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The attack on education as a social right
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 08:27 authored by John Holmwood, Gurminder BhambraGurminder BhambraThe essay addresses recent government proposals for higher education in England. It argues that they represent a neoliberal attack on the idea of public higher education. Where public higher education had previously been widely accepted as a social right and a condition of liberal citizenship, higher education is now to be understood as a private responsibility, an investment in human capital necessary to secure positional advantage in a deeply unequal society.
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
South Atlantic QuarterlyISSN
0038-2876Publisher
Duke University PressExternal DOI
Issue
2Volume
111Page range
392-401Department affiliated with
- Geography Publications
Full text available
- No
Peer reviewed?
- Yes