2019
DOI: 10.1177/1478210319834825
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American dream, Humboldtian nightmare: Reflections on the remodelled values of a neoliberalized academia

Abstract: 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 university: from increased administrative supervision and from market control. While the current debate is strongly permeated by the idea that we should simultaneously compete … Show more

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“…However, other authors argue voluntary adoption of such practices. Tomicic (2019) explains that such voluntary adoption stems from the interest of different countries around the world to develop a higher education system capable of competing globally.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…However, other authors argue voluntary adoption of such practices. Tomicic (2019) explains that such voluntary adoption stems from the interest of different countries around the world to develop a higher education system capable of competing globally.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Also, by the University Teaching Staff Programme, implemented by the Ministry of Universities of Spanish Government under grants FPU19/00942. QAE 30,1 118 for quality in this sector, which is understood as an increase in both the scale and scope of the production (Tomicic, 2019). The aim was to facilitate the standardisation of this sector, and thus, better respond to the labour market demands (Holmes and Lindsay, 2018).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the last two decades, Higher Education has witnessed the development of a series of policies aimed at contributing to the growth of the economy through the development of quality and excellence in this educational sector (Bermúdez‐Aponte & Laspalas, 2017; Holmes & Lindsay, 2018; Tomicic, 2019). These policy measures are underpinned by neoliberal principles: privatisation processes, acquisition of private principles, labour market and consumer orientation, competitiveness, individualisation, productivity, etc.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(Brunner et al., 2019; Harland, 2009; Luengo & Saura, 2012). As a result, the social aims and objectives of universities have begun to transform, especially affecting their teaching staff (Harland, 2009; Tomicic, 2019).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This ‘new academic precariat’ (populated in large numbers by aspiring academics in positions such as teaching fellow, research associate and lecturer) is, in other words, expected to have an entrepreneurial subjectivity which psychologically is a source of stress, as the responsibility for failure in individualistic academia lies almost entirely on oneself. The feeling of discontent is understandably widespread among academics in such an unfavourable position, but incapacitating insecurity and lack of representative structures make it difficult to articulate the discontent (Allmer, 2018; Mercille and Murphy, 2017; Ullrich, 2019).…”
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confidence: 99%