Higher Education and Public Good: Higher Education and Public Good
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...In this context, the public good is represented as the sum of the private benefits as well as the external effects of HE on society and the economy (Marginson, 2011, p. 413)....
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...There is evidence of renewed interest in exploring the balance between HE as a private and public good by both academics (Fisher, 2006; Marginson, 2011) and policy makers (see the British Government’s Higher Ambitions (2009) and Students at the Heart of the System (2011))....
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...Increasingly students after they finish their courses will have multiple jobs due to a reliance on project-based work (Marginson, 2011)....
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...Third, public/private is understood variously in social science, from economics to differing strands in political and communications theory (Marginson 2007, 2011, 2013a)....
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...Even in resourcerich contexts, there are global dynamics that act against the promotion of the public good (Marginson 2011), including privatisation of public sectors, growth of for-profit institutions and pressures of international rankings to prioritise elite research over local engagements....
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...Marginson (2011) argues that universities have multiple roles, of which responding to the market (student and economic demand) is just one....
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...Increasingly, higher education is being redefined solely in terms of economic growth with little regard for the social or cultural benefits that have traditionally been associated with the role of the liberal comprehensive university (Marginson, 2011)....
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