Criticizing the Image of the Student as Consumer: Examining Legal Trends and Administrative Responses in the US and UK

Autor/inn/en	Kaye, Tim; Bickel, Robert R.; Birtwistle, Tim
Titel	Criticizing the Image of the Student as Consumer: Examining Legal Trends and Administrative Responses in the US and UK
Quelle	In: Education and the Law, 18 (2006) 2-3, S.85-129 (45 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0953-9964
Schlagwörter	Educational Principles; Higher Education; School Law; Student Rights; Civil Rights; Court Litigation; Foreign Countries; Liberal Arts; Universities; Role of Education; Educational History; Educational Philosophy; College Curriculum; International Law; Treaties; Constitutional Law; United Kingdom; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsprinzip; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Law concerning schools; Schulrecht; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Rechtsstreit; Ausland; University; Universität; Bildungsauftrag; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Law of nations; Völkerrecht; Abkommen; Staatsrecht; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	There is widespread concern that higher education is being compromised by being turned into a "commodity" to be "consumed". This article represents an initial attempt to explore the trends in both the UK and US, and considers how the law has responded to them. It argues, however, that there is an important distinction to be drawn between "commodification" and "consumerism". Education has always been a commodity to be bought and sold; the true danger lies in the move to a "rights-based" culture where students (and politicians) see education merely as something to be "consumed" rather than as an activity in which to participate. Whilst the law seems thus far to have been something of a bulwark against this movement, it remains an open question as to whether this will continue to be the case if HEIs do not themselves act more proactively in challenging this damaging view of higher education. (Contains 158 notes.) (As Provided).
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