Through a glass darkly : the social sciences look at the Neoliberal University

Through a glass darkly the social sciences look at the Neoliberal University

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This collection of essays arose from a workshop held in Canberra in 2013 under the auspices of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia to consider the impact of the encroachment of the market on public universities.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Thornton, Margaret, author (author), Thornton, Margaret, editor (editor), Aspromourgos, Tony, contributor (contributor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Canberra, Australia : ANU Press 2014
2014.
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Education, Higher > Australia > Evaluation.
Higher education and state > Australia.
Education, Higher > Economic aspects > Australia.
Social sciences > Study and teaching (Higher) > Australia.
Educational change > Australia.
study
politics
social sciences
students
university
Australia
Higher education
Neoliberalism
Public university
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Introduction: The Retreat from the Critical
  • 1. Disinterested Scholars or Interested Parties? The Public's Investment in Self-interested Universities
  • 2. Critical Theory and the New University: Reflections on Time and Technology
  • 3. Gendered Hierarchies of Knowledge and the Prestige Factor: How Philosophy Survives Market Rationality
  • 4. What's to be Explained? And is it so Bad?
  • 5. Higher Education 'Markets' and University Governance
  • 6. Transforming the Public University: Market Citizenship and Higher Education Regulatory Projects
  • 7. The State of the Universities
  • 8. The Modern University and its Transaction with Students
  • 9. Markets, Discipline, Students: Governing Student Conduct and Performance in the University
  • 10. 'Selling the dream': Law School Branding and the Illusion of Choice
  • 11. Disciplining Academic Women: Gender Restructuring and the Labour of Research in Entrepreneurial Universities
  • 12. Functional Dystopia: Diversity, Contestability and New Media in the Academy
  • 13. A Design for Learning? A Case Study of the Hidden Costs of Curriculum and Organisational Change
  • 14. 'Smoking Guns': Reflections on Truth and Politics in the University
  • 15. Seeking the Necessary 'Resources of Hope' in the Neoliberal University
  • Bibliography.

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