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Framing educational policy discourse in neoliberal contexts: debates around the public university in a Chilean newspaper.
- Source :
- Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management; Dec2020, Vol. 42 Issue 6, p634-649, 16p, 1 Diagram
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- This article discusses the role of the media and academic experts in the configuration of educational policy in a neoliberal context. The analysis is based on the discourse on the public/private divide in higher education scrutinising the opinion columns of El Mercurio, a major Chilean newspaper. The authors identify the discursive disappearance of the public university and the reappearance of the 'public' dimension connected to the private sector. The discourse of a 'diverse and mixed' system is accomplished by two discursive devices: (a) Reference to (selected) global trends and (b) Scientific expertise in higher education. The economic and discursive power of El Mercurio enhances the discourses of opinion columnists on the public/private divide. As a result, the concept of the public takes a hybrid turn, detaching itself from the State as its exclusive owner and connecting it to the market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1360080X
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Higher Education Policy & Management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 147383127
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1360080X.2019.1687267