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From 'Priceless' to 'Priced': The Value of Knowledge in Higher Education
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Sakhiyya, Zulfa; Rata, Elizabeth – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2019
This paper examines a shift in the value awarded to the disciplinary knowledge developed in universities. The instrumentalised function of this type of knowledge as it is 'priced' and sold in the global higher education marketplace is given a value greater than that given to its symbolic or 'priceless' function in contributing to society's social…
Descriptors: Knowledge Economy, Outcomes of Education, Commercialization, Intellectual Disciplines
New Public Management (NPM) in the Iranian Higher Education; A Moral Analysis
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Mohammadi, Hamdollah; Mirzamohammadi, Mohammad Hassan – Ethics and Education, 2020
The purpose of this paper is to criticize the "New Public Management (NPM)" in the higher education of Iran with a moral lens. Qualitative content analysis was used for this purpose and the fourth to sixth "National Development Plans" as well as the "Comprehensive Scientific Map" of Iran were investigated. The model…
Descriptors: Ethics, Educational Administration, Economic Development, Commercialization
The Challenge of Enterprise/Innovation: A Case Study of a Modern University
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Jones, Gill; Fleming, Scott; Laugharne, Janet – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2020
In the prevailing economic and political climate for Higher Education a greater emphasis has been placed on diversifying the funding base. The present study was undertaken between 2012 and 2014 and addressed the implementation of an approach to the transformation of one academic school in a medium-sized modern university in Wales to a more engaged…
Descriptors: Universities, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Educational Finance
Redefining Roles and Identities in Higher Education: The Liminal Experiences of a University Spinout Company
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Birds, Rachel – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2015
Across many developed economies, policy foregrounds the role of innovation in stimulating economic recovery and underpinning growth. Higher education is expected to contribute significantly to the innovation agenda. This paper examines one example of innovation in the UK higher education context, namely the creation of a spinout company, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Role of Education, Professional Identity, Ethnography
Crisis as a Discursive Legitimation Strategy in Educational Reforms: A Critical Policy Analysis
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Nordin, Andreas – Education Inquiry, 2014
Around the mid-2000s a crisis discourse emerged in educational policy-making in the EU and in Sweden. Using the EU and Sweden as empirical references, this article explores how this crisis discourse has been and is employed by politicians and NGOs. Discourse Institutionalism is used as an overall theoretical framework focusing on how the crisis…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Educational Change, Discourse Analysis
A Critical Reflection on Knowledge Hierarchies, Language and Development
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Langthaler, Margarita; Witjes, Nina; Slezak, Gabriele – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the discussion about the developmental value of knowledge by reflecting on the "knowledge for development" (K4D) paradigm. In particular, it draws attention to the interaction between linguistic and communicative processes and the areas of power, knowledge and education. This is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Development, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis