The marketisation of English higher education : a policy analysis of a risk-based system /
McCaig, Colin, Dr.,
The marketisation of English higher education : a policy analysis of a risk-based system / by Colin McCaig. - First edition. - 1 online resource - Great debates in higher education . - Great debates in higher education. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Cover; The Marketisation of English Higher Education; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Introduction: The Marketisation of English Higher Education; Structure of the Book; Chapterisation; Neoliberal Differentiation; Marketisation as Part of the Neoliberal Imaginary; A Definition of Neoliberalism in the English HE Context; Approaches to Policy Discourse Analysis; 1. The Genesis of Market Reforms: Efficiency, Accountability and the Celebration of Diversity; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Accountability and Efficiency 1.3. Jarratt and Croham: The business Case for Accountability and Efficiency1.4. The Second Stage of Marketisation: The Coming and Celebration of System Diversity; 1.5. The Abolition of the Binary Divide -- The 1992 Further and Higher Education Act; 1.6. Dearing and the New Labour Government: Diversity with a Differential Purpose; 1.7. Efficiency and Human Capital Maximisation: The Learning Society; 1.8. Dearing, New Labour and the Introduction of Tuition Fees; 1.9. Diversity into the 2000s; 1.10. Summary; 2. From Diversity to Differentiation: The Coming of the Market 2.1. The 2003 White Paper and Higher Education Act 20042.2. The Argument for Reform: Variable Tuition Fees; 2.3. The Limitations of the 2004 HE Act: Differentiation without Competition; 2.4. The Long Road from Differentiation to Competition; 2.5. The Fourth Stage: Student Number Controls and Market-incentivised Differentiation; 2.6. Choice as the New Frontier; 2.7. The Strange Death of Student Number Controls; 2.8. Summary; 3. The Higher Education and Research Act 2017: The Road to Risk and Exit; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Risk for Applicants and Students 3.3. Risk for Institutions: Regulatory Reform3.4. Caveat Emptor: The Buyer Takes on the Risk; 3.5. Developing Discourses: From the Green to White Paper and Act; 3.6. A Risk-based Quality System; 3.7. Summary; 4. Continuity and Discontinuity on the Road to Risk and Exit: Stages of Marketisation in Comparative Policy Analysis; 4.1. Analysis: The Five Stages of Marketisation; Stage 1 (1986-1992); Key Discursive Elements; Summary; Stage 2 (1992-2000); Key Discursive Elements; Summary; Stage 3 (2000-2010); Key Discursive Elements; Summary; Stage 4 (2010-2015); Key Discursive Elements; Summary Stage 5 (2015- )Key Discursive Elements; Summary; 4.2. Discussion: Continuities, Discontinuities and Reimaginings in Marketisation Discourses; 4.2.1. Centralisation versus Autonomy; 4.2.2. Efficiency in Public Services/Individual Return on Investment; 4.2.3. Funding Mode; 4.2.4. New Sources of Income; 4.2.5. Human Capital; 4.2.6. Widening Participation -- Diversity as a Good; 4.2.7. Quality; 4.2.8. Tuition Fees; 4.2.9. Opening Up the Market and Choice for Applicants; 4.3. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
This book traces the development of a fully marketised higher education system in England over a 30-year period, and identifies five distinct stages of market reforms culminating in the Higher Education and Research Act. It employs a critical policy discourse analysis and addresses several key aspects of the current higher education landscape.
9781787438569 (electronic bk.) 1787438562 (electronic bk.) 9781787439948 1787439941
9781787439948 Emerald Publishing
GBB8J1863 bnb
019083480 Uk
Education, Higher--Great Britain.
Enseignement supérieur--Grande-Bretagne.
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
Universities.
Educational strategies & policy.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education, Higher.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
LB2341.93.G7
378.1060941
378
The marketisation of English higher education : a policy analysis of a risk-based system / by Colin McCaig. - First edition. - 1 online resource - Great debates in higher education . - Great debates in higher education. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Cover; The Marketisation of English Higher Education; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Introduction: The Marketisation of English Higher Education; Structure of the Book; Chapterisation; Neoliberal Differentiation; Marketisation as Part of the Neoliberal Imaginary; A Definition of Neoliberalism in the English HE Context; Approaches to Policy Discourse Analysis; 1. The Genesis of Market Reforms: Efficiency, Accountability and the Celebration of Diversity; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Accountability and Efficiency 1.3. Jarratt and Croham: The business Case for Accountability and Efficiency1.4. The Second Stage of Marketisation: The Coming and Celebration of System Diversity; 1.5. The Abolition of the Binary Divide -- The 1992 Further and Higher Education Act; 1.6. Dearing and the New Labour Government: Diversity with a Differential Purpose; 1.7. Efficiency and Human Capital Maximisation: The Learning Society; 1.8. Dearing, New Labour and the Introduction of Tuition Fees; 1.9. Diversity into the 2000s; 1.10. Summary; 2. From Diversity to Differentiation: The Coming of the Market 2.1. The 2003 White Paper and Higher Education Act 20042.2. The Argument for Reform: Variable Tuition Fees; 2.3. The Limitations of the 2004 HE Act: Differentiation without Competition; 2.4. The Long Road from Differentiation to Competition; 2.5. The Fourth Stage: Student Number Controls and Market-incentivised Differentiation; 2.6. Choice as the New Frontier; 2.7. The Strange Death of Student Number Controls; 2.8. Summary; 3. The Higher Education and Research Act 2017: The Road to Risk and Exit; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Risk for Applicants and Students 3.3. Risk for Institutions: Regulatory Reform3.4. Caveat Emptor: The Buyer Takes on the Risk; 3.5. Developing Discourses: From the Green to White Paper and Act; 3.6. A Risk-based Quality System; 3.7. Summary; 4. Continuity and Discontinuity on the Road to Risk and Exit: Stages of Marketisation in Comparative Policy Analysis; 4.1. Analysis: The Five Stages of Marketisation; Stage 1 (1986-1992); Key Discursive Elements; Summary; Stage 2 (1992-2000); Key Discursive Elements; Summary; Stage 3 (2000-2010); Key Discursive Elements; Summary; Stage 4 (2010-2015); Key Discursive Elements; Summary Stage 5 (2015- )Key Discursive Elements; Summary; 4.2. Discussion: Continuities, Discontinuities and Reimaginings in Marketisation Discourses; 4.2.1. Centralisation versus Autonomy; 4.2.2. Efficiency in Public Services/Individual Return on Investment; 4.2.3. Funding Mode; 4.2.4. New Sources of Income; 4.2.5. Human Capital; 4.2.6. Widening Participation -- Diversity as a Good; 4.2.7. Quality; 4.2.8. Tuition Fees; 4.2.9. Opening Up the Market and Choice for Applicants; 4.3. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
This book traces the development of a fully marketised higher education system in England over a 30-year period, and identifies five distinct stages of market reforms culminating in the Higher Education and Research Act. It employs a critical policy discourse analysis and addresses several key aspects of the current higher education landscape.
9781787438569 (electronic bk.) 1787438562 (electronic bk.) 9781787439948 1787439941
9781787439948 Emerald Publishing
GBB8J1863 bnb
019083480 Uk
Education, Higher--Great Britain.
Enseignement supérieur--Grande-Bretagne.
Higher & further education, tertiary education.
Universities.
Educational strategies & policy.
EDUCATION--Higher.
Education, Higher.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
LB2341.93.G7
378.1060941
378