ERIC Number: EJ1044151
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
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Exposing Ideology within University Policies: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Faculty Hiring, Promotion and Remuneration Practices
Uzuner-Smith, Sedef; Englander, Karen
Journal of Education Policy, v30 n1 p62-85 2015
Using critical discourse analysis (CDA), this paper exposes the neoliberal ideology of the knowledge-based economy embedded within university policies, specifically those that regulate faculty hiring, promotion, and remuneration in two national contexts: Turkey and Mexico. The paper follows four stages of CDA: (1) focus upon a social wrong in its language aspect; (2) identify obstacles to addressing the social wrong; (3) consider whether the social order in a sense "needs" the social wrong; and (4) identify possible ways past the obstacles. The analysis demonstrates that the global, marketized climate of higher education has impacted Turkish and Mexican universities to such a degree that they have become increasingly corporate in their practices of management. The resulting effect is the creation of a performance culture that robs faculty of their professionalism. This paper uncovers this disadvantaged positioning of faculty and posits modest proposals for change.
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Teacher Selection, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Knowledge Economy, College Faculty, Disadvantaged, Policy Analysis, Social Problems, Commercialization, Higher Education, College Administration, Corporations, Teacher Employment Benefits, Teacher Evaluation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico; Turkey
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