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Analysis of the penetration of academic capitalism on the Iranian higher education system by analyzing the country's strategic documents

Ramezani, S. G., Azizi, N. and Shafie, M. (2022) Analysis of the penetration of academic capitalism on the Iranian higher education system by analyzing the country's strategic documents. Journal of Strategy for Culture, 15(57), pp. 166-204.

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Abstract

The present study, as a qualitative study, tries to examine the scope and radius of the influence of academic capitalism in the higher education system of the country by analyzing the superior documents. For this purpose, using qualitative content analysis method and using inductive approach, the textual content of higher education upstream documents as communication strategies was analyzed and the concepts were extracted in the form of open and Axial codes. The results of content analysis of six selected higher education documents and mandatory statements for universities, which are indicative of academic capitalism, were extracted and categorized into twelve main concepts. These concepts include commercialization, commodification, globalization, customer-orientation, Privatization, transparency and accountability, competitiveness and quantification, new public management, internationalization, changing university funding policies, and designing interstitial organizations. By taking attention to paradigm shifts stemming from the knowledge-based economy These findings show that although today market-based reforms in higher education exist throughout the world, But what is currently evolving in the Iranian higher education system is the privatization and commercialization of higher education, which, as a faint copy of the logic of neoliberalism, justifies the view of the profitability of knowledge and academia. Such market-oriented reforms are not only in complete contrast with the principles of religious value in an Islamic society, but even by neglecting some of the considerations of the Iranian-Islamic model in the management of the country's academic institutions, due to the lack of appropriate hardware and software conditions and absence of various infrastructures, it is not compatible with the educational goals of the country.

Item Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Academic capitalism, strategic documents of the country, Iranian-Islamic model, higher education, policy making.
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:	Azizi, Professor Nematollah
Authors:	Ramezani, S. G., Azizi, N., and Shafie, M.
College/School:	College of Social Sciences > School of Education
Research Group:	ELP
Journal Name:	Journal of Strategy for Culture
Journal Abbr.:	JSFC
Publisher:	University of Tehran
ISSN:	2008-3696
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Deposit and Record Details

ID Code:	297693
Depositing User:	Professor Nematollah Azizi
Datestamp:	05 May 2023 10:44
Last Modified:	14 Jul 2023 01:31
Date of acceptance:	9 February 2022
Date of first online publication:	22 July 2022
Date Deposited:	13 July 2023
Data Availability Statement:	No