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Competition and Teaching in the Research University: Are These Incompatible Values?

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Title: Competition and Teaching in the Research University: Are These Incompatible Values?
Language: English
Authors: Ana M. Martínez-Alemán
Source: Higher Education Forum. 2025 22:1-15.
Availability: Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University. 1-2-2 Kagamiyama, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima City, Japan 739-8512. Tel: +81-82-424-6240; Fax: +81-82-422-7104; e-mail: k-kokyo@office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp; Web site: https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/journals/HighEduForum
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 15
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Competition, Research Universities, Institutional Mission, Productivity, Research, Neoliberalism, Higher Education, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Educational Quality, Guidelines, Teaching Load, Teaching Skills, Social Responsibility
ISSN: 2432-9614
Abstract: This paper argues that the infiltration of market forces and neoliberal policies into higher education has significantly undermined the core teaching mission of universities, leading to a devaluation of teaching, an overemphasis on research productivity, and a reliance on contingent faculty that ultimately compromises the quality of education and the public good. A framework to retrieve teaching as a relational act is offered as an imperative for universities and the academic community.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1479163
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This paper argues that the infiltration of market forces and neoliberal policies into higher education has significantly undermined the core teaching mission of universities, leading to a devaluation of teaching, an overemphasis on research productivity, and a reliance on contingent faculty that ultimately compromises the quality of education and the public good. A framework to retrieve teaching as a relational act is offered as an imperative for universities and the academic community.
ISSN:2432-9614