The Erosion of the University as a Public Sphere

Autor/in	Sit, Victoria
Titel	The Erosion of the University as a Public Sphere
Quelle	In: Education Canada, 48 (2008) 4, S.30-33 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1253
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Human Capital; Privatization; Corporations; Public Education; Educational Change; Educational Finance; Free Enterprise System; Social Systems; Private Sector; General Education; Social Sciences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Humankapital; Privatisation; Privatisierung; Unternehmen; Öffentliche Erziehung; Bildungsreform; Bildungsfonds; Freie Wirtschaft; Social system; Soziales System; Privater Sektor; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Allgemeinbildung; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften
Abstract	Neo-liberal policies and programs regarding higher education operate to fulfill either one of two main goals. The first is the privatization of public education. The second objective is the creation of an "iron cage" of economic rationality and standardization, which functions to regulate the production of human capital in the public education system. Overall, institutions of higher education are operating more and more like for-profit corporations, with governance and curriculum structures also being re-organized to correspond with management principles and budget techniques adopted from private businesses. These changes in revenue sources and administrative processes are causes for alarm because they prompt a transformation of the core functions of the university. In this article, the author discusses how neo-liberal educational reforms are eroding the conditions in universities that have allowed for democratic research and education. (Contains 12 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10