Universities and Globalization
Critical Perspectives
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As we near the end of the century, there can be no doubt that the increasingly global political economy has affected the ways in which universities are governed; the daily lives of academics have been altered as well. In this new volume, editors Jan Currie and Janice Newson consider globalization as combining a market ideology with a corresponding material set of practices drawn from the world of business. Issues of managerialism, privatization, and accountabilityùall central values in businessùhave become primary for universities and their administrators as well.
The selections in this book help illustrate the editorsÆ contentions that globalization presents clear disadvantages as well as benefits to all citizens. GlobalizationÆs effects on higher education are not likely to be uniform nor are the outcomes an inevitable process. The future of the university as a place where society can examine itself critically is at stake and this volume will be a strong contributor to the debate.
Universities and Globalization will be of great interest to those interested in higher education, the role of the university, and global institutions and practices.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: GLOBALIZATION AS AN ANALYTICAL CONCEPT AND LOCAL POLICY RESPONSES
- Globalization and Education Policy in Australia
- National Higher Education Policies in a Global Economy
PART TWO: NATIONAL RESPONSES TO GLOBALIZATION
- The Changing Political Economy
- The Private and Public Lives of Canadian Universities
- The Service University in Service Societies
- The Norwegian Experience
- The Last Decade of Higher Education Reform in Australia and France
- Different Constraints, Differing Choices in Higher Education Politics and Policies
PART THREE: GLOBALIZING PRACTICES: CORPORATE MANAGERIALISM, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PRIVATIZATION
- Micro-Economic Reform through Managerialism in American and Australian Universities
- Don't Count Your Blessings
- The Social Accomplishments of Performance Indicators
- Changing Accountability and Autonomy at the `Coalface' of Academic Work in Australia
- The Entrepreneurial University
- Macro and Micro Perspectives from the United States
PART FOUR: TRANSNATIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND MECHANISMS
- Globalization and Distance Education Mega-Institutions
- Mega-Ambivalence
- Globalization, the OECD, and Australian Higher Education
- Reshaping the Educational Agendas of Mexican Universities
- The Impact of NAFTA
- CONCLUSION
- Repositioning the Local through Alternative Responses to Globalization
Description
As we near the end of the century, there can be no doubt that the increasingly global political economy has affected the ways in which universities are governed; the daily lives of academics have been altered as well. In this new volume, editors Jan Currie and Janice Newson consider globalization as combining a market ideology with a corresponding material set of practices drawn from the world of business. Issues of managerialism, privatization, and accountabilityùall central values in businessùhave become primary for universities and their administrators as well.
The selections in this book help illustrate the editorsÆ contentions that globalization presents clear disadvantages as well as benefits to all citizens. GlobalizationÆs effects on higher education are not likely to be uniform nor are the outcomes an inevitable process. The future of the university as a place where society can examine itself critically is at stake and this volume will be a strong contributor to the debate.
Universities and Globalization will be of great interest to those interested in higher education, the role of the university, and global institutions and practices.
Contents
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: GLOBALIZATION AS AN ANALYTICAL CONCEPT AND LOCAL POLICY RESPONSES
- Globalization and Education Policy in Australia
- National Higher Education Policies in a Global Economy
PART TWO: NATIONAL RESPONSES TO GLOBALIZATION
- The Changing Political Economy
- The Private and Public Lives of Canadian Universities
- The Service University in Service Societies
- The Norwegian Experience
- The Last Decade of Higher Education Reform in Australia and France
- Different Constraints, Differing Choices in Higher Education Politics and Policies
PART THREE: GLOBALIZING PRACTICES: CORPORATE MANAGERIALISM, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PRIVATIZATION
- Micro-Economic Reform through Managerialism in American and Australian Universities
- Don't Count Your Blessings
- The Social Accomplishments of Performance Indicators
- Changing Accountability and Autonomy at the `Coalface' of Academic Work in Australia
- The Entrepreneurial University
- Macro and Micro Perspectives from the United States
PART FOUR: TRANSNATIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND MECHANISMS
- Globalization and Distance Education Mega-Institutions
- Mega-Ambivalence
- Globalization, the OECD, and Australian Higher Education
- Reshaping the Educational Agendas of Mexican Universities
- The Impact of NAFTA
- CONCLUSION
- Repositioning the Local through Alternative Responses to Globalization
August 1998 | 352 pages | Sage US
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 28/02/2026 | 9780761910657 | $199.00 |
| Paperback | 28/02/2026 | 9780761910664 | $126.00 |
As we near the end of the century, there can be no doubt that the increasingly global political economy has affected the ways in which universities are governed; the daily lives of academics have been altered as well. In this new volume, editors Jan Currie and Janice Newson consider globalization as combining a market ideology with a corresponding material set of practices drawn from the world of business. Issues of managerialism, privatization, and accountabilityùall central values in businessùhave become primary for universities and their administrators as well.
The selections in this book help illustrate the editorsÆ contentions that globalization presents clear disadvantages as well as benefits to all citizens. GlobalizationÆs effects on higher education are not likely to be uniform nor are the outcomes an inevitable process. The future of the university as a place where society can examine itself critically is at stake and this volume will be a strong contributor to the debate.
Universities and Globalization will be of great interest to those interested in higher education, the role of the university, and global institutions and practices.
Table Of Contents:
- INTRODUCTION
- PART ONE: GLOBALIZATION AS AN ANALYTICAL CONCEPT AND LOCAL POLICY RESPONSES
- Globalization and Education Policy in Australia
- National Higher Education Policies in a Global Economy
- PART TWO: NATIONAL RESPONSES TO GLOBALIZATION
- The Changing Political Economy
- The Private and Public Lives of Canadian Universities
- The Service University in Service Societies
- The Norwegian Experience
- The Last Decade of Higher Education Reform in Australia and France
- Different Constraints, Differing Choices in Higher Education Politics and Policies
- PART THREE: GLOBALIZING PRACTICES: CORPORATE MANAGERIALISM, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PRIVATIZATION
- Micro-Economic Reform through Managerialism in American and Australian Universities
- Don't Count Your Blessings
- The Social Accomplishments of Performance Indicators
- Changing Accountability and Autonomy at the `Coalface' of Academic Work in Australia
- The Entrepreneurial University
- Macro and Micro Perspectives from the United States
- PART FOUR: TRANSNATIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND MECHANISMS
- Globalization and Distance Education Mega-Institutions
- Mega-Ambivalence
- Globalization, the OECD, and Australian Higher Education
- Reshaping the Educational Agendas of Mexican Universities
- The Impact of NAFTA
- CONCLUSION
- Repositioning the Local through Alternative Responses to Globalization