Current Research Trends in Globalisation and Neo-Liberalism in Higher Education
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Zajda, Joseph and Rust, Val. (2020). Current Research Trends in Globalisation and Neo-Liberalism in Higher Education. In In J. Zajda (Ed.). Globalisation, Ideology and Neo-Liberal Higher Education Reforms pp. 1 - 9 Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1751-7
Authors | Zajda, Joseph and Rust, Val |
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Editors | J. Zajda |
Abstract | The chapter analyses and evaluates the ascent of a neo-liberal and neo-conservative higher education policy, global university rankings, internationalization, quality assurance, entrepreneurial and competition for international students among universities, both locally and globally. Higher education policy reforms reflect aspects of a dominant ideology of neo-liberalism and neo-conservatism. Neo-liberal policies are largely based on dominant market-oriented ideologies, rather than democratic policy reforms. The commodification of higher education, with its focus on vocationalism and labour market prospects for highly skilled and competent graduates, is a vivid outcome of market-driven economic imperatives of neo-liberal ideology. The chapter analyses the shifts in methodological approaches to globalisation, and neo-liberalism, and their impact on education policy. The chapter critiques globalisation, policy and education reform and suggests the emergence of new economic and political dimensions of neo-liberalism as cultural imperialism. Such hegemonic shifts in ideology and policy are likely to have significant economic and cultural implications for national education systems, reforms and policy implementations. |
Keywords | academic achievement; authentic democracy; business-oriented model of education; competitive market forces; critical discourse analysis; cultural imperialism; discourses of globalisation; economic inequality; education reforms; global citizenship; global university ranking; globalisation; global university rankings; governance; higher education policy; human capital; human rights education; ideology; intercultural understanding; internationalization; macro-social perspective; marketisation; neo-conservatism · neo-liberal higher education policy; neo-liberal ideology; paradigms |
Page range | 1 - 9 |
Year | 2020 |
Book title | Globalisation, Ideology and Neo-Liberal Higher Education Reforms |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
ISBN | 9789402417500 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1751-7 |
Research Group | School of Education |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
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