Universities in Crisis
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Universities in Crisis: A Public Sociology Perspective Michael Burawoy Koc University, Istanbul, January 4, 2011 UNIVERSITIES IN CRISIS • Blog: http://www.isasociology.org/universities-in-crisis/ • Third Wave Marketization – Privatization of Universities – State Regulation UNIVERSITIES IN CRISIS • Blog: http://www.isasociology.org/universities-in-crisis/ • Third Wave Marketization – Privatization of Universities – State Regulation • Erosion of Autonomy • Global Hierarchy Market Model: California • Decline in State Funding – Lay-offs: Non-Academic Staff – Reduction of faculty Salaries – Increase Student Fees • Privatization – Corporate Donors – Science-Industry Collaborations – Managerialism • Degradation of Education – Temporary Faculty – Talk: Distance learning, Shorter Degree – Disciplines Threatened • Hierarchization Regulation Model: Britain • • • • • • Making Universities Efficient Research Assessment Exercise Planned Targets – Shorter time horizons Impact Factors Competition among Universities Sovietization of Higher Education BASIC QUESTIONS • Knowlege for Whom? • Knowledge for What? Knowledge for Whom? • Academic Audience • Extra-Academic Audience Knowledge for What? • Instrumental Knowledge (Pursuit of means) • Reflexive Knowledge (Discussion of ends) Division of Academic Labor Academic Audience Instrumental Knowledge Reflexive Knowledge Extra-Academic Audience Division of Academic Labor Academic Audience Instrumental Knowledge Reflexive Knowledge Extra-Academic Audience POLICY Division of Academic Labor Academic Audience Instrumental PROFESSIONAL Knowledge Reflexive Knowledge Extra-Academic Audience POLICY Division of Academic Labor Academic Audience Instrumental PROFESSIONAL Knowledge Reflexive Knowledge CRITICAL Extra-Academic Audience POLICY Division of Academic Labor Academic Audience Extra-Academic Audience Instrumental PROFESSIONAL Knowledge POLICY Reflexive Knowledge PUBLIC CRITICAL ELABORATIONS Audience Academic Extra-Academic Knowledge Instrumental PROFESSIONAL POLICY Reflexive CRITICAL •Types of Knowledge •Trajectories •Disciplines •Interdependence •Pathologies •Domination PUBLIC THEORIZING CONTEXT PROFESSIONAL POLICY CRITICAL PUBLIC Professional Critical Policy h Public TRADITIONAL ADVOCACY Professional Critical Policy h Public TRADITIONAL SUBSTANTIVE Professional Critical ADVOCACY Policy h Public TRADITIONAL SUBSTANTIVE ADVOCACY Policy h Public DISCIPLINARY TRADITIONAL Professional Critical SUBSTANTIVE ADVOCACY Policy h Public DISCIPLINARY TRADITIONAL Professional Critical GLOBAL CONTEXT GLOBAL PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC LOCAL GLOBAL “Publish Globally, Perish Locally” “Publish Locally, Perish Globally” LOCAL GLOBAL POSTMODERN COMMERCIAL LOCAL PROFESSIONAL POLICY CRITICAL PUBLIC
