Reshaping the university:the rise of the regulated market in higher education
Type of publication
Books
Language
eng
Physical description
xv, 307 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher
1st ed., Oxford University Press, 2014
ISBN
9780199659821
Сall number
LB2322.2 .P35 2014
Location
3rd floor
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-300) and index
Subject
education, higher economic aspects
Genre
Scientific literature/Ғылыми әдебиет/Научная литература
Summary
This book aims to understand the development of higher education over recent decades by exploring in particular the context and consequences of the decline in public funding to support undergraduate teaching, and the increasing diversification and stratification within national systems
Contents
The governance of British higher education: state, market, and institutional decision-making -- Exploring the unitary model: a diversity of definitions -- The Dearing report: sustaining British higher education as a system -- Universities and markets: (I) Historical background and contemporary context -- Universities and markets: (II) Theory and critical debate -- The student as consumer: legal framework and practical reality -- The rise of the research agenda: redefining the academic mission -- The globalization of higher education: coping with rankings and league tables while delivering more and charging less -- The HE industry: speaking with more than one voice -- Responding to the state-regulated market: higher education institutions under duress -- The descent from acropolis to agora: the entry of the for-profits -- From public good to market-place: from provider state to regulatory state
