| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 236 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge research in higher education |
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Routledge research in higher education.
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| Contents |
pt. I. Higher education for post-war Britain -- pt. II. Breaking the ivory tower -- pt. III. Marketisation and the student as customer -- pt. IV. Beyond the customer and neoliberal higher education |
| Summary |
"As one of the pioneers and leading advocates of neoliberalism, Britain, and in particular England, has radically transformed its higher education system in recent decades. What was once a public good has turned into a market in which universities are required to perform like businesses, with students being increasingly referred to as customers. The Idea of Higher Education and the Student investigates precisely this relation between the changing function of higher education and how we see the student. But instead of offering yet another critique of neoliberalism and marketisation, it widens the view beyond the present"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Education, Higher -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain
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Educational change -- Great Britain
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Higher education and state -- Great Britain
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Education, Higher
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Education, Higher -- Economic aspects
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Educational change
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Higher education and state
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315448244 |
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1315448246 |
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9781315448220 |
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131544822X |
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9781315448237 |
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1315448238 |
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9781315448213 |
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1315448211 |
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