Tomicic, A;
(2019)
American dream, Humboldtian nightmare: Reflections on the remodelled values of a neoliberalized academia.
Policy Futures in Education
, 17
(8)
pp. 1057-1077.
10.1177/1478210319834825.
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Abstract
While universities now lie between two philosophical poles – idealism and utilitarianism – the Humboldtian ideal primarily serves to give a humanist glaze to a technocratic discourse. Regardless of its autonomy on paper, the University does not control its finances. This guise of autonomy has set a double authoritarian heteronomy of the university: from increased administrative supervision and from market control. While the current debate is strongly permeated by the idea that we should simultaneously compete with and copy the model of elite US universities, this article presents reflections on how detached from Humboldtian ideals we now are, explores the consequences of that transformational logic and encourages debate through critical distance.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | American dream, Humboldtian nightmare: Reflections on the remodelled values of a neoliberalized academia |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1478210319834825 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1478210319834825 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Higher education, research, audit, reforms, neoliberalization, Bologna system |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10071913 |
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