Higher Education and Intellectual Retrogression - The Neoliberal Reign

This book critically analyses the historical evolution of ideas, perceptions, and principles on higher education and unravels a few of its interlinked aspects - quality, massification, privatization, and commercialization.

List of contents

PART I 1. Evolution of Notions, Aims, Functions of Higher Education 2. Build-Up of Ideational Foundation of Neo-Liberal Reign in HE 3. Towards Mass HE and ‘Academic Capitalism’ 4. Affirmative Action in HE: Costly Boost to Massification? PART II 5. Declining Academic Standard of HE and Making of an Intellectual Retrogression 6. Neoliberal HE in the Developing World: Indian Illustration 7. Conclusion: Blunders in Progress. Bibliography.

About the author

Arup Maharatna is currently Rajiv Gandhi Chair Professor in Contemporary Studies at the Central University of Allahabad, India. Earlier, chronologically, he has been Professor of Economics at University of Burdwan, Professor of Population Studies at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics and Professor of Social Sciences at BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus. He completed master’s degree and Ph.D. in Population Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. He also held a post under the Bell Post-Doctoral Fellowship programme at Harvard University, USA. He has authored four books.

Summary

This book critically analyses the historical evolution of ideas, perceptions, and principles on higher education and unravels a few of its interlinked aspects — quality, massification, privatization, and commercialization.

Product details

• Authors: Arup Maharatna, Maharatna Arup
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032326580
• ISBN: 978-1-032-32658-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Education, EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Finance, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, EDUCATION / Evaluation & Assessment, Educational strategies & policy, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Urban communities, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational strategies and policy, Education: examinations and assessment, Examinations & assessment, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, Funding of education & student finance, Funding of education and student finance