The Policy Reassembly of Afghanistan's Higher Education System

Autor/in	Couch, Daniel
Titel	The Policy Reassembly of Afghanistan's Higher Education System
Quelle	In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 17 (2019) 1, S.44-60 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Couch, Daniel)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7724
DOI	10.1080/14767724.2018.1523708
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; Higher Education; Ideology; Violence; Conflict; War; Educational History; Administrator Attitudes; Neoliberalism; Global Approach; Policy Analysis; Economic Development; Economic Factors; Foreign Countries; Strategic Planning; Role of Education; Public Officials; Educational Development; Afghanistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ideologie; Gewalt; Konflikt; Krieg; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Globales Denken; Politikfeldanalyse; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Ökonomischer Faktor; Ausland; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Bildungsauftrag; Bildungsentwicklung
Abstract	This paper explores how a national higher education sector can be assembled upon a relatively narrow ideological foundation during and in the aftermath of violent conflict. It analyses the case of Afghanistan's higher education system, and argues that the violent disintegration of this system during the 1980s and 1990s created the conditions for a neoliberal reassembly and subsequent expansion of higher education from 2001. This paper draws on data gathered from document analysis, and semi-structured interviews with key policy actors. It identifies an ideological grounding in neoliberalism within higher education policies which are responsible for directing the sector's growth since 2010. I argue that this neoliberal agenda, largely driven by globalised influences, has exploited Afghanistan's conflict-affected context to position higher education primarily as a driver of economic growth, thus limiting policy emphasis on higher education's non-economic dividends. The paper concludes by critiquing the underlying assumption that this role is sufficient if higher education is to serve as a key institution in Afghanistan's ongoing national development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01