NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tomicic, Ana – Policy Futures in Education, 2019
While universities now lie between two philosophical poles -- idealism and utilitarianism -- the Humboldtian ideal primarily serves to give a humanist glaze to a technocratic discourse. Regardless of its autonomy on paper, the University does not control its finances. This guise of autonomy has set a double authoritarian heteronomy of the…
Descriptors: Colleges, Higher Education, Neoliberalism, Educational Change
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Maisuria, Alpesh; Cole, Mike – Policy Futures in Education, 2017
In this article, we provide a critical explanation and critique of neoliberalism. We attempt an innovative focus ranging from the wider contemporary political and ideological shifts, to the way in which neoliberal policy specifically influences higher education and the consequences thereof. We follow a narrative logic in three parts where we first…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Criticism
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Raaper, Rille; Olssen, Mark – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
This article is based on an interview conducted with Mark Olssen in October 2014, and the subsequent discussions. These conversations invited Olssen to reflect on his experiences of neoliberalism as a practising academic who has worked in the UK for some 14 years, and also to comment as a researcher and writer who is well known for his work on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Neoliberalism, Strategic Planning, Interviews
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Schatz, Monika – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
In 2010, the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture formulated Finland's first education export strategy. This policy document attributed Finnish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) a significant role in the emerging sector by declaring them as "engines" of education export. Situated in a phenomenological approach towards…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Phenomenology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Volante, Louis; Ritzen, Jo – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
The European Union--comprising 28 member states with individual sovereignty in the formation and implementation of education policy--has developed research and communication strategies to facilitate the exchange of best practices, gathering and dissemination of education statistics and, perhaps most importantly, advice and support for national…
Descriptors: Governance, International Education, Best Practices, International Organizations
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bengtsson, Anki – Policy Futures in Education, 2015
In recent years, the idea of the contribution of education to citizenship has been reinitiated. The purpose of this paper is to investigate constructions of citizenship as they are articulated in European policy documents on teacher education. It is indicated that the normative form of active citizenship is put into play through the individual and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Policy, Student Attitudes, Cultural Pluralism