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T552
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An Historical Analysis of the Influence of Neo-liberalism on Post-Secondary Education in Ontario: 1987-2010
[Thesis]
Laurentian University: Canada
: 2013
130 Pages
M.A.
Over the past few decades, Ontario universities have undergone significant transformations associated with neo-liberalism (Apple, 2000; Axelrod, 2002; Carroll &Beaton, 2000; Dehli, 1993; Fisher, Rubenson, Jones &Shanahan, 2008; Kuehn, 2006; Livingstone, 1999; Monahan, 2004; Sears, 2003). Increasing privatization of higher education, corporate influence on university policy directions and funding cuts to universities are the result of neo-liberal practices. Education in Ontario today, especially at the post-secondary level as argued in this thesis, can be seen as continuing to support capitalist restructuring under neo-liberal practices. The increasing influence of neo-liberalism on education serves ruling class interests through the production of skilled labour power which supports capitalist restructuring. In this study, I will examine policy documents reflecting and or influencing higher education policy in Ontario from 19872010, in order to discover how neo-liberalism has influenced university education. Furthermore, I seek to understand the role of government and the corporate sector in influencing university education and fueling neo-liberal objectives for capitalist economic restructuring. Additionally, I am interested in gaining an understanding of how neo-liberal principles of privatization, individualism and free market ideology have influenced directions for higher education policy. Lastly, I am interested in gaining insight as to when and how these changes occurred so that I can begin to critically analyze why these changes were implemented and for whose benefit. Using document analysis as a methodological approach, this research examines documents from three categories: 1) Ontario government, 2) corporate sector and 3) critics/academics. After analyzing data, I identified seven key dimensions of neo-liberalism in university education that have influenced policy initiatives over the years: globalization, monitoring and assessment, human capital, strategic investment, educational austerity, programs for profit and corporate influence. Using a neo-Marxist lens, these seven dimensions are discussed along with the larger implications associated with them.
Educational sociology
Education history
Education
Peters, Kayla
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