Universities in Crisis:A Public Sociology Perspective

Koc University, Istanbul, January 4, 2011

Michael Burawoy

UNIVERSITIES IN CRISIS

• Blog: http://www.isa-sociology.org/universities-in-crisis/

• Third Wave Marketization– Privatization of Universities– State Regulation

UNIVERSITIES IN CRISIS

• Blog: http://www.isa-sociology.org/universities-in-crisis/

• Third Wave Marketization– Privatization of Universities– State Regulation

• Erosion of Autonomy

• Global Hierarchy

Market Model: California• Decline in State Funding

– Lay-offs: Non-Academic Staff

– Reduction of faculty Salaries

– Increase Student Fees

• Privatization – Corporate Donors

– Science-Industry Collaborations

– Managerialism

• Degradation of Education– Temporary Faculty

– Talk: Distance learning, Shorter Degree

– Disciplines Threatened

• Hierarchization

Regulation Model: Britain

• Making Universities Efficient

• Research Assessment Exercise

• Planned Targets – Shorter time horizons

• Impact Factors

• Competition among Universities

• Sovietization of Higher Education

BASIC QUESTIONS

•Knowlege for Whom?

•Knowledge for What?

Knowledge for Whom?

• Academic Audience

• Extra-Academic Audience

Knowledge for What?

• Instrumental Knowledge (Pursuit of means)

• Reflexive Knowledge (Discussion of ends)

Academic

Audience

Extra-Academic Audience

Instrumental

Knowledge

Reflexive

Knowledge

Division of Academic Labor

Academic

Audience

Extra-Academic Audience

Instrumental

Knowledge

POLICY

Reflexive

Knowledge

Division of Academic Labor

Academic

Audience

Extra-Academic Audience

Instrumental

Knowledge

PROFESSIONAL POLICY

Reflexive

Knowledge

Division of Academic Labor

Academic

Audience

Extra-Academic Audience

Instrumental

Knowledge

PROFESSIONAL POLICY

Reflexive

Knowledge

CRITICAL

Division of Academic Labor

Academic

Audience

Extra-Academic Audience

Instrumental

Knowledge

PROFESSIONAL POLICY

Reflexive

Knowledge

CRITICAL PUBLIC

Division of Academic Labor

Audience

Knowledge

Academic Extra-Academic

Instrumental PROFESSIONAL POLICY

Reflexive CRITICAL PUBLIC

ELABORATIONS

•Types of Knowledge•Trajectories•Disciplines•Interdependence•Pathologies•Domination

THEORIZING CONTEXT

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CRITICAL

POLICY

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TRADITIONAL

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Policy

Public

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ORGANIC

ADVOCACY

TRADITIONAL

SPONSORED

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Policy

Public

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ORGANIC

SUBSTANTIVE ADVOCACY

TRADITIONAL

SPONSOREDFORMAL

ProfessionalCritical

Policy

Public

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ORGANIC

SUBSTANTIVE ADVOCACY

TRADITIONALDISCIPLINARY

SPONSOREDFORMAL

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Policy

Public

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ORGANIC

SUBSTANTIVE ADVOCACY

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Policy

Public

GLOBAL CONTEXT

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GLOBAL

FORMAL

ORGANIC

LOCAL

PROFESSIONAL

PUBLIC

SUBSTANTIVE

TRADITIO

NAL

GLOBAL

FORMAL

ORGANIC

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