Rating and rankings in higher education

• Verfasst von: Thiel, Jonas [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Rating and rankings in higher education
• Titelzusatz: a new-materialist exploration of how they control society
• Verf.angabe: Jonas Thiel
• Ausgabe: First Edition
• Verlagsort: New York
• Verlag: Routledge
• Jahr: 2022
• Umfang: ix, 149 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Concepts for Critical Psychology
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-367-41705-5
• ISBN: 978-0-367-41754-3
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Thiel, Jonas: Rating and rankings in higher education. - New York : Routledge, 2022 |(DLC)2022005702
• K10plus-PPN: 1800421028

Abstract

Introduction -- Conceptual Foundations: Karen Barad's Agential Realism -- Ratings and Rankings as Apparatuses -- The NSS as a Disciplinary and Neo-Liberal Hybrid -- Divide and Rule: The NSS as an Antagonistic Governmentality -- Governmental Apparatuses of Bodily Production -- Conclusion - Solidarity, Accelerationism and Utopia.

Abstract

"This important work critically investigates the use of rating and ranking systems in higher education, to show how they govern the academic population through the creation of competition and antagonism. Engaging with current debates around 'value', tuition fees, and the role of higher education in society, this is fascinating reading for advanced students and academics in psychology, education, sociology, and philosophy"--