Transformation of university education. From the principle of reason to the principle of the market Cover Image

Transformacja kształcenia uniwersyteckiego. Od zasady rozumu do zasady rynku
Transformation of university education. From the principle of reason to the principle of the market

Author(s): Andrzej Boczkowski
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: idea of university; entrepreneurial university; quality of higher education; marketisation of universities

Summary/Abstract: Some ideological trends in higher education global discourse, and practical changes in higher educationinstitutions that occur in countries participating in Bologna process, are leading to decreasingthe quality of teaching and learning in many fields of university studies. In this paper an attemptis made to characterize the quality of higher education as a subjective or inter-subjective constructreferring to the effectiveness and usefulness of the educational process. Also, some aspects of themarketisation of universities (in particular some of its underlying reasons and consequences) arediscussed in the last part of the paper.

  • Issue Year: 65/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 59-74
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish