
Neoliberal Developments in Higher Education
The United Kingdom and Germany
Rosalind Pritchard(Author)
Peter Lang Verlag
Published on 18. November 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
330 pages
978-3-0343-0715-4 (ISBN)
Description
The paradigmatic values underlying British and German higher education emphasise personal growth, the wholeness of the individual, intellectual freedom and the pursuit of knowledge, which cumulatively can be viewed as a form of academic essentialism. However, these concepts were generated within a particular cultural and historical context which has largely been supplanted by neoliberalism. This book studies the emergence over the last twenty years of trends that define themselves in opposition to the traditional university ethos. It addresses the first experiments with private universities in both the United Kingdom and Germany, the instigation of bidding and competition for funding, the assertion of a practical over a theoretical focus in British teacher education and the contrasting views of their institutions held by British and German students and staff. It shows how the antithesis of a neoliberal university system, that of the former German Democratic Republic, was transformed under the impact of unification policies. The author also analyses important social issues, such as gender, in relation to the academic profession, highlighting how the individual may feel atomised despite a discourse of equality. Finally, the two higher education systems are examined within the context of the Bologna Process, which in many respects embraces academic capitalism - the epitome of neoliberalism. The book encompasses both qualitative and quantitative research spanning two decades of scholarship, and reflects the author's profound engagement with universities and with British and German academic culture.
Reviews / Votes
<<Das Buch ist ein Gewinn fuer alle Leser, die sich mit einer international-vergleichenden Perspektive dem Verstaendnis beider Hochschulsysteme naehern wollen.>> (Beitraege zur Hochschulforschung)<<[...] this is a book with rich empirical data and well-arranged arguments. It is recommended reading for anyone with a serious interest in higher education policy or management as well as any postgraduate students of comparative study in the field of education.>> (Sheng-Ju Chan, Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research 65, 2013)
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
num. tables
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
487 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-0343-0715-4 (9783034307154)
DOI
10.3726/978-3-0353-0214-1
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02/2012
250th Edition
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Person
Rosalind M. O. Pritchard is Professor of Education (Emeritus) at the University of Ulster, where she served as Head of School and coordinator of research. For many years she was director of Master's and PhD programmes in the Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages. She is a Senior Distinguished Research Fellow of her institution, and a member of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Content
Contents: Traditional University Values - Academic Autonomy - Bildung - Neoliberal Developments in HE - Private Universities - German Higher Education - German Universities - Gender Equality in Academe - Government Steering in Britain - Competition and Bidding - East German Higher Education - Teacher Education - Market Force Culture - Bologna Process - New Public Management - Academic Time Deployment.