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Why might students in different countries have contrasting views of higher education? Do they?

Why might students in different countries have contrasting views of higher education? Do they?. Richard Budd, Graduate School of Education University of Bristol. (Global) Change in Higher Education. Pressure: ideology, student numbers, economic situation;

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Why might students in different countries have contrasting views of higher education? Do they?

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  1. Why might students in different countries have contrasting views of higher education? Do they? Richard Budd, Graduate School of Education University of Bristol

  2. (Global) Change in Higher Education • Pressure: ideology, student numbers, economic situation; • ‘Academic capitalism’ in a ‘knowledge economy’; • Competition, rankings; • Research agenda; • Private knowledge- publication and tuition fees;

  3. Student as Consumer • Increased student passivity; • Loss of responsibility for learning; • Marketed to; • Democratisation and/or customer satisfaction? • Loss of intellectual challenge?

  4. Interdependent, Overlapping, Porous Levels • ‘Glonalo’ • Regional • Individual • Porosity • Global…European…Germany and England…’Feuerbachstadt’ and ‘Milltown’.

  5. Cases • Feuerbach Universität and Mill University • Founded: 1960s/70s • Type: Technical research-intensive • Size: 15,000+ • Location: Regional Town • Fees: €250 (admin), £3000 (tuition) • Ranking: ‘Low’, High • Entry: Open, High • Recruitment: Local/National/International, National/International

  6. Sample: 15 Undergraduates • 6 German, age 22-25, local: 3 • Year 1: 1…Year 3/4: 5; • School: vocational: 3…academic: 3; • Immigrant backgrounds: 2; • Graduate parents: 3; • 7 English, age: 19-23, local: 0 • Year 1: 5, Year 4: 2; • School: academic: 7; • Immigrant backgrounds: 2; • Graduate parents: 8

  7. Why did you decide to go to university? • Knowledge • Employment • Parents • A ‘natural progression’ • Uneven pre-university information

  8. How did you choose your university? • Choice of University: • Entry…locality…degree…accidental…rankings; • On Rankings: • Well-informed and accepting; • Unfamiliar and dismissive; • Labour Market Influence

  9. On Tuition Fees • Rationales for fees; • University as an investment; • Advantages of Fees; • Passivity? • Disadvantages and hostility; • Unemployment; • Influence of fees on the participants.

  10. Conclusions • Global Trends…but contrasting national and local contexts; • Personal histories very important. • Similar reasons for study; • Differences in: • rationales for university choice and views of rankings; • perceptions of the labour market; • attitudes to tuition fees.

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