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Wall, Tony. "Professional identities and commodification in higher education." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2013. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/332948/.

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Higher education in the UK has been moving towards an increasingly demand driven model, encouraged to better serve and grow the economy through becoming more attuned to what the marketplace needs and wants, and then supplying educational commodities that better meet these demands. New educational commodities have emerged to replace lost income, such as the university accreditation of learning associated with training courses delivered by commercial training organisations. This involves university academics reconceptualising training activity into academic content and then enabling professional

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Bravenboer, Darryll. "Commodification and the official discourse of higher education." Thesis, UCL Institute of Education (IOE), 2009. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/6406/.

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The commodification of higher education has been described, within the philosophical and sociological literature, in opposition to, or in alliance with principled perspectives about the nature, purpose or value of 'higher education': for example, as that which is intrinsically valuable, a social good, a democratic requirement or an individual entitlement. This thesis argues that such approaches are relatively unproductive in providing descriptions that can inform higher education practice. Rather, it is argued, they largely seem to operate to reproduce the principled perspectives with which th

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Blythe, Mark. "Resistance to commodification in further education : a case study." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.360873.

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Walker, Patricia. "The commodification of British higher education : international student curriculum initiatives." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364098.

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Tolofari, Sowaribi Victor. "The commodification of higher education in the welfare state of Sweden exploring the possibilities /." Thesis, Connect to e-thesis, 2008. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/485/.

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Weitzel, Lia. "The Cuban ‘Yes, I Can’ adult literacy campaign in Aboriginal Australia: An alternative to commodified education." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/15725.

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This thesis focuses on the implementation of the Cuban ‘Yes, I Can’ adult literacy campaign in Indigenous Australian communities in north west New South Wales (NSW). This thesis examines the interplay between empowerment, disempowerment and commodification in education in Australia in order to assess what new elements the Cuban ‘Yes, I Can’ adult literacy campaign has brought to the education of Indigenous Australians. In doing so, this thesis has considered why and how the Cuban approach to education is fundamentally different to the Australian approach and whether or not the Cuban approach i

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Biberhofer, Petra. "The economization of education and the implications of the quasi-commodification of knowledge on higher education for sustainable development." WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2019. http://epub.wu.ac.at/6801/1/sre%2Ddisc%2D2019_01.pdf.

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This paper analyses an ongoing economization trend in the sphere of higher education (HE) and discusses its implications on higher education for sustainable development (HESD). The sources of this trend are connected with neoliberalism understood as a political project that seeks to extend competitive market forces, consolidate a market-friendly constitution, and promote individual freedom. In global HE neoliberalism, decision-makers, be it educational, scientific, or other, are pressured to assess how their activities impact financially on the individual, organizational, and institution

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Kirk, Gary R. "Constructions of Scarcity and Commodification in University Strategy: Restructuring at Virginia Tech." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29873.

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Higher education institutions in the United States have come under increased scrutiny due to increasing demands for accountability in the use of public funds and increasing visibility (Altbach, Berdahl, and Gumport, 1999; Trow, 1974). Colleges and universities must continually prove their credibility and legitimacy to their stakeholders, including government officials (Lawrence & Sharma, 2002), donors, students, and sponsors. The proving process may involve engagement in legitimacy-seeking behaviors designed to show efficiency, access, and quality in terms defined mostly by external perception

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Barnard, Sarah. "Private higher education in the UK: a contribution to the commodification of knowledge in the information society." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/14895.

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The UK higher education sector is currently undergoing changes that will impact on the way students learn in the future. National, European and global education policy discourses underline the importance of higher education to the development of an active citizenry and as a way of sustaining economic growth. Corresponding to the rise of higher education on the political agenda there have been huge increases in the numbers of students going on to university education in the UK and further afield. These two aspects have placed a brighter spotlight on the problems the sector faces and change is s

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Bullard, Deanna Barcelona. "Academic Capitalism in the Social Sciences: Faculty Responses to the Entrepreneurial University." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001887.

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Alencar, Anderson Fernandes de. "Compartilhamento do conhecimento: desafios para a educação." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/48/48134/tde-30012014-102711/.

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Esta tese é resultado do trabalho de pesquisa no intuito de refletir acerca dos desafios postos à educação pelos processos de mercantilização e democratização do conhecimento. A tese discute de que maneira o conhecimento, como bem imaterial, nasce livre, e vai se tornando uma mercadoria por meio do movimento de mercantilização, que tem atuado, com maior evidência, nas artes (música e cinema), no entretenimento (games), na tecnologia (softwares) e na ciência (literatura científica), por meio dos direitos autorais e das patentes, ilustrados por exemplos. Na contraposição à mercantilização, é apr

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Gorman, Helen. "Skills, knowledge and continuing education for complex care management : a critical evaluation of the roles, tasks and skills of care managers in a context of changing professional identities and the commodification of welfare." Thesis, Birmingham City University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.297986.

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Griffiths, Elizabeth Joyce. "English as a medium of instruction in higher education institutions in Norway : a critical exploratory study of lecturers' perspectives and practices." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/14538.

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This critical exploratory study investigates the perceptions and practices of Norwegian lecturers on the implementation of a policy of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) at their Higher Education Institution (HEI). It focuses on their attitudes towards English usage, how they have been prepared and cope in the classroom, and looks at their language and pedagogic competences. The socio-cultural context of using English inside and outside the auditorium is explored and leads to questions of Anglo/American influence and Norwegian domain loss. The study is informed by critical Applied Lingui

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Tjabane, Masebala. "Education policy and social justice in higher education : a South African case study." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2010. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04242010-194940.

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Romero, Neto Francisco 1980. "Estudantes de pedagogia em uma instituição de ensino superior privada em transformação." [s.n.], 2015. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/322232.

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Souza, Cláudio Lucena de. "Processos formativos e identitários no futebol: sujeitos (in)visíveis em jogo." Educação, 2014. http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/16900.

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Britto, Reginaldo Ramos de. "Educação financeira: uma pesquisa documental crítica." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 2012. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/1986.

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Clark, Judith. "To Hell in a Handcart Educational realities, teachers' work and neo-liberal restructuring in NSW TAFE." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/590.

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This thesis examines the impact of neo-liberal economic restructuring on teachers, specifically teachers in technical and further education. Historically, there has been limited research undertaken on teachers as workers, and even less on TAFE teachers. During the period covered by the study, TAFE was buffeted by the massive changes, social, political, cultural and economic, that were occurring on a global scale. As a result, TAFE has been a system in crisis. The consequences are addressed by an empirical study that examines NSW TAFE teachers' experience of the great changes that have occurred

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Clark, Judith. "To Hell in a Handcart Educational realities, teachers' work and neo-liberal restructuring in NSW TAFE." University of Sydney. Education, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/590.

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This thesis examines the impact of neo-liberal economic restructuring on teachers, specifically teachers in technical and further education. Historically, there has been limited research undertaken on teachers as workers, and even less on TAFE teachers. During the period covered by the study, TAFE was buffeted by the massive changes, social, political, cultural and economic, that were occurring on a global scale. As a result, TAFE has been a system in crisis. The consequences are addressed by an empirical study that examines NSW TAFE teachers' experience of the great changes that have occurred

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Liduário, Ester de Almeida. "A mercantilização e privatização do ensino superior e seus rebatimentos sobre a saúde do docente." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2013. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=7361.

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A presente dissertação debate como a mercantilização e privatização da educação superior tem rebatimentos na saúde do docente face ao atual contexto que exige cada vez a produtividade e a competitividade dos docentes. Desta forma, foram realizados estudos através da teoria e do método do materialismo histórico para construção desta dissertação, vendo a saúde do trabalhador determinada socialmente e historicamente. A pesquisa é composta por revisão bibliográfica e também por pesquisa empírica realizada nos quatros encontros sobre saúde do trabalhador realizados pelo Sindicato Nacional (ANDES-SN

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Sinicki, Justin M. "A Social Psychological Perspective on Student Consumerism." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1493396227402883.

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Roggendorf, Nadine. "How New Zealand universities present themselves to the public an analysis of communication strategies : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Masters of Arts (MA), 2008 /." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/472.

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This thesis investigates how the eight state-funded New Zealand universities present themselves in the prospectuses they publish yearly. The background for this research is the fact that the universities now have to compete for students and funding monies because the government has linked the amount of funding to the number of students and the universities’ success in research (McKenzie, 1996). Additionally, student fees and private sources increasingly contribute to the universities’ budget. The entry of competition into the tertiary education sector is a result of recent policy changes that

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Tonet, Martina. "Race and power : the challenges of Intercultural Bilingual Education (IBE) in the Peruvian Andes." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/22125.

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This thesis examines enclaves of oppression and discrimination, which continue to subject indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Andean society to the pernicious legacies of a racist past. As an interpretive framework this interdisciplinary study draws from theoretical approaches to power, which analyse the reproduction of social injustice in post-colonial societies. This research demonstrates how resistance in post-colonial contexts does not always function as a subversive force. Especially when the variable of racism is taken into account, it becomes clearer how acts of opposition end up fosteri

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Bertolin, Julio Cesar Godoy. "Avaliação da qualidade do Sistema de Educação Superior Brasileiro em tempos de mercantilização : período 1994-2003." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/10339.

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Este estudo teve como objetivo elaborar uma proposta de indicadores para avaliação da qualidade do sistema de educação superior brasileiro e, com base nestes indicadores elaborados, medir e avaliar o desenvolvimento da sua qualidade no período 1993-2004. Considerou-se que o período escolhido está associado à intensificação do fenômeno da mercantilização da educação superior no Brasil. Para caracterizar o fenômeno, o estudo apóia-se nas perspectivas teóricas de Boaventura de Sousa Santos sobre as crises da universidade, de Ana Maria Seixas acerca das transformações privatistas e dos autores Dav

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Vilaça, Murilo Mariano. "Publicar ou perecer: uma análise críticonormativa das características e dos efeitos dos modelos cientométrico e bibliométrico adotados no Brasil." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2013. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=6915.

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A presente Tese de Doutorado analisa as características e os efeitos da cientometria e bibliometria adotadas no Brasil. Primeiramente, a fim de contextualizar o tema, faço uma revisão de literatura acerca do processo de mercantilização da educação. Meu objetivo é mostrar a inclinação empresarial das políticas públicas educacionais, especialmente aquelas voltadas para a pós-graduação. Além disso, seleciono e analiso alguns conceitos que ajudam a compreender o presente tema, bem como sustento a inadequação da lógica de economia de mercado como forma de gerir a Academia e a ciência. Na segunda pa

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Alves, Janice Gonçalves. "A terceirização do ensino de língua estrangeira em escolas de ensino formal." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8147/tde-26112010-161803/.

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Este trabalho tem como foco principal analisar o fenômeno da terceirização de ensino de língua estrangeira bem como suas respectivas práticas educacionais no contexto da educação formal. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa-interpretativa de cunho etnográfico, realizada a partir de observações de aulas, entrevistas formais e informais com professores, alunos, coordenador e diretor em uma escola particular que pratica a terceirização do ensino de línguas com um instituto de idiomas. As concepções que embasaram as análises realizadas são as das teorias da pedagogia crítica (FREIRE, 1996; GIROUX,

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Carvalho, Glaucia Maria de Oliveira. "Estágio curricular não obrigatório em serviço social: uma agenda recorrente na formação profissional do(a)s assistentes sociais." Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, 2015. http://tede.bc.uepb.edu.br/jspui/handle/tede/2896.

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Laliberte, Matthew Dana. "Florida's A++ Plan: An Expansion and Expression of Neoliberal and Neoconservative Tenets in State Educational Policy." Thesis, Boston College, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104495.

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Thesis advisor: Curt Dudley-Marling<br>This critical policy analysis, informed by a qualitative content analysis, examines the ideological orientation of Florida’s A++ Plan (2006), and its incumbent impact upon social reproduction in the state. Utilizing a theoretical framework that fuses together critical theory (Horkheimer, 1937; Marcuse, 1964; Marshall, 1997), Bernstein’s (1971, 1977) three message systems of education and dual concepts of classification and frame, and Collins‘ (1979, 2000, 2002) notion of the Credential Society, the study examines the ideological underpinnings of the A++ P

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Petit, Kevin. "En immersion dans "l'Irlande authentique" : étude sociolinguistique critique de la revitalisation de l'irlandais dans le cadre de séjours linguistiques." Thesis, Lyon, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020LYSE2061.

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Cette thèse porte sur la revitalisation de l’irlandais dans les summer colleges, des stages d’immersion situés dans des régions rurales et irlandandophones de l’ouest de l’Irlande. Afin de mieux comprendre les effets sociologiques de l’enseignement des langues, cette recherche se situe à la croisée des travaux en didactique des langues portant sur les interactions pédagogiques, et des travaux en sociolinguistique critique analysant les mouvements de revitalisation linguistique. Si l’importance de l’éducation dans la légitimation d’une langue est souvent donnée comme acquise, peu d’études analy

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Lendrin, Helga. "Université Virtuelle Africaine : le paradoxe du processus d’industrialisation de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique Subsaharienne." Thesis, Compiègne, 2021. http://www.theses.fr/2021COMP2627.

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Pourquoi financer le déploiement d'une technologie là où, faute d'infrastructures, celle-ci ne peut matériellement pas fonctionner correctement ? Si les objectifs avancés par la Banque mondiale, à l'origine du lancement de l'Université Virtuelle Africaine (UVA) en 1997, sont l'augmentation de l'accès à l'enseignement supérieur en Afrique couplée à des économies d'échelles, la question se pose de savoir quelle démocratisation est espérée lorsque le moyen qui doit la rendre possible ne peut tout simplement pas fonctionner par manque d'infrastructures. En s'appuyant sur le concept d'« hypertélie

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Peck, Mikaere Michelle S. "Summerhill school is it possible in Aotearoa ??????? New Zealand ???????: Challenging the neo-liberal ideologies in our hegemonic schooling system." The University of Waikato, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2794.

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The original purpose of this thesis is to explore the possibility of setting up a school in Aotearoa (New Zealand) that operates according to the principles and philosophies of Summerhill School in Suffolk, England. An examination of Summerhill School is therefore the purpose of this study, particularly because of its commitment to self-regulation and direct democracy for children. My argument within this study is that Summerhill presents precisely the type of model Māori as Tangata Whenua (Indigenous people of Aotearoa) need in our design of an alternative schooling programme, given that self

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Tsiu, Asser Tsiu. "Commodification, institutional restructuring and corporate communication in higher education : a case study of the media campaign of the University of Natal." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5191.

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Changes in global political economy are moving towards 'capitalisation' of public institutions through market instruments. These changes create new environments and challenges. In order to meet these challenges, higher education institutions are restructuring to position themselves in their new environment. In this process, the media play an active role. Using corporate communication as a focal point, this research examines how higher education institutions aim to accomplish their mission, on one hand and mitigate challenges of the new political economy, characterised, by globalisation and mar

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Zornes, Deborah. "The business of the university: research, its place in the 'business', and the role of the university in society." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/4249.

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Neoliberal ideologies have been adopted through most of the developed world. In North America, they dominate and provide the backdrop for the way decisions are made, organisations are governed, and policies are considered and implemented. Universities have not been exempt from the pressures of neoliberalism and increasingly are becoming what is being referred to as ‘corporatised’. Using a multi-institutional ethnographic case study, drawing on elements of institutional ethnography and using discourse analysis and interviews, this research focused on these topics with four research intensive

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Burwell, Catherine. "The Politics and Pedagogy of Young People's Digital Media Participation." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/31702.

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In this thesis I survey the terrain of digital interactions between youth, corporations and pop culture texts in order to complicate current visions of participatory culture. I argue that popular images of the empowered young users of a new digital democracy need to be complicated by asking questions about the politics of digital participation: about whose voices are heard, about where attention is centred, about how interactivity is defined, about who is rewarded for creative labour. The opening chapter introduces key issues within a critical examination of digital participation, including co

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Jaimungal, Cristina S. "Language, Power, and Race: A Comparative Approach to the Sociopolitics of English." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/42856.

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This thesis highlights the sociopolitics of English as a dominant/colonial language by focusing on the linkage between language, power, and race. Grounded in critical language theory, comparative education theory, and anti-racism research methodology, this research examines the inextricable relationship between language, power, and race. With this in mind, this thesis argues that language, specifically English, is not a neutral tool of communication but a highly contentious issue that is deeply embedded in sociopolitical ideologies and practices. The contexts of Japan and Trinidad and Tobago

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Barbour, Nancy Staton. "Global citizen, global consumer : study abroad, neoliberal convergence, and the Eat, Pray, Love phenomenon." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/30087.

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This thesis examines the convergence of neoliberal rhetoric across popular media, academic, and institutional discourses, and draws connections between contemporary women's travel literature and common scripts in study abroad promotion. Finding such narratives to be freighted with ethnocentric constructs and tacit endorsements of market-based globalization, I critique the mainstreaming of neoliberal attitudes that depict travel as a commodity primarily valuable for its role in increasing the worth of U.S. American personhood. I question both the prevailing definitions of "global citizenship" a

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Wang, Lurong. "Immigration, Literacy, and Mobility: A Critical Ethnographic Study of Well-educated Chinese Immigrants’ Trajectories in Canada." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/27608.

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This dissertation interrogates the deficit assumptions about English proficiency of skilled immigrants who were recruited by Canadian governments between the late 1990s and early 2000s. Through the lens of literacy as social practice, the eighteen-month ethnographic qualitative research explores the sequential experiences of settlement and economic integration of seven well-educated Chinese immigrant professionals. The analytical framework is built on sociocultural approaches to literacy and learning, as well as the theories of discourses and language reproduction. Using multiple data sources

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