Revisiting market-oriented higher education and academic capitalism

Carla Sá and Alberto Amaral

Chapter 23 in Handbook on Higher Education Management and Governance, 2023, pp 340-358 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The world is moving away from a pure Mertonian formulation considering science as open, communal, universal, disinterested and characterized by a sceptical habit of mind, which included a vision of knowledge as being free, universal and non-commercial. The development of academic capitalism places institutions under pressure to produce research that has direct relevance for economic competitiveness. The products of research are being privatized and patents protect its monopolistic use by companies, inhibiting the free circulation and public use of scientific findings. Academics are becoming less free to decide on the themes of their research while education is being restricted by the satisfaction of the needs of the labour market, needs that are made visible as learning outcomes.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Education; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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