Neoliberalism, Globalization, and the American Universities in Eastern Europe: Tensions and Possibilities in ‘Exported’ Higher Education

Student support in a virtual space : a phenomenological approach to understanding student success

“…As such, the findings of the current study also directly refuted the findings of Walker (2009) and Amthor and Metzger (2011), when discussing the impact of a Western-hemisphere curriculum in the participant's nations. Walker (2009) noted that western curriculum is sometimes viewed as academic capitalism that strikes the tone of growing and creating profit, in lieu of enhancing learning.…”

“…Amthor and Metzger (2011) mention that in the case of globalized higher education institutions making their way into Eastern Europe, "students will be educated in dominant neoliberal contexts, internalize the dominant discourses, maximize individual gain at the expense of civic engagement, and in turn participate (willingly or unwittingly) in reproducing the structure" (p. 74). Even though this could be seen as a deleterious effect of globalization, there is evidence to suggest that institutions and their nations may not always see it as such.…”

The neoliberal turn in Higher Education

“…In addition to new public management (often, as by Marginson, written with ‘scare capitals’ as New Public Management) and performativity, these terms or discourses include academic capitalism, colonialism (e.g., Stein & Oliveira Andreotti, ), entrepreneurialism (e.g., Steenkamp, ), globalisation (e.g., Amthor & Metzger, ), internationalisation (e.g., Chang, ), managerialism (e.g., Shepherd, ), marketisation, massification and privatisation.…”

Transnational turn and national models of higher education - The case of Finland

“…Higher education systems are linked to transnational markets of higher education; funding is increasingly -transnationally competed and the mode of organising higher education follows increasingly international patterns. Higher education is increasingly a commodity and it is sold and bought across nation states (Amthor & Metzger, 2011).…”