scholarly journals Academic capitalism and the entrepreneurial university: some perspectives from the Americas

Roteiro ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrícia Somers ◽  
Cory Davis ◽  
Jessica Fry ◽  
Lisa Jasinski ◽  
Elida Lee

Since the Worldwide Financial Crisis of 2008, higher education institutions around the world have been forced to change their financial practices to focus on the bottom line. One such approach is academic capitalism, the heart of which is the entrepreneurial university which views faculty members as producers of capital (not educators), students as consumers (not learners), and business/industry, accreditors, and NGOs as valued business partners. This article defines academic capitalism, reviews the research literature, presents perspectives of academic capitalism in the Americas and discusses the implications of academic capitalism for Latin America. The article ends using anthropophagi to assess what is useful about academic capitalism for Brazil.

Educação ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Evandro Coggo Cristofoletti ◽  
Milena Pavan Serafim

The economic and political changes in the world, from the 1970s, changed the political education of the Public Institutions of Higher Education in the world. The direction of these changes was clear: the university approachedthe market and the company and created interaction mechanisms that did not exist. The article therefore reviews the academic literature that interprets the relationship between university and market/company from two perspectives: approaches that positively position of interactions, exposing their motivations, interests and forms of interaction, especially the notions on Knowledge Economy and Entrepreneurial University; approaches that observe this interaction critically and reflectively, exposing the problems of interaction, its negative aspects and the reflection of the true role of the public university from the perspective of Academic Capitalism.


This chapter explores how activism is positioned within the world and within higher education. Societal expectations of college students are discussed and include the idea that student's mirror the larger world around them. This leads to students' use of technology as a form of activism, and ultimately, how students balance their own independent thinking and their relationships with faculty members. A second perspective presented is how activism looks to college administrators and policy makers, noting that technology-based activism may draw upon a larger collection of students, but may actually result in less disturbance and impact on campus. The chapter concludes with projections as to what activism will look like in the future.


Author(s):  
Gabriela Gerón-Piñón ◽  
Pedro Solana-González ◽  
Daniel Pérez-González ◽  
Sara Trigueros-Preciado

This chapter studies the challenges that higher education institutions (HEIs) in Latin America face for the implementation of information systems (IS), highlighting specific characteristics of the region compared with other parts of the world. The study evidences distinctives of universities in comparison with other type of industries that need to be considered for the implementation of IS. Critical success factors and barriers for IS implementation projects are also recognized through a compilation of the experience of experts who have participated in projects in 14 countries in the region. It is intended that this work research will serve as a reference for institutions that are seeking the implementation of IS, and that it will also serve as guide for interested stakeholders—academics, researchers, administrators, and managers—to start such projects and ensure the understanding of the conditions required that will help them succeed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-417
Author(s):  
Naveen C. Amblee ◽  
Deepak Dhayanithy

Internationalization of higher education is considered to be among the most widely researched as well as one of the most misunderstood topics. In this study, we take a phenomenological approach to better understand what internationalization means to faculty members at a leading business school in India, as the country has emerged as one of the largest providers of management education in the world today. This is important because faculty members are considered to be the key drivers of internationalization at their institutions. We find that internationalization means different things to different faculty members, and that these views are strongly shaped by each faculty member’s unique set of past international experiences. We are able to link these views to De Meyer’s three strategic drivers of globalization/internationalization, and find that for Indian management faculty, the desire to enrich the home base emerges as the dominant driver of internationalization, followed by the desire for global learning. Although not a prominent driver, the desire to leverage India’s unique knowledge base was also evident. We expect that these views will drive the future internationalization endeavors of this and other similar leading Indian business schools.


TEM Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1721-1731
Author(s):  
Andik Asmara ◽  
Ming-Chang Wu

The government in the world through constitution and ministry establish a law to develop and strengthen the economic system; one of the laws regard education and industrialization. The part of education types which is close with industries are vocational schools and universities. Each university is encouraged to enhance collaboration with industry through a lot of effort. However, the crucial component to actuate collaboration in education viewpoint is the provision of the proponent facilities. Qualitative research was conducted through interviews to collect the data, and grounded theory was used to analyze the data. The six months internship, research collaboration on-job training establishes facilitators i.e. a person who facilitates cooperation effectively.


Author(s):  
Nguyen Xuan Phong ◽  
Vo Minh Sang

The cooperation between universities and businesses can bring many benefits for each party as well as for the socio-economic development in general. This relationship is motivated by the needs, capacities, conditions of each entity, and the level of institution constructivism. In Vietnam, although there have been policies of encouragement, the engagement between universities and businesses is still at a limited level due to different reasons. Along with the transition of higher education in the world from first generation universities to third generation universities, with the nature of an open academic environment, with multidimensional and multi-form cooperative exchanges, the model of entrepreneuprial university, or innovation-oriented university, has become popular. This research focuses on identifying the nature and characteristics of the entrepreneuprial university and proposing the development of an entrepreneuprial university model as a solution to promote cooperation between universities and businesses. The research shows that on the one side, an entrepreneuprial university has a need to be more business-oriented in itself to narrow the basin of challenges that exists between the two stakeholders. On the other side, the entrepreneuprial university model brings more trust to business and minimizes investment risks, thus creating more attraction for business to cooperate with universities.


2009 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Fernández

The goal of this article is to analyze two institutional contexts in which academic communities develop their educational activities: the enterprising university and academic capitalism. The methodology of analysis of Higher Education institutions in the world system uses the model developed by the sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein. This analysis focuses on three dimensions: the "consolidation of the world-economy of the academic capitalism" (the transformation of higher education as a commodity), the "de-capitalization of the public university" (the new policies of quasi-market and of financing associated with the "entrepreneurial university") and "geoculture of the system-world of the academic capitalism," linked to the society of the knowledge, managerial ideologies, and intellectual entrepreneurship, but also to counter-hegemonic ideologies that supports the autonomy of the university as a pre-condition for social development.


Author(s):  
Carlos R. Rojas-Garcia ◽  
Arturo Ruiz-Luna

The obligation for students to stay at home and take distance education due to the quarantine has turned virtual learning or e-learning into the most promising tool for safe teaching. Distance education appears to be the answer for the democratization of higher education in Latin America to eradicate poverty and inequality in work and living opportunities, still has to be accomplished. The Covid-19 crisis has forced the world education system to embrace e-learning without be prepared but does this mean a threat or as promise? In this article we explore the question at a point when the pandemic is still raging and definite answers are not yet available, firstly be presenting a framework based on previous research on e-learning in Latin-America, followed by a conversation with an e-learning professional engaged in Africa.


NASPA Journal ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evan J. Norris

Internationalization is a familiar theme in higher education. "Transforming Higher Education: Views from Leaders Around the World" is intended to address what the author characterizes as one of the ironies of higher education: while faculty members are well-internationalized, policymakers tend to focus on the higher education of their own nation. The intended audience, apart from scholars, is those who are or who work with leaders, policy makers, and administrators in higher education organizations around the world. The goal of the book is to demonstrate that despite the differences that exist from nation to nation, higher education faces problems and forces that are remarkably similar throughout the world.


Author(s):  
Lucia Coral Aguirre Munoz ◽  
Juan Carlos Rodríguez Macías ◽  
Joaquín Caso Niebla

ABSTRACTThe qualitative research carried out since 2004 to date at the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, in Mexico, confirms that participation in community development projects helps comprehensive training, human, civic, and disciplinary. Under the light of social problems, such as poverty, violence, addictions, environmental degradation, intolerance, discrimination, racism, the educational shortfalls, deficiencies in health and other emerging needs, it seems that universities can play activities that counteract these trends, and at the same time, they can aware of the problems of the world ,support citizenship learning, and fulfill its social responsibility. By the use of several techniques: as documentary research, interview and focus group, applied on participants such as faculty members , coordinators of social service and communities members there are encouraging partial results. Although, there is a need to take care and correct some deviations. The benefits of social service for learning at higher education degree allow recommending its utilization and enlargement.RESUMENLa investigación cualitativa realizada desde 2004 a la fecha en la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, en México, ha permitido constatar que el participar en proyectos de desarrollo comunitario favorece la formación integral de los universitarios, disciplinar, humana y cívica. A la luz de problemáticas sociales, como la pobreza, la violencia, las adicciones, la degradación ambiental, la intolerancia, la discriminación, el racismo, los rezagos educativos, las carencias en salud y otras necesidades emergentes, las universidades pueden desempeñar actividades que contrarresten estas tendencias al mismo tiempo que formar ciudadanos conscientes de los problemas de su mundo y capaces de actuar de manera comprometida en sus solucio-nes, cumpliendo con su responsabilidad social. Han participado estudiantes, personal académico, coordinadores de programas de servicio social y miembros de la comunidad beneficiada. Las técnicas de recolección de datos han sido la investigación acción, la investigación documental, la entrevista y los grupos de discusión. Los resultados son alentadores, a pesar de hacer patente la necesidad de ciertos ajustes menores. Las bondades de la participación en proyectos de servicio social universitario para el aprendizaje permiten recomendar su utilización y la ampliación de sus alcances. Contacto principal: [email protected]


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