Global Capitalism's Trojan Horse: Consumer Power and the National Student Survey in England

Autor/inn/en	Holligan, Chris; Shah, Qasir
Titel	Global Capitalism's Trojan Horse: Consumer Power and the National Student Survey in England
Quelle	In: Power and Education, 9 (2017) 2, S.114-128 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1757-7438
DOI	10.1177/1757743817701159
Schlagwörter	Student Surveys; Student Attitudes; Global Approach; Social Systems; Neoliberalism; Personal Autonomy; Intellectual Development; Universities; Commercialization; Higher Education; Competition; Institutional Autonomy; Educational Experience; Salaries; Employment Opportunities; Reputation; Institutional Evaluation; Educational Quality; College Role; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten; Globales Denken; Social system; Soziales System; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Individuelle Autonomie; Mental development; Geistige Entwicklung; University; Universität; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Wettkampf; Institutionelle Autonomie; Bildungserfahrung; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Neo-liberal capitalism is a representation of values that are detrimental to intellectual inquiry. Market deregulation and consumer choice are relentless in their erosion of academic autonomy and traditions of independent scholarship. Education as a 'positional good' may be weakened more in the post-1992 higher education sector, where consumer-oriented quality assurance is used strategically to bolster prestige and so improve relative competitive advantage (for student recruitment and external monies), than in the pre-1992 Russell Group of universities, which privileges academic research and autonomy from regulation. The university as an intellectual public domain is subject to suppression by capitalism's deployment of a putatively enlightened 'student voice'. This neo-liberal embrace of 'student experience' is evidenced in the privileging of choice and satisfaction anchored in the envisaging of earning power as a basic touchstone of relevance. Globalisation's Trojan Horse, the authors argue, is embodied in the positivism of the quantitative metrics of the National Student Survey, designed by global giant Ipsos MORI. The argument that a ranking of universities on the results of the National Student Survey demonstrates excellence begs the question of what the university is for. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01