LEADER 02880oam 22004814a 450 001 9910504288203321 005 20220215184428.0 010 $a1-928502-28-8 035 $a(CKB)5590000000629675 035 $a(OCoLC)1290479054 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_98765 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6826412 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6826412 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/72582 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000629675 100 $a20210913d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDemocracy and the Discourse on Relevance Within the Academic Profession at Makerere University$eWithin the Academic Profession /$fBy Andrea Kronstad Felde, Tor Halvorsen, Anja Myrtveit & Reidar Oygard 210 $aCape Town$cAfrican Minds$d2021 210 1$aCape Town, South Africa :$cAfrican Minds,$d2021 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource 322 sidor) 311 $a1-928502-27-X 330 $a"Democracy and the Discourse of Relevance is set against the backdrop of the spread of neoliberal ideas and reforms since the 1980s, accepting also that these ideas are rooted in a longer history. It focuses on how neoliberalism has worked to transform the university sector and the academic profession. In particular, it examines how understandings of, and control over, what constitutes relevant knowledge have changed. Taken as a whole, these changes have sought to reorient universities and academics towards economic development in various ways. This includes the installation of strategies for how institutions and academics achieve recognition and status within the academy, the privatisation of educational services and the downgrading of the value of public higher education, as well as a steady shift away from the public funding for universities. Research universities are increasingly adopting a user- and market-oriented model, with an emphasis on meeting corporate demands, the privileging of short-term research, and a strong tendency to view utility, and the potential to sell intellectual property for profit, as primary criteria for determining the relevance of academic knowledge..." 606 $aColleges of higher education$2bicssc 610 $aDemocracy 610 $adiscourse 610 $ahigher education 610 $aknowledge production 615 7$aColleges of higher education 700 $aKronstad Felde$b Andrea$4aut$01073627 702 $aOygard$b Reidar$4aut 702 $aMyrtveit$b Anja$4aut 702 $aHalvorsen$b Tor$4aut 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910504288203321 996 $aDemocracy and the Discourse on Relevance Within the Academic Profession at Makerere University$92569727 997 $aUNINA