L'internationalisation de l'enseignement supérieur

The Total Quality Policy for Excellence in Higher Education: A Tool to Extend Neoliberal Ideology

“…Thus, when this policy is carried out through the recruitment of the best teachers and the selection of the best students, one can speak of an elitist policy of excellence (Robichaud & Crevier, 2016). Such a policy raises the level of quality of universities compared to other higher education institutions in the world and incidentally allows them to be better placed in international rankings; this contributes to their prestige and attractiveness, which is not a negligible objective in the context of global competition that is developing in this field (Cosnefroy et al, 2016). The second objective is to enable as many people as possible to succeed in higher education (this is therefore social or inclusive excellence) and to acquire the knowledge and skills that will enable them to best fulfill their social and societal responsibilities, particularly in terms of the environment: this is, therefore, societal excellence (Cosnefroy et al, 2016;De Ketele, 2015).…”

“…The second objective is to enable as many people as possible to succeed in higher education (this is therefore social or inclusive excellence) and to acquire the knowledge and skills that will enable them to best fulfill their social and societal responsibilities, particularly in terms of the environment: this is, therefore, societal excellence (Cosnefroy et al, 2016;De Ketele, 2015). We observe that more countries pursue an elitist policy than a social and societal policy (Cosnefroy et al, 2016). These policies of excellence have mostly been introduced in the last decade as a result of relatively recent factors, among which we can highlight globalization, increased university autonomy, international rankings, but also the Bologna process (Palomba, 2015).…”