University as a company? Critical discourse analysis concerning discussion on higher education reform in Poland (2008-2013). Cover Image

Czy uniwersytet to już firma? Krytyczna analiza dyskursu na temat reformy szkolnictwa wyższego w Polsce w latach 2008-2013
University as a company? Critical discourse analysis concerning discussion on higher education reform in Poland (2008-2013).

Author(s): Krzysztof Gubański
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Education, Public Administration, Sociology, Higher Education , State/Government and Education, Social development, Management and complex organizations, Sociology of the arts, business, education, Sociology of Politics, Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: higher education reform; crisis of the academia; changes in the academia; sociology of science and higher education; critical discourse analysis;

Summary/Abstract: This paper is an analysis of professional academic discussion on reform of higher education, which was implemented in 2011. It describes how the crisis of the Polish academia was defined and what solutions were proposed. It is also an attempt to show how ministry of science tried to delegitimize academic’s right to self-diagnosis and discussion. I claim, that reform was a fulfillment of New Public Management paradigm, that results in two phenomenon. Firstly, reform was attractive for young scholars and gave them promise of emancipation. Secondly, solutions of the reform are derived from general position of Polish economics as global periphery.

  • Issue Year: 28/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 179-195
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish