The Flexible University: Higher Education and the Global Production of Migrant Labor

Autor/in	Ortiga, Yasmin Y.
Titel	The Flexible University: Higher Education and the Global Production of Migrant Labor
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 38 (2017) 4, S.485-499 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2015.1113857
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Neoliberalism; Foreign Countries; Developing Nations; Foreign Workers; Interviews; Qualitative Research; College Faculty; College Students; Job Security; School Space; Global Approach; Private Colleges; Philippines + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Ausland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Schulraum; Globales Denken; Privathochschule; Philippinen
Abstract	This article demonstrates how neoliberal higher education has come to play a distinct role in the global market for migrant labor, where a growing number of developing nations educate its citizens for overseas work in order to maximize future monetary remittances. Located in the Philippines, this study shows how local colleges and universities attempt to impose an ideal notion of flexibility, quickly shifting academic manpower and resources to programs that would produce the "right" types of workers to address foreign labor demands. Based on qualitative interviews with Filipino college educators and students, the article then discusses how such "flexible" strategies undermine the job security of college faculty and lead to the constant restructuring of physical space within university campuses. Such changes negatively affect both students and teachers. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01