moral and intellectual leadership in contemporary societies. Neoliberal globalisation, predicated on the dominance of the market over the state and on deregulatory models of governance, has deeply affected the university in the context of "academic capitalism". The resulting reforms, rationalised as advancing international competitiveness, have affected public universities in four primary areas: efficiency and accountability, accreditation and universalisation, international competitiveness and privatisation. There is also growing resistance to globalisation as top-down-imposed reforms reflected in the public debates about schooling reform, curriculum and instruction, teacher training and school governance. Many question whether neoliberal reforms attempt to limit the effectiveness of universities as sites of contestation of the national and global order and thus undermine the broader goals of education. Neoliberal reforms have limited access and opportunity along class and racial lines, including limiting access to higher education through the imposition of higher tuition and reduced government support to institutions and individuals. (Contains 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10