Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-158) and index
Rethinking the changing landscape of higher education -- Higher education and critical pedagogy: A path forward -- Confronting the quality agenda: A case study -- Legitimising the quality agenda: Evolution and the politics of normalization -- The changing politics of governance in higher education under neoliberalism -- Rethinking higher education beyond the neoliberal paradigm -- Critical pedagogy in the age of multiple pandemics / co authored with Henry A. Giroux -- Conclusion: Why higher education policy, pedagogy, and research should not be neutral: Reclaiming higher education as a public good
Building on Ourania Filippakou's previous work on higher education in the fields of governance, neoliberalism, university entrepreneurialism and marketization, institutional and social stratification, Rethinking Higher Education and the Crisis of Legitimation in Europe contributes to the debate on higher education from a critical policy perspective. Introducing new ideas on the relationships between the alleged pursuit of excellence in higher education and the ways in which both deploys and reflects how power is wielded in Europe and other neoliberal capitalist societies. The term "legitimation" is here coined to emphasize how new coercive strategies, political decisions, and management styles have emerged in the age of excellence in higher education. The book concludes with a more personal reflection on the neutrality of higher education and its illusory promises.-- Provided by publisher
