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ERIC Number: EJ1210918
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Apr
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-5224
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Interdisciplinarity for Sale: Logics of Knowledge, Labour Markets and Consumerism
Pizarro Milian, Roger; Missaghian, Rod
Higher Education Quarterly, v73 n2 p153-167 Apr 2019
Interdisciplinary programmes have proliferated across post-secondary education in recent decades. Despite this, little attention has been paid to the manner in which interdisciplinary programmes promote themselves to external constituents. To study this process, we conduct a content analysis of the online self-descriptions of 203 credential-granting interdisciplinary programmes across the Canadian university sector. We find that these entities embrace contrasting logics of superior knowledge, labour market outcomes and customisation. We interpret these findings through the lens of contemporary theorising within organisation studies, noting that their ambidexterity bodes well for their continued existence within the sector.
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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: Canada
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