Public/private in higher education: A synthesis of economic and political approaches
No. 2(48) (2016), Wprowadzenie
No. 2(48) (2016)

Public/private in higher education: A synthesis of economic and political approaches

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https://doi.org/10.14746/nisw.2016.2.1
Published 2016-12-15
Simon Marginson
profesor badań nad szkolnictwem wyższym. Zanim w październiku 2013 r. rozpoczął pracę w Institute of Education University College London, przez długie lata był związany z University of Melbourne w Australii. W swoich badaniach, w których obficie czerpie z dorobku badań społecznych i filozofii politycznej, skupiony jest przede wszystkim na polityce wobec sektora szkolnictwa wyższego, jak również systemach i instytucjach szkolnictwa wyższego. Większość jego projektów ma charakter międzynarodowy i porównawczy. W ostatnich latach zajmował się głównie problematyką globalizacji w szkolnictwie wyższym, rynków w szkolnictwie wyższym, globalnych rankingów uniwersytetów, dóbr publicznych czy problemami dynamicznego rozwoju szkolnictwa wyższego w Azji Wschodniej. W 2014 r. wygłosił serię prestiżowych wykładów o szkolnictwie wyższym w cyklu „Clark Kerr lectures”, które organizowane są co dwa lata w systemie Uniwersytetu Kalifornijskiego. Jest autorem takich książek, jak: Markets in Education (1997), The Enterprise University (2000), International Student Security (2010), Global Creation (2010), Ideas for Intercultural Education (2011), Higher Education and the Common Good (2016), a także współautorem Handbook on Globalization and Higher Education (2011). Pełni funkcję współredaktora naczelnego (razem z Jussi Valimaa) czasopisma naukowego „Higher Education”.
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role of higher education
equality
neoliberalism
public policy
education market

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Marginson, S. (2016). Public/private in higher education: A synthesis of economic and political approaches. Nauka I Szkolnictwo Wyższe, 48(2(48), 17–40. https://doi.org/10.14746/nisw.2016.2.1
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The public/private distinction is central to higher education but there is no consensus on ‘public.’ In neo-classical economic theory, Samuelson distinguishes non-market goods (public) that cannot be produced for profit, from market-based activity (private). This provides a basis for identifying the minimum necessary public expenditure, but does not effectively encompass collective goods, or normative elements. In political theory ‘public’ is often understood as state ownership and/ or control. Dewey regards social transactions as ‘public’ when they have relational consequences for persons other than those directly engaged, and so become matters of state concern. This is more inclusive than Samuelson but without limit on costs. Neither definition is wholly satisfactory, each offers something, and each can be used to critically interrogate the other. The article synthesizes the two approaches, applying the resulting analytical framework with four quadrants (civil society, social democracy, state quasi-market and commercial market) to higher education and research.

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