The New Institutionalism in Education brings together leading academics to explore the ongoing changes in K-12 and higher education in both the United States and abroad. The contributors show that current educational trends--including the increased globalization of education, the growing emphasis on educational markets and school choice, the rise of accountability systems, and the persistent influence of business groups like textbook manufacturers and test makers on educational policy--can best be understood when observed through an institutional lens. Because schools and universities are...
The New Institutionalism in Education brings together leading academics to explore the ongoing changes in K-12 and higher education in both the United...
*How should education be organized in pluralistic and multicultural societies? *What are the roles in education of civil society, markets, governments, and the family? *How can the idea of the civil society help to reorient education policy discussions that are sometimes stuck in either-or juxtapositions of "market versus government" or "individualism versus communitarianism?" *What are some of the traditions of civil society--across countries and across history--that educators and policymakers today can revive or build on? These questions are at the center of this book. Its...
*How should education be organized in pluralistic and multicultural societies? *What are the roles in education of civil society, markets, governm...
The purpose of this volume is to help jump-start an urgently needed conversation about fairness and justice in access to higher education to counteract the ubiquitous mantras of neoliberal globalization and managerialism. The book seeks to carve out a strong moral and normative basis for opposing mainstream developments that engender increasing inequality and market-dependency in higher education. The books chapters consider how different national communities channel access to higher education, what their "implicit social contracts" are, and what outcomes are produced by different policies...
The purpose of this volume is to help jump-start an urgently needed conversation about fairness and justice in access to higher education to count...
The purpose of this volume is to help jump-start an urgently needed conversation about fairness and justice in access to higher education to counteract the ubiquitous mantras of neoliberal globalization and managerialism. The book seeks to carve out a strong moral and normative basis for opposing mainstream developments that engender increasing inequality and market-dependency in higher education. The books chapters consider how different national communities channel access to higher education, what their "implicit social contracts" are, and what outcomes are produced by different policies...
The purpose of this volume is to help jump-start an urgently needed conversation about fairness and justice in access to higher education to count...
