The Neoliberalization of Higher Education in England: An Alternative is Possible*

Autor/inn/en	Maisuria, Alpesh; Cole, Mike
Titel	The Neoliberalization of Higher Education in England: An Alternative is Possible*
Quelle	In: Policy Futures in Education, 15 (2017) 5, S.602-619 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1478-2103
DOI	10.1177/1478210317719792
Schlagwörter	Neoliberalism; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Criticism; Political Attitudes; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Social Class; Social Differences; Social Systems; Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Commercialization; Governance; Educational Change; National Surveys; Student Surveys; Student Attitudes; Undergraduate Students; Universities; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Kritik; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Sozialer Unterschied; Social system; Soziales System; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Bildungsreform; Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten; University; Universität
Abstract	In this article, we provide a critical explanation and critique of neoliberalism. We attempt an innovative focus ranging from the wider contemporary political and ideological shifts, to the way in which neoliberal policy specifically influences higher education and the consequences thereof. We follow a narrative logic in three parts where we first explore the bigger picture, then concentrate on specific examples, finally taking a long-term perspective with regard to class struggle. In the first part, we lay out neoliberalism and explicate its basic principles in abstraction. This is necessary for part two, where we contextualize neoliberalism specifically within the English higher education system with specific reference to the policy agenda of successive governments since 1979. In the third and final part of the article we suggest an alternative higher education model that simultaneously exists and flourishes along with and against the neoliberal hegemony. We conclude by suggesting the strengthening possibility of class formation and struggle in this moment of history when neoliberalism is expanding and deepening. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01