Neither ivory towers nor corporate universities: moving public universities beyond the "mode 2" logic
Ravjee, NAbstract:
This article investigates the tensions in the "mode 2" thesis, which suggests the emergency of new, global trends in the production and dissemination of knowledge. I explain its influence in recent South African higher education policy debates and research practices by referring to competing readings of "mode 2", which have allowed it to feed simultaneously into both liberal and critical discourses on higher education transformation in South Africa. clear tensions emerge from the limitations of "mode 2" in speaking to exisitng inequalities and in informing non-corporate models of institutional transformaltion.
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| Document Title: | Neither ivory towers nor corporate universities: moving public universities beyond the "mode 2" logic |
| Journal: | South African Journal of Higher Education |
| Volume: | 16 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Document Type: | Journal Article (Peer Reviewed) |
| Subject Area: | Institutional Management |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Keywords: | Mode of Delivery, Mode 2 Knowledge Production, Private Higher Education, Public Colleges and Universities |
| File Size: | 176 KB |
| Date Added: | 05 September 2012 |