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Ideologies shaping university competition
Authors: Alajoutsijarvi, Kimmo; Kettunen, Kerttu; Pinheiro, Romulo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publishing place: ABINGDON
Publication year: 2024
Journal: Studies in Higher Education
Journal name in source: STUDIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Journal acronym: STUD HIGH EDUC
Volume: 49
Issue: 10
First page : 1710
Last page: 1719
Number of pages: 10
ISSN: 0307-5079
eISSN: 1470-174X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2397048
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2397048
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/457883945
This conceptual study explores the dominant ideologies influencing the economic governance of higher education (HE) and shaping competition within the sector and among universities. It delineates and contrasts four key ideological positions - neoliberalism, managerialism, shareholderism, and stakeholderism - and outlines four corresponding types of university competition: signaling, intraorganizational, interorganizational, and priority competition. The paper contributes to the discourse on university competition as a macro trend in HE by examining its ideological underpinnings. Notably, it observes that real-life outcomes often diverge from the idealized visions these ideologies promote. The study concludes by illustrating how these four types of competition coexist in HE and discussing how shifts in coordination or decision-making mechanisms can influence which ideology gains prominence in shaping competition.
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