An Historical Analysis of the Influence of Neo-liberalism on Post-Secondary Education in Ontario: 1987-2010
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Laurentian University: Canada
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
: 2013
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
130 Pages
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
M.A.
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
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.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Educational sociology
موضوع مستند نشده
Education history
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
Education
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