Higher education students as consumers
A cross-country comparative analysis of students’ views
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11920096 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Achala Gupta (0000-0002-3172-8198, University of Southampton, corresponding author), R Brooks (0000-0002-8692-1673, University of Surrey), Jessie Abrahams (0000-0002-7459-4791, University of Bristol) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 174-191 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7925 • E-ISSN: 1469-3623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057925.2023.2234283 |
| OpenAlex | W4384927694 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 22 |
The rapid expansion of neo-liberal regimes has effectively transformed how students – their role and purpose – are understood in society. Scholars, especially in the Anglophone North, have shown how dominant policy narratives tend to position students as consumers. More recent studies have begun to explore students’ views of this construction. However, much of this work focuses on a particular country; thus, how students’ opinions may vary across contexts remains largely underexamined. Redressing this gap, this article explores students’ perspectives on being constructed as consumers in Denmark, England, and Spain. It discusses similarities and differences across and within these countries. The paper shows that most students find this construction profoundly problematic and counter to the ideals of education as a public good. Yet, different, often contrasting, themes from students’ narratives signify the relevance of the funding regime and the level of stratification within HE sectors in shaping students’ understanding of consumerist discourse across Europe
Cross country · Demographic economics · Economics · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Psychology
Practising in an evaluative culture
Students as (More Than) Consumers? An Exploration of Undergraduates' Discourses and Practices in Marketised Higher Education
From hosting to regional engagement
Motivation and Academic Success in Tertiary Education
Transformational accounts of students’ undergraduate education are evoked by their engagement with knowledge
The hyper-commodification of higher education in England in cross-nationally comparative perspective
Personal extenuating circumstances processes in higher education
Hidden curriculum barriers hindering graduate student success
A Transactional Or A Relational Contract? The Student Consumer, Social Participation And Alumni Donations In Higher Education
Student Engagement and the Role of Technology
Prestige Fetishism in the Academy
Holding on' in a crisis
Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education
The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers
Transatlantic moves to the market
Having, being and higher education
Students’ views about the purpose of higher education
Paying the piper
Higher education students’ aspirations for their post-university lives
Students
The construction of higher education students within national policy
Absence of the academic from higher education policy
Student perceptions of themselves as ‘consumers’ of higher education
Brief History of Neoliberalism
The de-Europeanization of the university under the Bologna Process
Her majesty the student
Neoliberalism in Higher Education
European Higher Education Students
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |