Obama's American Graduation Initiative: Race, Conservative Modernization, and a Logic of Abstraction

Autor/inn/en	Kuntz, Aaron M.; Gildersleeve, Ryan Evely; Pasque, Penny A.
Titel	Obama's American Graduation Initiative: Race, Conservative Modernization, and a Logic of Abstraction
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 86 (2011) 5, S.488-505 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
DOI	10.1080/0161956X.2011.616130
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Presidents; Agenda Setting; Politics; Criticism; Discourse Analysis; Political Attitudes; Racial Factors; Politics of Education; Community Colleges; College Role; Labor Force Development; Change Agents; Social Change; Graduation Rate; Education Work Relationship; Educational Change; Logical Thinking; Access to Education; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; President; Präsident; Politik; Kritik; Diskursanalyse; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Community college; Community College; Arbeitskräftebestand; Sozialer Wandel; Bildungsreform; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; USA
Abstract	The American Graduation Initiative stands as the cornerstone of the Obama administration's higher education agenda. To investigate the state of the politics of education in the Age of Obama, this article employs critical discourse analysis to unveil the hidden meanings and ideological commitments inherent in Obama's policy discourse. Read within and against the backdrop of what Apple (2006) called the era of "conservative modernization," Obama's policy discourse relies on a "logic of abstraction" that serves to promote a falsely "postracial" society in which hegemonic notions of education are perpetuated. (Contains 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10