Conceptualisation of higher education: The neoliberal approach

Neoliberalism has become the dominant ideology of our time, impacting all segments of society. At the same time, higher education has been undergoing changes altering its identity, purpose, roles and position. Our analysis focuses on identifying and examining key neoliberal concepts - the free marke...

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Main Author: Đuković Anđela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pedagoško društvo Srbije i Institut za pedagogiju i andragogiju Filozofskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu 2019-01-01
Series:Nastava i Vaspitanje
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0547-3330/2019/0547-33301901007Q.pdf
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spelling doaj-f2e43190768b4634b7b9f3b25e6c24f92020-11-24T21:11:49ZengPedagoško društvo Srbije i Institut za pedagogiju i andragogiju Filozofskog fakulteta Univerziteta u BeograduNastava i Vaspitanje0547-33302560-30512019-01-016817200547-33301901007QConceptualisation of higher education: The neoliberal approachĐuković Anđela0Univerzitet u Beogradu, Učiteljski fakultetNeoliberalism has become the dominant ideology of our time, impacting all segments of society. At the same time, higher education has been undergoing changes altering its identity, purpose, roles and position. Our analysis focuses on identifying and examining key neoliberal concepts - the free market, individualism, individual freedom, the diminished state - which have been transforming the concept of higher education. These ideas are examined through the trends of commercialization and privatization of higher education, its instrumentalization in accordance with the needs of a knowledge economy, and standardization as an instrument in the striving for efficiency and quality assurance. The overall conclusion is that higher education, from a neoliberal perspective, is conceptualized in terms of economic growth. Under the influence of neoliberal values, higher education is regarded primarily as a private good, thus enabling its positioning as an economic agent. The traditional roles of students and teachedrs are being transformed, as is the insitutional mission of the university, whose primary purpose has become to serve the needs of the current economy. In the neoliberal context, the essence of the university is expressed primarily through the economic terms of profitability, productivity and competitiveness.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0547-3330/2019/0547-33301901007Q.pdfneoliberalismhigher educationfree marketcommercialization of higher educationinstrumentalization of higher education
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Conceptualisation of higher education: The neoliberal approach
Nastava i Vaspitanje
neoliberalism
higher education
free market
commercialization of higher education
instrumentalization of higher education
author_facet Đuković Anđela
author_sort Đuković Anđela
title Conceptualisation of higher education: The neoliberal approach
title_short Conceptualisation of higher education: The neoliberal approach
title_full Conceptualisation of higher education: The neoliberal approach
title_fullStr Conceptualisation of higher education: The neoliberal approach
title_full_unstemmed Conceptualisation of higher education: The neoliberal approach
title_sort conceptualisation of higher education: the neoliberal approach
publisher Pedagoško društvo Srbije i Institut za pedagogiju i andragogiju Filozofskog fakulteta Univerziteta u Beogradu
series Nastava i Vaspitanje
issn 0547-3330
2560-3051
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Neoliberalism has become the dominant ideology of our time, impacting all segments of society. At the same time, higher education has been undergoing changes altering its identity, purpose, roles and position. Our analysis focuses on identifying and examining key neoliberal concepts - the free market, individualism, individual freedom, the diminished state - which have been transforming the concept of higher education. These ideas are examined through the trends of commercialization and privatization of higher education, its instrumentalization in accordance with the needs of a knowledge economy, and standardization as an instrument in the striving for efficiency and quality assurance. The overall conclusion is that higher education, from a neoliberal perspective, is conceptualized in terms of economic growth. Under the influence of neoliberal values, higher education is regarded primarily as a private good, thus enabling its positioning as an economic agent. The traditional roles of students and teachedrs are being transformed, as is the insitutional mission of the university, whose primary purpose has become to serve the needs of the current economy. In the neoliberal context, the essence of the university is expressed primarily through the economic terms of profitability, productivity and competitiveness.
topic neoliberalism
higher education
free market
commercialization of higher education
instrumentalization of higher education
url https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0547-3330/2019/0547-33301901007Q.pdf
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