Unfolding the meaning of public(s) in universities: toward the transformative university

Drawing upon perspectives from diverse disciplines, this paper critically examines some taken-for-granted definitions about what is understood by 'public' and its relation to universities. It highlights the need to uncover assumptions and value orientations that are at the basis of these d...

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Published in:Higher education 2016-05, Vol.71 (5), p.667-679
Main Author: Guzman-Valenzuela, Carolina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambiguity (Semantics)
Aufgabe
College Role
College students
Colleges & universities
Cultural Influences
Definitions
Education
Educational aspects
Educational Change
Educational Objectives
Educational Policy
Educational research
Equality
Funding
Gegenwart
Higher Education
Hochschule
Idee
Ideology
Neoliberalism
Pedagogy
Private Colleges
Private colleges & universities
Private schools
Privatization
Public Colleges
Public goods
Public sphere
Public universities and colleges
Social aspects
Staat
State colleges
State universities
Universities
Value orientations
Values
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Summary:Drawing upon perspectives from diverse disciplines, this paper critically examines some taken-for-granted definitions about what is understood by 'public' and its relation to universities. It highlights the need to uncover assumptions and value orientations that are at the basis of these definitions and that tend to guide both conceptualizations and practices about the public role of the universities. It is argued that under neoliberal regimes, the public university takes on private aspects and the private university may even take on public aspects: Universities are here characteristically becoming hybrids. Despite these overlapping patterns, absences are discerned both in the idea and in the practices of public universities. The idea of the transformative university is proposed to help to remedy these deficiencies. (HRK / Abstract übernommen).
ISSN:0018-1560
1573-174X
DOI:10.1007/s10734-015-9929-z