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The Neoliberal University as a Space to Learn/Think/Work in Higher Education
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This article examines the conditions that have given rise to the neoliberal university, along with the conditions of being a subject of such an institution – whether as educator, student, or manager on the shop-floor of the “edufactory.” Where the liberal university was recognized as a space for critical thought, slow contemplation and transformative becoming for both student and university worker, the imperative of the neoliberal university is to continuously increase performance – measurable in ultimately economic terms, imposing a new auditable disciplining, and quickening pace, of learning, thinking and working. We argue that the model of the neoliberal university is unsustainable if left to continue in its current form, and which Covid-19 has done little to decelerate or dismantle. There is an urgent need to resist, rethink, and reclaim the space to learn/think/work.
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Since the 1990s, higher education has shifted toward vocationalism, commercialisation, and marketisation.
“Higher education has shifted toward vocationalism, commercialisation, and marketisation (Troiani and Dutson, 2021, 6-7), with institutions adopting corporate logics of branding, global rankings, performance metrics, and industry partnerships.”
From Purpose before policy: academic integrity, generative AI, and rhetorical stance (2026) · cites this paper as Troiani and Dutson, 2021
In “The Rise of the Neoliberal University,” the paper explicitly describes a shift toward vocational education and the commercialization and marketization of teaching and research. It dates broader changes in higher education to the mid-1960s, however, and does not date this particular shift to the 1990s. The printed citing sentence omits that timing qualifier. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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Metadata
- Authors
- Troiani, I., & Dutson, C.
- Affiliations
- University of Plymouth (GB)
- Royal College of Art (GB)
- Venue
- Architecture and Culture
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2021-01-02
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 5-23
- ISSN
- 2050-7828 (ISSN-L)
- 2050-7836
- OpenAlex
- W3169221787
- Cited by
- 106
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 15
- FWCI
- 22.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Architecture and Culture (publishedVersion)
- Archive of research processes and output produced by RCA (Royal College of Art) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › University Challenges and Reforms
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Governance and Development
- Social Sciences › Education › Critical and Liberation Pedagogy
- Keywords
- neoliberal university, higher education, neoliberalism, performance indicators, disciplining, critical thinking, university employees, student experience, COVID-19 pandemic, resistance to neoliberalism
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